Eshan Malinga

Sunrisers Hyderabad · right arm fast medium · left-hand bat · Bowler

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15
Matches
20
Wickets
9.33
Economy
16.3
Bowl SR

Phase analysis — IPL 2026

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Powerplay (1–6)sub-floor
SR · 0 balls · 0 R
0 runs0 4s0 6s
Middle (7–15)sub-floor
25
SR · 4 balls · 1 R
1 runs0 4s0 6s
Death (16–20)sub-floor
46.2
SR · 13 balls · 6 R
6 runs0 4s0 6s
Powerplay (1–6) · Bowling
8.55
Economy · 120 balls · 6 wkts
171 runs6 wkts42 dots
Middle (7–15) · Bowling
7.94
Economy · 108 balls · 7 wkts
143 runs7 wkts29 dots
Death (16–20) · Bowling
10.29
Economy · 98 balls · 8 wkts
168 runs8 wkts22 dots

Eshan Malinga's IPL 2026 chase economy falls under pressure — 7.9 RPO when 11+ required versus 11.6 when under 8.

CricketStudio aggregation of IPL 2026 ball-by-ball over 73 run-chases. Economy = runs charged to the bowler (excl. byes/leg-byes) per legal delivery, bucketed by the required rate faced before each delivery. Monotone falling gradient across low/mid/high pressure; floors ≥18 balls per bucket, ≥90 chase balls.

MetricPressure-inverse chase economy · IPL 2026
Value7.91 RPO @ req≥11
PeriodIPL 2026 to date
Computed

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P3Form & phase

7 claims
Death-overs economy, IPL 2026
IPL 2026 best opponent (bowling)
5 wickets vs RRn=72 balls bowled, 109 runs conceded · IPL 2026 to date
Bowling economy in IPL 2026
9.3n=326 balls bowled · IPL 2026
Powerplay bowling economy in IPL 2026
8.6n=120 PP balls bowled · IPL 2026
Death-overs bowling economy in IPL 2026
10.3n=98 death-overs balls bowled · IPL 2026
Middle-overs bowling economy in IPL 2026
7.9n=108 middle-overs balls bowled · IPL 2026

P4Season comparatives

3 claims
Sunrisers Hyderabad appearance rank, IPL 2026
Runs scored in IPL 2026
7n=3 innings · IPL 2026
Wickets in IPL 2026
20n=326 balls bowled · IPL 2026

P2Moments

2 claims
IPL 2026 Player of the Match awards
IPL 2026 best bowling in an innings
4/32n=1 innings (4 overs bowled) · IPL 2026 to date

P1Match recaps

2 claims
IPL 2026 most-recent fixture appearance
IPL 2026 first appearance

Career snapshot

Multi-format reach. IPL 2026 derived from ball-by-ball capture; non-IPL formats deferred to Phase C per methodology.

FormatMatInnsRunsAvgSR10050HS
IPL 2026
IPL career33741.2005

Bowling

FormatMatInnsWktsAvgEconBBI5w
IPL 2026151521238.874/300
IPL career22223421.28.890
IPL 2026: Computed from CricketStudio aggregation of CricketMind ball-by-ball data, last updated 2026-07-30 07:23:37 UTC
IPL career: CricketStudio aggregation — IPL 2026 ball-by-ball + historical Cricsheet (CC BY 3.0), last updated 2026-07-30 07:23:37 UTC
Sample-size floor: ≥5 matches for IPL 2026 (season complete).

IPL career before 2026

Eshan Malinga took 13 wickets in 7 pre-2026 IPL matches (2025–2025), economy 8.93.

Bowling by season

SeasonMatWktsEconAvgSR
20257138.9318.3112.3
Career7138.9318.3112.3
Window: IPL 20252025 (pre-2026), 7 matches. Sample-size floor: strike rate shown at ≥30 balls faced, economy at ≥15 balls bowled per season (§3.1); sub-floor cells show .
Source: CricketStudio aggregation of Cricsheet ball-by-ball (CC BY 3.0). Canonical↔historical player join via ESPNcricinfo ID (deterministic, no name-matching). See career leaderboards.

Recent form — last 3 innings

P3 · Form
DateMatchRunsBallsSR4s6sDismissalResult
2026-05-27SRH vs RR5862.500caughtL
2026-05-12GT vs SRH0*30.000Not outL
2026-05-03SRH vs KKR2*633.300Not outL

Best innings — IPL career

By runs scored

Batting positions · IPL 2026

P3
PosInnRunsBallsSRAvg
#10 tail15862.55.00
#11 tail22922.2

Source: SETU canonical aggregate. Position = first appearance in ball stream per innings.

Dismissal modes · IPL 2026

P3
1
100%
Caught

"Caught" includes stumpings (score type indistinguishable). Cross-reference: season leaderboards.

Performance vs teams — IPL 2026

≥1 innings vs team
vs TeamInnRunsBallsSRAvg4s6sHS
RR15862.55.0005
KKR12633.3002*
GT1030.0000

Runs by venue — IPL career

Venue × seasonFull breakdown →

Head-to-head records

P5 · Opponent series

As bowler

vs batterBallsRunsSR concededDotsWkts
Angkrish Raghuvanshi1525166.750
Cooper Connolly1526173.360
Rajat Patidar1430214.340
Ravindra Jadeja1420142.930
Vaibhav Suryavanshi1325192.350
Rishabh Pant1213108.340
Dhruv Jurel1221175.040
Sai Sudharsan1122200.020
Prabhsimran Singh916177.840
Shivam Dube916177.820
Yashasvi Jaiswal915166.720
Washington Sundar920222.210

Source: CricketStudio aggregation of ball-by-ball data. Cohort: IPL 2026 captured fixtures. Sub-5-delivery matchups excluded per doctrine §3.1.

vs Bowling type

L2 · Conditional≥30 balls floor
vs Pace
36.4
SR of 36.4 vs pace bowling — 11 balls faced · sub-floor
11 balls·0 6s
vs Spin
50.0
SR of 50.0 vs spin bowling — 2 balls faced · sub-floor
2 balls·0 6s

Full breakdown at /players/eshan-malinga/by-bowling-type · Source: SETU conditional aggregate

Drill into the data

Every dimension below is computed from ball-by-ball record. Pages with insufficient sample render an explicit disclosure.

Research mentioning Eshan

IPL 2026
Purple cap — most wickets — IPL 2026

Eshan ranks #6 with 20 (326 legal deliveries bowled).

2026-07-25
IPL 2026
Death Overs Intelligence

Who wins and loses IPL 2026 overs 16–20 — economy leaders, strike-rate leaders, and all 10 teams compared. Ball-by-ball provenance throughout.

2026-06-01

Related entities

Plays for
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Most-faced bowlers (IPL career)
Vaibhav Arora · 8 ballsYash Raj Punja · 8 balls
Venues played at
Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium · 1 matchNarendra Modi Stadium · 1 matchMaharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur · 1 match

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Frequently asked

Eshan Malinga is an Indian cricketer playing for Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 2026 as a bowler (right arm fast medium), left-handed batter.
Eshan Malinga plays for Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 2026.
Eshan Malinga appeared in 15 IPL 2026 matches (15-fixture sample) for Sunrisers Hyderabad, most recently on 2026-05-27.
Eshan Malinga's IPL 2026 chase economy falls under pressure — 7.9 RPO when 11+ required versus 11.6 when under 8.
Eshan Malinga bowls right arm fast medium.
Eshan Malinga's top opponent (bowling) in IPL 2026: RR — 5 wickets in 3 matches (econ 9.08).
Eshan Malinga concedes 10.29 runs per over in IPL 2026 death overs (98-ball sample, #33 of 66 qualifying bowlers).
Eshan Malinga's IPL 2026 chase economy falls under pressure — 7.9 RPO when 11+ required versus 11.6 when under 8.
Eshan Malinga won Player of the Match in IPL 2026 — most recently vs CSK on 2026-04-18.
Eshan Malinga ranks #9 of 22 CricketStudio-tracked Sunrisers Hyderabad squad members by IPL 2026 appearance count (15 matches).
Eshan Malinga is Indian.
Ball-by-ball stats, phase splits, and atomic claims for Eshan Malinga are available at players.cricketstudio.ai/players/eshan-malinga — all figures include sample-size provenance and computation timestamps.
Eshan Malinga was born on 4 February 2001.
Eshan Malinga bats left-handed.
Eshan Malinga powerplay economy 8.6 in IPL 2026 (120 balls, 5 wickets).
Yes — Eshan Malinga was deployed as an impact substitute 2 times in IPL 2026, contributing 3 wickets at eco 7.3. Source: CricketStudio ball-by-ball aggregation.

Identity & cross-references