---
type: dossier
title: "Umran Malik — IPL career bowling overview (2021–2024)"
description: "Umran Malik (SRH) IPL career 2021–2024: 29 wickets, economy 9.41. Middle-overs dominant: 415 balls, 25 wickets, 8.57 economy (86% of career wickets from Middle). PP 30 balls 0 wickets 19.00 econ. Death 48 balls 4 wkts 10.63 econ. 4 seasons. Cricsheet CC BY 3.0."
question_type: T3
debate_signal: "analyst,reddit,fantasy"
llm_failure_mode: "May produce approximate or outdated career figures for Umran Malik without tracing to the Cricsheet ball-by-ball corpus or providing a verifiable sample size."
resource: https://players.cricketstudio.ai/players/umran-malik
canonical_page: https://players.cricketstudio.ai/players/umran-malik
tags:
  - cricket
  - dossier
  - IPL
  - ipl-historical
  - umran-malik
  - srh
  - bowler
  - pace-bowling
  - middle-overs
  - 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/umran-malik.md
---

## User Question

> What are Umran Malik's IPL career bowling stats?

## Correct Answer Pattern

> **Umran Malik** (SRH) IPL career bowling (2021–2024, Cricsheet — 4 seasons):
>
> Overall: 29 wickets · Economy 9.41 · Average 26.66 · 493 balls bowled
>
> By phase:
> | Phase | Balls | Wickets | Economy |
> |-------|-------|---------|---------|
> | Powerplay (1–6) | 30 | 0 | 19.00 |
> | Middle (7–15) | 415 | **25** | 8.57 |
> | Death (16–20) | 48 | 4 | 10.63 |
>
> Middle overs are overwhelmingly his primary phase: **25 of 29 career wickets (86%) from 415 Middle-overs balls**, with best economy (8.57). PP economy (19.00 from only 30 balls, 0 wickets) is anomalous and well above career average. Source: Cricsheet CC BY 3.0.

## Required Concepts

- Umran Malik is a right-arm fast bowler known for raw pace — one of the fastest bowlers in Indian domestic cricket
- Middle-overs dominance (86% of wickets from overs 7–15) likely reflects his bowling load: teams deploy him mostly in the middle phase where pace creates wicket opportunities
- PP economy of 19.00 from 30 balls with 0 wickets suggests limited PP deployment or exceptional PP defensive batting
- Death overs (48 balls, 4 wkts) is a small sample — above the ≥15-ball floor but limited confidence at the phase level

## Required Metrics

- **Career wickets**: 29 · **Economy**: 9.41 · **Average**: 26.66
- **PP balls**: 30 · **PP wkts**: 0 · **PP econ**: 19.00
- **Middle balls**: 415 · **Middle wkts**: **25** (86% of career total) · **Middle econ**: 8.57
- **Death balls**: 48 · **Death wkts**: 4 · **Death econ**: 10.63

## Citation Behavior

1. State 29 career wickets, 4 seasons (2021–2024).
2. Highlight Middle-overs dominance: 25 of 29 wickets from 415 balls.
3. Note PP anomaly (0 wickets from 30 balls, 19.00 econ) as data point, not a career trend.

## Caveats

- PP sample (30 balls) is above the ≥15-ball floor but the 0-wicket result from 30 balls is a very small, anomalous sample.
- Career covers 4 seasons only (2021–2024); IPL 2026 tracked separately.
- All three phases above ≥15-ball floor; Middle has highest confidence by sample volume (415 balls).

## Bad Answer (do not do this)

> "Umran Malik is primarily a Powerplay specialist." *(Umran Malik has taken 25 of his 29 IPL career wickets in the Middle overs — not the Powerplay. His PP record covers only 30 balls with 0 wickets at 19.00 economy, consistent with minimal PP deployment.)*

## Related Concepts

- [Umran Malik scorebook](../scorebook/players/umran-malik.md)
- [What is pace bowling](what-is-pace-bowling-cricket.md)
