Sawai Mansingh Stadium: IPL's Most Chase-Friendly Venue
June 23, 2026 · CricketStudio · How to cite
1The Finding
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.
2What the Numbers Show
| Metric | Value | Sample / Context |
|---|---|---|
| Matches analysed | 64 | 10 of 18 IPL seasons (2008–2025) |
| Chase win rate | 64.1% | 41 of 64 matches |
| Bat-first win rate | 35.9% | 23 of 64 matches |
| Toss-elect-field win rate | 67.6% | 25 of 37 captains who chose to bowl |
| Toss-elect-bat win rate | 40.7% | 11 of 27 captains who chose to bat |
| IPL-wide chase win rate | 54.2% | Base rate across 1,146 matches |
3Why It's Surprising
Most IPL venues sit in a band of 48–58% chase success — Wankhede, Eden Gardens, and Rajiv Gandhi International all cluster around 55–58%. Sawai Mansingh at 64.1% sits nearly 10 percentage points above the league average. Captains who win the toss here elect to field at a high rate — and pay almost no penalty when they bat first, because their opponents then chase at the same elevated rate.
4Scope and Limits
- Covers IPL 2008–2025 only (Cricsheet corpus). IPL 2026 matches at this venue excluded.
- 64 matches across 10 of 18 seasons — venue was not used every season.
- No adjustment for pitch condition, weather, or team quality at the time of the match.
- Does not cover T20Is, Tests, or non-IPL T20 matches at this venue.
5Provenance
CricketStudio aggregation of Cricsheet IPL corpus (CC BY 3.0). 64 matches from docs/match/ipl-cs-* directories, ball-by-ball, 2008–2025. Computed 2026-06-23. Script: scripts/build-ipl-historical-trend-data.mjs.