Vaibhav Arora

Kolkata Knight Riders · right arm fast medium · right-hand bat · Bowler

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10
Matches
11
Wickets
10.26
Economy
20.7
Bowl SR

Phase analysis — IPL 2026

≥30 balls batting · ≥15 balls bowling✓ ClaimReview per phaseFull breakdown →
Powerplay (1–6)sub-floor
SR · 0 balls · 0 R
0 runs0 4s0 6s
Middle (7–15)sub-floor
SR · 0 balls · 0 R
0 runs0 4s0 6s
Death (16–20)sub-floor
33.3
SR · 3 balls · 1 R
1 runs0 4s0 6s
Powerplay (1–6) · Bowling
10.16
Economy · 114 balls · 4 wkts
193 runs4 wkts36 dots
Middle (7–15) · Bowling
10.5
Economy · 24 balls · 1 wkts
42 runs1 wkts3 dots
Death (16–20) · Bowling
9.47
Economy · 90 balls · 7 wkts
142 runs7 wkts19 dots

Vaibhav Arora's top opponent (bowling) in IPL 2026: LSG — 4 wickets in 2 matches (econ 7.75).

Aggregated across 2 captured IPL 2026 fixtures against LSG.

MetricIPL 2026 best opponent (bowling)
Value4 wickets vs LSG
PeriodIPL 2026 to date
Computed

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P3Form & phase

6 claims
Death-overs economy, IPL 2026
Bowling economy in IPL 2026
10.3n=228 balls bowled · IPL 2026
Powerplay bowling economy in IPL 2026
10.2n=114 PP balls bowled · IPL 2026
Death-overs bowling economy in IPL 2026
9.5n=90 death-overs balls bowled · IPL 2026
Middle-overs bowling economy in IPL 2026
10.5n=24 middle-overs balls bowled · IPL 2026

P4Season comparatives

2 claims
Kolkata Knight Riders appearance rank, IPL 2026
Wickets in IPL 2026
11n=228 balls bowled · IPL 2026

P2Moments

1 claim
IPL 2026 best bowling in an innings
2/24n=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 career1111102.537002

Bowling

FormatMatInnsWktsAvgEconBBI5w
IPL 202610101231.49.922/230
IPL career42424829.19.680
IPL 2026: Computed from CricketStudio aggregation of CricketMind ball-by-ball data, last updated 2026-07-30 07:42:09 UTC
IPL career: CricketStudio aggregation — IPL 2026 ball-by-ball + historical Cricsheet (CC BY 3.0), last updated 2026-07-30 07:42:09 UTC
Sample-size floor: ≥5 matches for IPL 2026 (season complete).

IPL career before 2026

Vaibhav Arora took 36 wickets in 32 pre-2026 IPL matches (2022–2025), economy 9.59.

Batting by season

SeasonTeamMatRunsHSSRAvg4s6s
2022PBKS4522.500
2023KKR23200
2024KKR11100
2025KKR200000
CareerKKR, PBKS9922.2500

Bowling by season

SeasonMatWktsEconAvgSR
2022539.254.6735.7
2023559.1329.219.2
202410119.3325.4516.4
2025121710.1225.2915
Career32369.5928.3317.7
Window: IPL 20222025 (pre-2026), 9 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 2 innings

P3 · Form
DateMatchRunsBallsSR4s6sDismissalResult
2026-04-17GT vs KKR0*10.000Not outL
2026-04-02KKR vs SRH1*250.000Not outL

Best innings — IPL career

By runs scored
MatchRunsBallsSRDate
vs SRH · Eden Gardens1*250.02026-04-02

Batting positions · IPL 2026

P3
PosInnRunsBallsSRAvg
#10 tail11250.0
#11 tail1010.0

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

Performance vs teams — IPL 2026

≥1 innings vs team
vs TeamInnRunsBallsSRAvg4s6sHS
SRH11250.0001*
GT1010.0000

Runs by venue — IPL career

Venue × seasonFull breakdown →
VenueInnRunsBallsSRAvg4s6sHS
Eden Gardens11250.0001*
Narendra Modi Stadium1010.0000

Head-to-head records

P5 · Opponent series

As bowler

vs batterBallsRunsSR concededDotsWkts
Travis Head1943226.370
Virat Kohli1636225.030
Shubman Gill1323176.940
Rishabh Pant12758.360
Aiden Markram10880.040
Mukul DChoudhary1023230.050
Ryan Rickelton918200.040
Rohit Sharma818225.020
Ayush Mhatre612200.020

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
50.0
SR of 50.0 vs pace bowling — 2 balls faced · sub-floor
2 balls·0 6s
vs Spin
0.0
SR of 0.0 vs spin bowling — 1 balls faced · sub-floor
1 balls·0 6s

Full breakdown at /players/vaibhav-arora/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 Vaibhav

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
Kolkata Knight Riders
Most-faced bowlers (IPL career)
Arshdeep Singh · 6 ballsJaydev Unadkat · 5 balls
Venues played at
Eden Gardens · 1 matchNarendra Modi Stadium · 1 match

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Frequently asked

Vaibhav Arora is an Indian cricketer playing for Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2026 as a bowler (right arm fast medium), right-handed batter.
Vaibhav Arora plays for Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2026.
Vaibhav Arora appeared in 13 IPL 2026 matches (13-fixture sample) for Kolkata Knight Riders, most recently on 2026-05-24.
Vaibhav Arora's top opponent (bowling) in IPL 2026: LSG — 4 wickets in 2 matches (econ 7.75).
Vaibhav Arora bowls right arm fast medium.
Vaibhav Arora's top opponent (bowling) in IPL 2026: LSG — 4 wickets in 2 matches (econ 7.75).
Vaibhav Arora concedes 9.47 runs per over in IPL 2026 death overs (90-ball sample, #20 of 66 qualifying bowlers).
Vaibhav Arora's best IPL 2026 bowling: 2/24 in 4 overs vs LSG on 2026-04-26.
Vaibhav Arora ranks #8 of 21 CricketStudio-tracked Kolkata Knight Riders squad members by IPL 2026 appearance count (13 matches).
Vaibhav Arora is Indian.
Ball-by-ball stats, phase splits, and atomic claims for Vaibhav Arora are available at players.cricketstudio.ai/players/vaibhav-arora — all figures include sample-size provenance and computation timestamps.
Vaibhav Arora was born on 14 December 1997.
Vaibhav Arora bats right-handed.
Vaibhav Arora powerplay economy 10.2 in IPL 2026 (114 balls, 4 wickets).
Yes — Vaibhav Arora was deployed as an impact substitute 1 time in IPL 2026, contributing 2 wickets at eco 9.5. Source: CricketStudio ball-by-ball aggregation.

Identity & cross-references