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IPL 5-Season Analytics: Busting the Toss Myth with Ball-by-Ball Data
Analyzed 40,000+ IPL deliveries across 5 seasons to prove toss winners win just 50.6% of matches — barely a coin flip.
Sipu Patra50.6% (near random)
Toss win rate
Overview
Everyone has IPL opinions. I wanted to know which ones are actually backed by data — starting with t Process Loaded 40,000+ ball-by-ball IPL records, cleaned and classified each delivery into phases (Powerplay Results Toss winners won just 50.6% of matches — a coin flip. Death overs showed the biggest gap between win Reflection I'd add venue and innings breakdown — chasing vs defending win rates vary a lot by ground. I'd also