As we approach the business end of the tournament, one of the biggest talking points of IPL 2025 has been the formidable batting display of Gujarat Titans. (Full Coverage | More Cricket News)
The domination by their top-order has been unprecedented and it is the main reason why Titans sit pretty at number 2 on the points table with a feet and a half already in the playoffs.
Sai Sudharsan, Jos Buttler and Shubman Gill have been brilliantly consistent and we decode their numbers and examine their impact on their team라이브 바카라 success in the tournament.
Best Average & Strike Rate, Lowest Dot Ball Percentage
Titans have the highest combined batting average (43.1) this season and there is a considerable gap between them and number two on this count – Mumbai Indians – who have a corresponding average of 35.7.
Not only have the Titans’ batters scored big runs consistently but done so at a high scoring rate. Their combined strike rate of 170.5 is again the highest in the competition. Punjab Kings with a combined rate of 163.3 are at number two. Titans have breached the 200-run mark on 5 instances – the most for any team this season.
Titans also have the best balls per boundary ratio with a hit to the fence or over it every 4.4 deliveries. Their dot ball percentage of 27.3% is also the lowest in the competition which suggests that not only have they got the big hits regularly but also kept the strike rotating consistently.
The best top-order of the season
Three of the four highest run-getters this season belong to the Titans. Sai Sudharsan is at the top of the pack with an aggregate of 504 runs in 10 innings. Jos Buttler is at number 3 with 470 runs and is followed by Shubman Gill who has scored 465 runs in the competition. Only Suryakumar Yadav, with 475 runs, is the non-Titans batter in the top 4 but he has played an extra match in the tournament (11 matches total).
The GT top 3 have 15 fifties between them (5 each) with strike rates ranging between 154 and 162. The next on the list (in terms of number of half-centuries) is Lucknow Super Giants with a total of 12. The combined batting average of the Titans’ top 3 is 57.6, miles ahead of LSG, who are again at number 2 with a corresponding average of 39.2.
Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh and Nicholas Pooran have had a tremendous season for the Super Giants. The fact that Sudharsan, Buttler and Gill have outnumbered them and by such a significant margin only showcases the brilliance of the GT top-order with the bat in the competition.
Now here is a staggering statistic – the combined batting average of GT라이브 바카라 top 3 is not only the highest this season but it is the highest ever for any IPL team in any edition of the tournament! Only one other team had a Top 3 batting average of 50+ (RCB라이브 바카라 Top 3 averaged 51.3 in 2016). And just for perspective, the top 3 of this RCB team included Virat Kohli, Chris Gayle and AB de Villiers!
Phenomenal Consistency
GT라이브 바카라 top 3 have been phenomenally consistent in the tournament. One of Sudharsan, Buttler or Gill has scored a fifty in every match for the Titans. Together, they have scored three-fourths of their teams’ runs in the tournament (75.9%) with almost similar individual contributions.
The combined Failure Rate of the GT top 3 this season is just 20% (6 of 30 innings) which showcases how consistent they have been at the top of the order for the Titans.
Aggressive in the Middle Overs
While the GT top 3 have an astonishing average of 91.8 in the powerplay this season, they have really pressed on the accelerator in the middle overs.
GT has a combined batting strike rate of 165.2 between overs 7-15 in the tournament, which is not only the best amongst all teams for this season but the highest ever in this phase of play for any IPL team in the league라이브 바카라 18-year old history! The next on the list is Kolkata Knight Riders who had a strike rate of 163 in the middle overs during their victorious campaign last season.
Buttler has a strike rate of 171.7 in the middle overs this season while Gill stands at 161.6. The corresponding strike rate for Sudharsan is 148.2. M Shahrukh Khan (172.7) and Sherfane Rutherford (157.1) have also played their part in keeping up the tempo though their run-tally contribution has been significantly less.
