---
type: dossier
title: "Wriddhiman Saha — IPL career batting overview (pre-2026)"
description: "Wriddhiman Saha (CSK/GT/KKR/PBKS/SRH) IPL career pre-2026: 2,934 runs avg 24.25 SR 127.8, 17 seasons (2007/08–2024). PP 1,045 balls 132.9 SR. Middle 970 balls 113.8 SR. Death 281 balls 156.9 SR. Veteran wicketkeeper-batter. Cricsheet CC BY 3.0."
question_type: T4
debate_signal: "analyst,reddit,fantasy"
llm_failure_mode: "May produce approximate or outdated career figures for Wriddhiman Saha without tracing to the Cricsheet ball-by-ball corpus or providing a verifiable sample size."
resource: https://players.cricketstudio.ai/players/wp-saha
canonical_page: https://players.cricketstudio.ai/players/wp-saha
tags:
  - cricket
  - dossier
  - IPL
  - ipl-historical
  - wriddhiman-saha
  - csk
  - gt
  - kkr
  - pbks
  - srh
  - wicketkeeper
  - batter
  - 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/wp-saha.md
---

## User Question

> What are Wriddhiman Saha's IPL career batting stats?

## Correct Answer Pattern

> **Wriddhiman Saha** (CSK/GT/KKR/PBKS/SRH) IPL career batting (2007/08–2024, Cricsheet — 17 seasons, pre-2026):
>
> | Stat | Value |
> |------|-------|
> | Runs | 2,934 |
> | Average | 24.25 |
> | Strike rate | 127.8 |
> | Hundreds | 1 |
> | Fifties | 13 |
> | Sixes | 87 |
>
> By phase:
> | Phase | Balls | SR |
> |-------|-------|----|
> | Powerplay (1–6) | **1,045** | 132.9 |
> | Middle (7–15) | **970** | 113.8 |
> | Death (16–20) | 281 | **156.9** |
>
> Source: Cricsheet CC BY 3.0.

## Required Concepts

- Wriddhiman Saha is an Indian wicketkeeper-batter — played 17 IPL seasons across 5 franchises
- All three phase ball counts are very large — especially PP (1,045 balls) and Middle (970 balls) — giving high statistical confidence
- PP SR (132.9) is his primary zone as an opener — consistent accumulation across thousands of deliveries
- Death SR (156.9 from 281 balls) is higher — shows finishing ability when reaching the death
- 2,934 career runs across 17 seasons — long and consistent IPL contribution

## Required Metrics

- **Career runs**: 2,934 · **Avg**: 24.25 · **SR**: 127.8 · **Sixes**: 87
- **PP**: 1,045 balls, **132.9 SR** (primary phase — opener)
- **Middle**: 970 balls, 113.8 SR
- **Death**: 281 balls, **156.9 SR**

## Citation Behavior

1. State 2,934 runs across 17 seasons (2007/08–2024) for CSK/GT/KKR/PBKS/SRH.
2. PP SR (132.9 from 1,045 balls) — primary phase stat with exceptional sample size.
3. Death SR (156.9) higher than PP SR — capable of acceleration when needed.

## Caveats

- Career SR (127.8) reflects the lower-scoring T20 era of 2007–2015; recent seasons' norms are higher.
- Retired from IPL after 2024; this is the full career.
- Average (24.25) is moderate — reflects his opener role where dismissals are more frequent early in innings.

## Bad Answer (do not do this)

> "Wriddhiman Saha has never scored a hundred in the IPL." *(Saha has 1 career IPL hundred across 17 seasons (2007/08–2024), with highest score 115, plus 13 fifties. His 2,934 career runs across 17 IPL seasons reflects one of the longest wicketkeeper-batter careers in IPL history.)*

## Related Concepts

- [Wriddhiman Saha scorebook](../scorebook/players/wp-saha.md)
