Yuzvendra Chahal Vs Ravi Bishnoi: IPL Stats Comparison After 70 Matches

Abhinav Tyagi

Ravi Bishnoi and Yuzvendra Chahal - (Source : @Johns/X.com)Ravi Bishnoi and Yuzvendra Chahal - (Source : @Johns/X.com)

On Tuesday, April 1, Lucknow Super Giants will host Punjab Kings at the Ekana Stadium. Both teams are fresh off a win and it would be a great encounter between two good-looking sides. Meanwhile, eyes would be on the spin department of both teams as it would be Ravi Bishnoi vs Yuzvendra Chahal.

Both India stars need no introduction as Chahal is the leading wicket-taker in IPL history while Bishnoi is currently ahead of Chahal in the pecking order in T20I set-up of the Indian cricket team. In the past year or two, there has been a consistent debate over the better bowler between the two and this article will compare Yuzi and Ravi's stats after 70 games in IPL. 

Yuzvendra Chahal Vs Ravi Bishnoi : Overall IPL Performance After 70 Matches

Criteria
Ravi Bishnoi
Yuzvendra Chahal
Matches7070
Wickets6782
Average
29.6723.56
Economy8.017.77
Hat-tricks01
Four-wicket-haul01

Bishnoi has presently played 70 IPL matches and is an integral part of India's T20I set-up. However, if we compare Ravi's IPL stats after 70 matches against Yuzvendra Chahal, then the PBKS star proves why he became the most-expensive spinner in IPL auction history. 

Looking at Chahal's numbers, the right-arm spinner took 82 wickets in 70 matches, 15 more than Bishnoi's numbers at present. Further, he registered a hat-trick and also a four-wicket haul.

Economically too Chahal holds an edge as he boasts an economy rate of 7.77. Although, there isn't much of a gap here and Ravi too holds a great economy. 

Yuzvendra Chahal Vs Ravi Bishnoi : Analysis Of Wickets As Per Batting Order

The current comparison is based on Bishnoi's 70 matches in IPL and Chahal's 161 matches in the cash-studded league. However, this stat would give a fair idea of the impact of a player in a game.

Batting Order
Yuzvendra Chahal
Ravi Bishnoi
Top Order (1-3)90 (43.9%)29 (43.9%
Middle Order (4-7)102 (49.8%)34 (51.5%)
Tail (8-11)13 (6.3%)3 (4.5%

Looking at the numbers of these two stalwarts prove why they are regarded among the best spinners in the world. Notably, both bowlers share the same percentage of wickets of top-order. Both Bishnoi and Chahal loves to bowl in the powerplay and are proven customers as the stats suggest. 

Further, Bishnoi has better stats than Chahal for bowling to  the middle-order as 51.5% of his wickets have come against the middle-order. Also, Bishnoi relies less on cleaning up the tail and piling up his wickets. 

Final Verdict: Who Has the Edge After 70 Matches? 

The stats after 70 matches clearly suggest that Yuzvendra Chahal is the better bowler out of the two. He has taken 15 wickets more than Bishnoi after 70 IPL games. Thus, Chahal was better and most of his wickets came at Chinnaswamy Stadium, a surface that doesn't offer any help to the spinners.