Thread by @Haarrre

IPL 2023 stats/preview thread

General stats:

- IPL returning to home & away schedule should see a higher scoring competition.
- High % of wrist/mystery spin bowled in IPL tests the quality of batters against spin.

#IPL2023

Venues:

Stats for IPL/T20i matches only. Small sample size an issue, so data is a bit noisy.

- Mohali, Chinnaswamy, Eden Gardens & Wankhede seem to be the best batting pitches, others can be hit & miss
- Chepauk notoriously spin friendly
- Hyderabad & Jaipur can be tricky.

Team stats - Chennai Super Kings:

As always, CSK will be reliant on their home form. A lot of the core has changed since the last home/away season, will this approach remain successful? There's perhaps more uncertainty around CSK than ever before.

Delhi Capitals:

Pant injury is a huge loss but plenty of other teams have also lost key players. Can't rule them out.

Gujarat Titans:

Last year's winners - probably won't be the most entertaining to watch but should be relatively effective again. Top order needs to be better.

Kolkata Knight Riders:

An already flawed squad - made some interesting purchases between seasons. Many have awarded them the wooden spoon award but there's a few match winners in the XI.

Lucknow Super Giants:

A well-rounded top 5, with the stability of KL Rahul should keep them competitive in most games. Will the bowling cope in the absence of Mohsin Khan? Still look like top 4 contenders.

Mumbai Indians:

Questionable recruitment and allocation of resources has led to an extremely unbalanced squad. They could be a fun side to watch but will struggle to reach the play-offs.

Forgot to do a bowling sheet for MI

Punjab Kings:

No Bairstow, letting Agarwal and question marks over Livi's fitness leaves their top four looking a bit timid. Bowling is more well-rounded this year, can it compensate for a drop off in batting quality?

Rajasthan Royals:

Another team that's suffered an injury to a key bowler. Should have enough resources to cope and have recruited smartly in the domestic market, look well-placed to finish in the top 4 again.

Royal Challengers Bangalore:

Have improving results papered over some of the cracks in recent seasons? Still a decent but older squad, with lots of injury issues - Hazlewood, Maxwell, Patidar. Need more contributions from big players in the squad.

Sunrisers Hyderabad:

Seem to be one of the favourite teams on twitter. Some good batting additions, paired with a solid core of domestic batting options makes them look competitive. Will they make the right decisions with their XI?

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Stats: cricmetric/t20bigbashboard

Obviously my knowledge of all domestic players isn't perfect but tried to add something for every player, even if it was just a brief stat.

Apologies if there's any spelling errors & for shorthand writing at times, will add a list of common abbreviations later.

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