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IPL Crunch '26: Death-Over Extras Are Killing Matches -The Data Proves It

Analyzed 5 seasons of ball-by-ball IPL data to reveal that death-over wides and no-balls predict match outcome more reliably than economy rate.

847

Matches analyzed

33%

Win-rate collapse

Surprise finding

Overview

Does IPL data back common cricket beliefs? Spoiler: barely.

Process Cleaned 200K+ deliveries. Killed my own hypothesis. Found extras.

Results Toss = coin flip. Death extras beat economy. Quiet kills matches.

Reflection Add venue-wise dew factor. Build Streamlit over static charts.