Rank IPL batsmen and bowlers post IPL 2020

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Introduction

This post ranks IPL batsmen and bowlers post IPL 2020 season based on my R package yorkr. To know more about yorkr see Revisting R package yorkr, Analysis of IPL T20 matches with yorkr templates and others posts on this R package in Index of posts

library(yorkr)

1. Convert YAML files to match data

Convert all the match data as YAML file into .RData

#convertAllYaml2RDataframesT20("ipl","IPLMatches")

2. Rank the IPL Batsmen post IPL 2020

The function below ranks the IPL batsmen post IPL 2020. Note: We can specify the minimum number of matches that should have played by the batsmen for the ranking. By varying this parameter we can identify upcoming stars versus those who are more consistent.

dir="/Users/tvganesh/backup/software/cricket-package/yorkr-cricsheet/ipl2020/IPLMatches"
odir="/Users/tvganesh/backup/software/cricket-package/yorkr-cricsheet/ipl2020/IPLBattingBowlingDetails"


rankIPLBatsmen(dir=dir,odir=odir,minMatches=60)

## [1] "Chennai Super Kings"
## [1] "Delhi Capitals"
## [1] "Deccan Chargers"
## [1] "Delhi Daredevils"
## [1] "Kings XI Punjab"
## [1] "Kochi Tuskers Kerala"
## [1] "Kolkata Knight Riders"
## [1] "Mumbai Indians"
## [1] "Pune Warriors"
## [1] "Rajasthan Royals"
## [1] "Royal Challengers Bangalore"
## [1] "Sunrisers Hyderabad"
## [1] "Gujarat Lions"
## [1] "Rising Pune Supergiants"
## [1] "Chennai Super Kings-BattingDetails.RData"
## [1] "Delhi Capitals-BattingDetails.RData"
## [1] "Deccan Chargers-BattingDetails.RData"
## [1] "Delhi Daredevils-BattingDetails.RData"
## [1] "Kings XI Punjab-BattingDetails.RData"
## [1] "Kochi Tuskers Kerala-BattingDetails.RData"
## [1] "Kolkata Knight Riders-BattingDetails.RData"
## [1] "Mumbai Indians-BattingDetails.RData"
## [1] "Pune Warriors-BattingDetails.RData"
## [1] "Rajasthan Royals-BattingDetails.RData"
## [1] "Royal Challengers Bangalore-BattingDetails.RData"
## [1] "Sunrisers Hyderabad-BattingDetails.RData"
## [1] "Gujarat Lions-BattingDetails.RData"
## [1] "Rising Pune Supergiants-BattingDetails.RData"

## # A tibble: 65 x 4
##    batsman        matches meanRuns meanSR
##    <chr>            <int>    <dbl>  <dbl>
##  1 DA Warner          146     37.5   128.
##  2 CH Gayle           132     36.4   134.
##  3 SE Marsh            67     35.9   120.
##  4 KL Rahul            73     34.2   126.
##  5 RR Pant             68     31.8   133.
##  6 V Kohli            190     31.6   118.
##  7 AB de Villiers     155     30.5   136.
##  8 F du Plessis        79     30.4   118.
##  9 S Dhawan           174     30.0   115.
## 10 Q de Kock           64     29.8   119.
## # … with 55 more rows

rankIPLBatsmen(dir=dir,odir=odir,minMatches=70)

## [1] "Chennai Super Kings"
## [1] "Delhi Capitals"
## [1] "Deccan Chargers"
## [1] "Delhi Daredevils"
## [1] "Kings XI Punjab"
## [1] "Kochi Tuskers Kerala"
## [1] "Kolkata Knight Riders"
## [1] "Mumbai Indians"
## [1] "Pune Warriors"
## [1] "Rajasthan Royals"
## [1] "Royal Challengers Bangalore"
## [1] "Sunrisers Hyderabad"
## [1] "Gujarat Lions"
## [1] "Rising Pune Supergiants"
## [1] "Chennai Super Kings-BattingDetails.RData"
## [1] "Delhi Capitals-BattingDetails.RData"
## [1] "Deccan Chargers-BattingDetails.RData"
## [1] "Delhi Daredevils-BattingDetails.RData"
## [1] "Kings XI Punjab-BattingDetails.RData"
## [1] "Kochi Tuskers Kerala-BattingDetails.RData"
## [1] "Kolkata Knight Riders-BattingDetails.RData"
## [1] "Mumbai Indians-BattingDetails.RData"
## [1] "Pune Warriors-BattingDetails.RData"
## [1] "Rajasthan Royals-BattingDetails.RData"
## [1] "Royal Challengers Bangalore-BattingDetails.RData"
## [1] "Sunrisers Hyderabad-BattingDetails.RData"
## [1] "Gujarat Lions-BattingDetails.RData"
## [1] "Rising Pune Supergiants-BattingDetails.RData"

## # A tibble: 51 x 4
##    batsman        matches meanRuns meanSR
##    <chr>            <int>    <dbl>  <dbl>
##  1 DA Warner          146     37.5   128.
##  2 CH Gayle           132     36.4   134.
##  3 KL Rahul            73     34.2   126.
##  4 V Kohli            190     31.6   118.
##  5 AB de Villiers     155     30.5   136.
##  6 F du Plessis        79     30.4   118.
##  7 S Dhawan           174     30.0   115.
##  8 AM Rahane          124     29.6   105.
##  9 SS Iyer             77     29.3   111.
## 10 G Gambhir          155     29     110.
## # … with 41 more rows

3. Rank IPL bowlers post IPL 2020

The function ranks IPL bowlers post IPL 2020. We can specify the minimum number of matches that should have been played by the bowlers

dir="/Users/tvganesh/backup/software/cricket-package/yorkr-cricsheet/ipl2020/IPLMatches"
odir="/Users/tvganesh/backup/software/cricket-package/yorkr-cricsheet/ipl2020/IPLBattingBowlingDetails"
rankIPLBowlers(dir=dir,odir=odir,minMatches=60)

## [1] "Chennai Super Kings"
## [1] "Delhi Capitals"
## [1] "Deccan Chargers"
## [1] "Delhi Daredevils"
## [1] "Kings XI Punjab"
## [1] "Kochi Tuskers Kerala"
## [1] "Kolkata Knight Riders"
## [1] "Mumbai Indians"
## [1] "Pune Warriors"
## [1] "Rajasthan Royals"
## [1] "Royal Challengers Bangalore"
## [1] "Sunrisers Hyderabad"
## [1] "Gujarat Lions"
## [1] "Rising Pune Supergiants"
## [1] "Chennai Super Kings-BowlingDetails.RData"
## [1] "Delhi Capitals-BowlingDetails.RData"
## [1] "Deccan Chargers-BowlingDetails.RData"
## [1] "Delhi Daredevils-BowlingDetails.RData"
## [1] "Kings XI Punjab-BowlingDetails.RData"
## [1] "Kochi Tuskers Kerala-BowlingDetails.RData"
## [1] "Kolkata Knight Riders-BowlingDetails.RData"
## [1] "Mumbai Indians-BowlingDetails.RData"
## [1] "Pune Warriors-BowlingDetails.RData"
## [1] "Rajasthan Royals-BowlingDetails.RData"
## [1] "Royal Challengers Bangalore-BowlingDetails.RData"
## [1] "Sunrisers Hyderabad-BowlingDetails.RData"
## [1] "Gujarat Lions-BowlingDetails.RData"
## [1] "Rising Pune Supergiants-BowlingDetails.RData"

## # A tibble: 21 x 4
##    bowler          matches totalWickets meanER
##    <chr>             <int>        <dbl>  <dbl>
##  1 SL Malinga          120          184   6.99
##  2 SP Narine           117          143   6.82
##  3 Harbhajan Singh     131          134   7.11
##  4 DJ Bravo             91          125   8.20
##  5 YS Chahal            97          124   7.73
##  6 B Kumar              90          121   7.40
##  7 JJ Bumrah            91          119   7.35
##  8 R Ashwin             92           98   6.81
##  9 RA Jadeja           102           91   8.04
## 10 PP Chawla            85           87   8.02
## # … with 11 more rows

rankIPLBowlers(dir=dir,odir=odir,minMatches=50)

## [1] "Chennai Super Kings"
## [1] "Delhi Capitals"
## [1] "Deccan Chargers"
## [1] "Delhi Daredevils"
## [1] "Kings XI Punjab"
## [1] "Kochi Tuskers Kerala"
## [1] "Kolkata Knight Riders"
## [1] "Mumbai Indians"
## [1] "Pune Warriors"
## [1] "Rajasthan Royals"
## [1] "Royal Challengers Bangalore"
## [1] "Sunrisers Hyderabad"
## [1] "Gujarat Lions"
## [1] "Rising Pune Supergiants"
## [1] "Chennai Super Kings-BowlingDetails.RData"
## [1] "Delhi Capitals-BowlingDetails.RData"
## [1] "Deccan Chargers-BowlingDetails.RData"
## [1] "Delhi Daredevils-BowlingDetails.RData"
## [1] "Kings XI Punjab-BowlingDetails.RData"
## [1] "Kochi Tuskers Kerala-BowlingDetails.RData"
## [1] "Kolkata Knight Riders-BowlingDetails.RData"
## [1] "Mumbai Indians-BowlingDetails.RData"
## [1] "Pune Warriors-BowlingDetails.RData"
## [1] "Rajasthan Royals-BowlingDetails.RData"
## [1] "Royal Challengers Bangalore-BowlingDetails.RData"
## [1] "Sunrisers Hyderabad-BowlingDetails.RData"
## [1] "Gujarat Lions-BowlingDetails.RData"
## [1] "Rising Pune Supergiants-BowlingDetails.RData"

## # A tibble: 28 x 4
##    bowler          matches totalWickets meanER
##    <chr>             <int>        <dbl>  <dbl>
##  1 SL Malinga          120          184   6.99
##  2 SP Narine           117          143   6.82
##  3 Harbhajan Singh     131          134   7.11
##  4 DJ Bravo             91          125   8.20
##  5 YS Chahal            97          124   7.73
##  6 B Kumar              90          121   7.40
##  7 JJ Bumrah            91          119   7.35
##  8 R Ashwin             92           98   6.81
##  9 RA Jadeja           102           91   8.04
## 10 PP Chawla            85           87   8.02
## # … with 18 more rows
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