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Today the first playoff match of IPL will be played. In 2024, 3 out of 4 teams playing playoffs could not make it to the top-4 of 2025. RCB was the team to reach both season playoffs.
Last year, where the teams scored more than 250 runs in the innings 6 times, this time only 2 times the teams could cross this figure. Both times this feat was ranked by SRH.
The 70 matches of the league stage scored 14 centuries last time, this time only 9 centuries. However, the number of fours and sixes remained almost equal. This time the teams winning the toss won more matches. At the same time, left handers dominated the right hand batter.
IPL 2025 in 5 points
Compiring from last season …
1. Scoring Rate
i. Run rate was on par In 2024, 67 out of 70 league stage results were concluded, 3 matches were inconclusive due to rain. This time it was the same trend. 10 teams scored at a run rate of 9.61, which fell slightly to 9.60. However, this time the batting average increased from 29.86 to 30.50. That is, the batters scored more runs before giving their wickets.
In 2023, 12 players were used for the first time from Impact Player Rule. In 2024, this rule scored over 200 runs, which was a record of a season. The record also broke in 2025 and teams scored 200 plus runs 48 times. However, this time the 250 plus score was made only 2 times against 6.
ii. Punjab batting the fastest Last year KKR had the highest run rate, the team also picked up the title while batting at a run rate of 10.62. The 3 teams with the best run rate also had SRH and RCB numbers, both teams reached the playoffs. This time PBKS batting at the fastest 10.10 run rate and stayed at number-1 and finished the league stage. Hyderabad batting at a run rate of 10.04 and Gujarat at 9.92. Gujarat reached the playoffs, but Hyderabad was out.
In 2024, Gujarat, Lucknow and Punjab batted at the slowest run rate, all three could not reach the playoffs. This time Chennai, Kolkata and Delhi did the slowest batting, the three did not get a place in the playoffs.
2. Boundary and Century
i. 5 centuries low In 2024, 14 centuries were scored, this time only 9 players were able to score a century. However, this time 138 half centuries were definitely held against 122 fifty. Last time 83 players could not open the account, this time the figure fell to 72. This season, Hyderabad’s highest number of 3 players scored centuries. 2 players from Lucknow scored a century. Both teams could not enter the playoffs.
ii. LSG, RR out The 2025 league stage led to a slight increase in the number of fours and sixes. This time 1217 sixes were hit by 1208. At the same time, this time it took 2138 fours as compared to 2070 fours. Hyderabad had the highest 160 sixes last year. This time, out of the playoffs, Lucknow stayed in Top-2 by applying 152 152 and Rajasthan 146 sixes.
In the players, Abhishek Sharma of Hyderabad had hit 41 sixes, this time Nicholas Puran of Lucknow topped 40 sixes. The only difference was that the teams and players scoring the last most sixes had also made it to the playoffs. This time this could not happen.
3. Toss
60% of the toss winning teams won matches
The results of 67 matches out of 70 of both seasons were concluded, 3 matches were inconclusive due to rain. Only 45% of the teams winning the toss in 2024 won the match. While 60% of the teams winning the toss this time also won the match.
- In 17 matches of 2024, teams won the toss and chose batting, 10 teams lost. Only 41% won. This time only 11 teams chose batting, but won 73% matches.
- In 50 matches of 2024, teams won the toss and chose bowling, losing 27. Only 46% won. This time the teams chose bowling in 56 matches and 58% won.
4. Batting
Left handers dominated
In 2024, 145 right -handed batters batting at a strike rate of 150 and an average of 27.72. He imposed 10 centuries and 76 fifty. This time the average and strike rate of 132 right handers was almost equal, but the batter 3 could score only centuries. However, there was not much difference in boundaries.
In 2024, 63 left hand batters scored a strike rate of 152 and an average of around 30. He had put 4 centuries and 46 fifty. At the same time, this time 66 laftty batters put 6 centuries and 50 fifty. That is, last year, latfty batters were lagging behind in scoring centuries, but this time the laftty batters scored more centuries than in the ritual batters despite the number of number.
5. Bolling
Passers more wickets, spinners more effective
In 2024, 95 pacers took 560 wickets while bowling with an economy of 9.85. This time 92 pacers could take only 489 wickets. The economy rate was almost equal.
In 2024, 94 spinners took 218 wickets while bowling with an economy of 8.72. This time 85 spinners took 291 wickets. His economy was also 8.86. That is, this time the spinners stopped the runs more, while the pacers took more wickets.
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