The Top 5 IPL 2022 Batsmen In April

The 2022 Indian Premier League is already in its mid-season, but we’re just getting to the exciting part. There are still more matches to look forward to and whatever your reason is for watching, we’re sure that you already have thoughts on who might win this season and which cricketers will be getting some awards.

Whether you’re watching the current IPL season to simply enjoy the game or to place your bets, one of the best IPL tips is to take a look at how each team and the players are performing. Here’s the latest IPL team standing:

Teams	M	W	L	Pts
Lucknow Super Giants	11	8	3	16
Gujarat Titans	11	8	3	16
Rajasthan Royals	11	7	4	14
Royal Challengers Bangalore	12	7	5	14
Delhi Capitals	11	5	6	10
Sunrisers Hyderabad	11	5	6	10
Punjab Kings XI	11	5	6	10
Chennai Super Kings	11	4	7	8
Kolkata Knight Riders	11	4	7	8
Mumbai Indians	10	2	8	4

Aside from the team standings, player performance is also important for you to have a better idea of which teams are already doing well and will likely continue to do so. Batting and bowling performances are usually what people look for. Let’s take a look at the top 5 Batsmen this season and get to know them.

Jos Buttler

Jos Buttler is an English cricketer who is now playing for Rajasthan Royals as a right-handed batter. He has been with the squad since 2018. 

Here’s Butter’s Batting & Fielding statistics from the year he joined his current team, Rajasthan Royals, until today:

Year	Mat	No	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	CT	ST
2022	11	1	618	116	61.80	406	152.22	3	3	55	16	6	0
2021	7	0	254	124	36.28	166	153.01	1	0	27	14	3	0
2020	13	2	328	70	32.80	227	144.49	0	2	27	21	6	0
2019	8	0	311	89	38.87	205	151.70	0	3	38	14	8	0
2018	13	3	548	95	54.80	353	155.24	0	5	52	21	9	1

KL Rahul

KL Rahul is another popular cricketer who is now the captain of Lucknow Super Giants, which is one of the two new teams added to the IPL this year. Before LSG, Rahul played for Punjab Kings from 2018 to 2021.

Lucknow Super Giants purchased Rahul for 17 Cr ahead of this year’s Mega Auction. Here’s his batting and fielding:

Year	Mat	No	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	CT	ST
2021	13	3	626	98*	62.60	451	138.80	0	6	48	30	11	0
2020	14	2	670	132*	55.83	518	129.34	1	5	58	23	10	0
2019	14	3	593	100*	53.90	438	135.38	1	6	49	25	7	0
2018	14	2	659	95*	54.91	416	158.41	0	6	66	32	10	1

Meanwhile, here are his current batting and fielding stats with LSG:

Year	Mat	No	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	CT	ST
2022	11	2	451	103*	50.11	311	145.02	2	2	38	20	7	0

Faf Du Plessis

Faf du Plessis is an African professional cricketer who is now the captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore. He is considered one of the best fielders of all time and was named the South African Cricketer of the year in 2019.

Before playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore, he was with Chennai Super Kings from 2018 to 2021. Here are his batting and fielding skills when he was with CSK:

Year	Mat	No	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	CT	ST
2021	16	2	633	95*	45.21	458	138.20	0	6	60	23	12	0
2020	13	2	449	87*	40.81	319	140.75	0	4	42	14	12	0
2019	12	1	396	96	36.00	321	123.36	0	3	36	15	12	0
2018	6	1	162	67*	32.40	129	125.58	0	1	17	6	1	0

Here are his latest batting and fielding scores for this season:

Year	Mat	No	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	CT	ST
2022	12	1	389	96	35.36	293	132.76	0	3	39	13	3	0

David Warner

David Warner is one of the IPL’s favorites. He is an international cricketer who is also a former vice captain of the Australian team. He now plays for Delhi Capitals after playing for Sunrisers Hyderabad for 7 years.

Here’s his batting and fielding stats from 2014 to 2021 when he was playing for SRH:

Year	Mat	No	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	CT	ST
2021	8	0	195	57	24.37	181	107.73	0	2	15	6	2	0
2020	16	2	548	85*	39.14	407	134.64	0	4	52	14	12	0
2019	12	2	692	100*	69.20	481	143.86	1	8	57	21	2	0
2017	14	3	641	126	58.27	452	141.81	1	4	63	26	10	0
2016	17	3	848	93*	60.57	560	151.42	0	9	88	31	4	0
2015	14	1	562	91	43.23	359	156.54	0	7	65	21	8	0
2014	14	3	528	90	48.00	375	140.80	0	6	39	24	8	0

Here are his latest batting and fielding scores this season:

Year	Mat	No	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	CT	ST
2022	9	2	375	92*	53.57	239	156.90	0	4	46	14	3	0

Hardik Pandya

Hardik Pandya is also a bit of an IPL veteran having played for Mumbai Indians from 2015 until last year. This year, he was purchased by Gujarat Titans, which is also a new team that was added this season. 

Here are all his IPL batting and fielding scores since he played for Mumbai Indians:

Year	Mat	No	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	CT	ST
2021	12	2	127	40*	14.11	112	113.39	0	0	11	5	4	0
2020	14	5	281	60*	35.12	157	178.98	0	1	14	25	6	0
2019	16	6	402	91	44.66	210	191.42	0	1	28	29	11	0
2018	13	4	260	50	28.88	195	133.33	0	1	20	11	8	0
2017	17	9	250	35*	35.71	160	156.25	0	0	11	20	12	0
2016	11	2	44	9	6.28	63	69.84	0	0	4	0	6	0
2015	9	3	112	61*	22.40	62	180.64	0	1	9	8	6	0

Here’s how he has been performing this season with Gujarat Titans:

Year	Mat	No	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	CT	ST
2022	10	2	333	87*	41.63	248	134.27	0	3	36	8	2	0