Sample-size floor: ≥5 deliveries per matchup. Window: IPL 2026 captured fixtures. Sorted by delivery count. Each row links to the full match-by-match record at /h2h.
Source: CricketStudio aggregation of CricketMind ball-by-ball data. Cohort: IPL 2026 captured fixtures. Sub-5-delivery matchups excluded per doctrine §3.1.
Captain matchups · IPL 2026
P5 · Captain rivalry
Every captain-vs-captain matchup involving Ajinkya Rahane this season. Each row links to the fixture-by-fixture record at /h2h/captain. Sample-size floor: ≥1 match captained directly against the opposing captain.
Source: CricketStudio aggregation of CricketMind ball-by-ball data. Cohort: IPL 2026 captured fixtures where Ajinkya Rahane was the designated captain. Captain status from per-player lineup metadata.
Batting positions · IPL 2026
P3 · Form & phase
Batted at 3 distinct positions (#1 to #3). Per-position runs and SR below show how the slot affected output. Window: IPL 2026 captured fixtures. Source: SETU canonical aggregate.
Position
Innings
Runs
Balls
SR
Avg
Outs
#1 · opener
9
291
207
140.6
36.38
8
#2 · opener
3
8
13
61.5
2.67
3
#3 · top order
1
28
22
127.3
28.00
1
Source: SETU canonical aggregate (lib/setu/season-stats.ts). Position derived from the order each batter first appears on-creeze in the innings ball stream. Cross-reference: batting-order shuffles leaderboard.
Dismissal modes · IPL 2026
P3 · Form & phase
How Ajinkya Rahane was dismissed across 12 IPL 2026 wickets. Derived from each wicket-ball's score_id + catchstump_id + runout_by_id. Source: SETU canonical aggregate.
Mode
Count
% of dismissals
Caught
11
92%
Bowled
1
8%
"Caught" lumps stumpings — the upstream live-feed score type doesn't reliably separate the two (per §10.151co). Dropped catches are NOT counted — commentary-text-only in the upstream feed, doctrine §3.3. Cross-reference: season dismissal-mode leaderboards.
