Just When You Thought He Was Out, He Pulls Himself Back In

The hardest working man in blogbiz, Well Pitched's Q, has put up a nice round-up of the IPL now that we're a quarter of the way into the tournament. He offers a few of the statistical leaders so far, and while most of the names there will be unsurprising -- McCullum, Hayden, and Sangakkara in the batting; Warne and Afridi in the bowling --  there was one name that I was surprised to see. I doubt any Indian fans will be terribly happy about this, but it seems that after all the fanfare about Ishant Sharma, R.P. Singh, and an entire new generation of Indian fast bowlers, the guy with the 2nd highest wicket tally and the lowest bowling average in the tournament is...

Ajit Agarkar (6 wickets at 10.50)

Comments

[Q]

Thanks for the comment DS.

Its good to see that I'm not the only one as excited about the IPL. You've been doing excellent work on covering the IPL.

I was surprised to see Agarkar there too but hes played only 3 games so lets see where he stands after 7,11, and 14 games. OR whether he stands at all...

[lefty j]

I have faith in the little fella. Say what you want about him, but the dude can take wickets. I suspect he'll be right up there with the best averages at the end, along with Sanath, Steyn and Afridi.

We need a new stat, however, that integrates averages with strike rate/economy rate. The two are not separate anymore. I'm working on one right now actually...