Venue
Sawai Mansingh Stadium: IPL's Most Chase-Friendly Venue
Sawai Mansingh Stadium: 64.1% chase win rate across 64 IPL matches, 10 seasons — highest of any major IPL venue (≥30 matches) in the 2008–2025 corpus.
Jun 23, 2026
Stories
One question. One dataset. One answer.
Every story carries a citable claim under 30 words, a visible sample size, an explicit date window, and a provenance chain to ball-by-ball data. 5 stories published.
Rivalry
CSK vs MI: 39 Meetings, the IPL's Closest Long-Running Rivalry
Mumbai Indians lead Chennai Super Kings 21–18 across 39 IPL meetings — 16 seasons, zero no-results. The closest long-running H2H in IPL history.
Jun 23, 2026
Strategy
The IPL Toss: 18 Seasons of Data, 0.2 Percentage Points of Advantage
Toss-winning captains who elected to field won 54.4% of matches in IPL 2008–2025 — just 0.2 percentage points above the base chase win rate across 1,146 matches.
Jun 23, 2026
Cross-league
Four MLC Batters Above Kohli's IPL 2026 Powerplay Strike Rate
Four MLC batters post career powerplay strike rates above Kohli's IPL 2026 figure of 174.8 — MJ Owen leads at 194.3 across 123 balls (min. 30 balls each).
Jun 23, 2026
Season
RCB's 2026 IPL Title: What Kohli's Season Said Before the Final
RCB won back-to-back IPL titles in 2025 and 2026. In 2026, Kohli scored 675 runs at powerplay SR 174.8 across 16 matches — 206 powerplay balls.
Jun 23, 2026