🏏
CricScout
Player Actions
CompareDirectory

Lakshmipathy Balaji

Alias: L Balaji
🎯 Death Specialist99 cohort73 IPL Matches
Franchises:Chennai Super Kings⭐Kolkata Knight RidersPunjab Kings
Wickets72
Economy8.04
Bowl SR20.7
Best Bowl5/24
Career Baseline Statistics(All-Time Volume)
Primary Franchise:Kolkata Knight Riders
Matches73
Innings73
Wickets72
Best Figures5/24
Average27.76
Economy8.04
Strike Rate20.7
4w / 5w3 / 1

Bowling Scouting Report

Percentiles calculated against 99 qualified Death Specialist players (min. 120 legal balls). Player sample: 1,491 legal balls bowled.

Overall Impact

6 metrics
True Economy Rate (TER)
-0.2877
Economy Rate
8.0477
Bowling Strike Rate
20.733
Dot Ball % Bowled
38.6%59
Boundary Conceded %
17.0%79
Extras Per Over
0.2970

Powerplay (0-5)

3 metrics
Powerplay Economy
6.9681
Powerplay Dot %
53.1%84
Powerplay Wicket Strike Rate
30.039

Middle (6-14)

2 metrics
Middle Overs Economy
7.0283
Middle Overs Wicket Strike Rate
20.365

Death (15-19)

3 metrics
Death Overs Economy
10.1842
Death Boundary Conceded %
21.1%56
Death Wicket Strike Rate
16.421
Percentile Legend:Cohort: 99 Death Specialists
90–99 (Elite)
75–89 (Above Average)
45–74 (Neutral Par)
25–44 (Below Average)
0–24 (Vulnerable)
CricScout|cricscout.pages.dev
Official Cricsheet Match Data • Open Data Commons Attribution (ODC-BY 1.0)

Similar Death Specialists

Top 5 closest statistical player profiles in the Death Specialist cohort

Euclidean metric proximity (Positional Analytics Model)
76% MATCH

Sandeep Sharma

Sunrisers Hyderabad

🎯 Powerplay Specialist
73% MATCH

Shane Watson

Royal Challengers Bengaluru

🎯 Top-Order
72% MATCH

Chris Morris

Royal Challengers Bengaluru

🎯 Death Finisher
72% MATCH

Vinay Kumar

Royal Challengers Bengaluru

🎯 Death Specialist
71% MATCH

M Rahman

Sunrisers Hyderabad

🎯 Death Specialist