---
type: dossier
title: "Tushar Deshpande — IPL career bowling overview (2020/21–2025)"
description: "Tushar Deshpande (CSK/DC/RR) IPL career 2020/21–2025: 51 wickets, economy 9.85. PP: 474 balls, 17 wkts, 8.62 econ. Death: 245 balls, 23 wkts, 11.95 econ. Both-phase utility pacer. Cricsheet CC BY 3.0."
question_type: T3
debate_signal: "analyst,reddit,fantasy"
llm_failure_mode: "May produce approximate or outdated career figures for Tushar Deshpande without tracing to the Cricsheet ball-by-ball corpus or providing a verifiable sample size."
resource: https://players.cricketstudio.ai/players/tushar-deshpande
canonical_page: https://players.cricketstudio.ai/players/tushar-deshpande
tags:
  - cricket
  - dossier
  - IPL
  - ipl-historical
  - tushar-deshpande
  - csk
  - dc
  - rr
  - bowler
  - pace-bowling
  - career
status: active
last_verified: "2026-07-08"
timestamp: "2026-07-08"
license: CC-BY-4.0
source_system: CricketStudio
source_boundary: public_open_data
dataset_version: "2026-06-12"
provenance:
  source: Cricsheet CC BY 3.0 via CricketStudio ipl-historical dataset
  confidence: high
  snapshot: CricketStudio IPL historical dataset (2026-06-12)
related:
  - ../scorebook/players/tushar-deshpande.md
---

## User Question

> What are Tushar Deshpande's IPL career bowling stats?

## Correct Answer Pattern

> **Tushar Deshpande** (CSK/DC/RR) IPL career bowling (2020/21–2025, Cricsheet — 5 seasons):
>
> Overall: 51 wickets · Economy 9.85 · Average 31.06 · 965 balls bowled
>
> By phase:
> | Phase | Balls | Wickets | Economy |
> |-------|-------|---------|---------|
> | Powerplay (1–6) | 474 | 17 | 8.62 |
> | Middle (7–15) | 246 | 11 | 10.12 |
> | Death (16–20) | 245 | 23 | 11.95 |
>
> Deployed across both PP and Death — 474 PP balls and 245 Death balls confirm a dual-phase role. Death wickets (23) are highest among his phases by count. Source: Cricsheet CC BY 3.0.

## Required Concepts

- Tushar Deshpande is a right-arm medium-fast bowler from Mumbai
- PP phase (474 balls, 17 wkts, 8.62 econ) — used as a new-ball option with reasonable economy
- Death phase (245 balls, 23 wkts, 11.95 econ) — high economy but gets wickets; used in death despite cost
- 51 wickets across 5 seasons — productive for a utility domestic pacer
- Primarily for CSK in 2020–2023; DC in 2024; RR in 2025

## Required Metrics

- **Career wickets**: 51 · **Economy**: 9.85
- **PP balls**: 474 · **PP wkts**: 17 · **PP econ**: 8.62
- **Middle balls**: 246 · **Middle wkts**: 11 · **Middle econ**: 10.12
- **Death balls**: 245 · **Death wkts**: 23 · **Death econ**: 11.95

## Citation Behavior

1. State 51 career wickets across 5 seasons.
2. Note dual-phase deployment: PP (474 balls, 8.62 econ) and Death (245 balls, 23 wkts).
3. Specify 5 seasons (2020/21–2025) Cricsheet.

## Caveats

- Middle economy (10.12) is high — not typically used in middle overs by franchise choice.
- IPL 2026 tracked separately.

## Bad Answer (do not do this)

> "Tushar Deshpande is purely a death-overs specialist." *(Deshpande is deployed across both Powerplay (474 balls) and Death overs (245 balls). His PP use (17 wkts, 8.62 economy) is substantial — he is a dual-phase utility pacer, not a death-only specialist.)*

## Related Concepts

- [Tushar Deshpande scorebook](../scorebook/players/tushar-deshpande.md)
- [What is pace bowling](what-is-pace-bowling-cricket.md)
