Captains who won the toss and ELECTED TO BAT: 17% win rate. Captains who chose to BOWL: 57%.
12 'we'll bat' decisions + 61 'we'll bowl' decisions across the captured season. The dew-and-grip math is well-known. The magnitude this season — 40-point edge — isn't.
The numbers behind the pattern
- Captains who elected to BAT
- 12
- … of those, won the match
- 17%
- Captains who elected to BOWL
- 61
- … of those, won the match
- 57%
- Edge to bowl-first
- 40 pts
Most recent fixture this pattern ties to
How this is computed
Cross-tabulated across every captured fixture under /matches. Patterns are recomputed when new ball-by-ball data lands. Source: CricketMind feed, computed by CricketStudio.
Related trends
- M.Chinnaswamy Stadium captains: 100% elect to bowl; bowl-electors win 80% of those.
- Wankhede Stadium captains: 86% elect to bowl; bowl-electors win 50% of those.
- Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium captains: 83% elect to bowl; bowl-electors win 60% of those.
- Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium captains: 100% elect to bowl; bowl-electors win 57% of those.
- Eden Gardens captains: 83% elect to bowl; bowl-electors win 40% of those.
Frequently asked
- What is the toss × decision pattern in IPL 2026?
- Captains who won the toss and ELECTED TO BAT: 17% win rate. Captains who chose to BOWL: 57%.
- What does this toss × decision pattern mean?
- 12 'we'll bat' decisions + 61 'we'll bowl' decisions across the captured season. The dew-and-grip math is well-known. The magnitude this season — 40-point edge — isn't.
- What numbers support this pattern?
- Captains who elected to BAT: 12 · … of those, won the match: 17% · Captains who elected to BOWL: 61 · … of those, won the match: 57% · Edge to bowl-first: 40 pts. Computed by CricketStudio from CricketMind ball-by-ball data across every captured IPL 2026 fixture.