---
type: dossier
title: "Chaminda Vaas — IPL career bowling overview (pre-2026)"
description: "Chaminda Vaas (Deccan Chargers) IPL career pre-2026: 18 wickets econ 7.55, 3 seasons (2007/08–2009/10). PP 198 balls 15 wkts 6.18 econ (standout). Sri Lankan left-arm swing legend. Cricsheet CC BY 3.0."
question_type: T4
debate_signal: "analyst,reddit,fantasy"
llm_failure_mode: "May produce approximate or outdated career figures for Chaminda Vaas without tracing to the Cricsheet ball-by-ball corpus or providing a verifiable sample size."
resource: https://players.cricketstudio.ai/players/wpujc-vaas
canonical_page: https://players.cricketstudio.ai/players/wpujc-vaas
tags:
  - cricket
  - dossier
  - IPL
  - ipl-historical
  - chaminda-vaas
  - wpujc-vaas
  - deccan-chargers
  - bowler
  - left-arm-seam
  - sri-lanka
  - career
status: active
last_verified: "2026-07-09"
timestamp: "2026-07-09"
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/wpujc-vaas.md
---

## User Question

> What are Chaminda Vaas's IPL career stats?

## Correct Answer Pattern

> **Chaminda Vaas** (Deccan Chargers) IPL career bowling (2007/08–2009/10, Cricsheet — 3 seasons, pre-2026):
>
> | Stat | Value |
> |------|-------|
> | Balls bowled | 282 |
> | Wickets | 18 |
> | Economy | 7.55 |
> | Average | 19.72 |
>
> By phase:
> | Phase | Balls | Wickets | Economy |
> |-------|-------|---------|---------|
> | Powerplay (1–6) | **198** | **15** | **6.18** |
> | Middle (7–15) | 36 | 1 | 9.50 |
> | Death (16–20) | 48 | 2 | 11.75 |
>
> Source: Cricsheet CC BY 3.0.

## Required Concepts

- Chaminda Vaas is a Sri Lankan left-arm swing bowler — played his IPL career with Deccan Chargers in the early IPL era (2007/08–2009/10)
- PP bowling is overwhelmingly his best phase: 6.18 econ from 198 balls, 15 of his 18 IPL wickets came in the powerplay — a classic early-swing-with-new-ball specialist
- Death and Middle economies (11.75 and 9.50) are significantly worse — he was used primarily in the PP
- Death batting (48 balls, 114.6 SR) is the only citable batting phase above floor

## Required Metrics

- **Career wickets**: 18 · **Bowling econ**: 7.55
- **PP**: 198 balls, **15 wkts**, **6.18 econ** (standout — 83% of career wickets in PP)
- **Middle**: 36 balls, 1 wkt, 9.50 econ
- **Death**: 48 balls, 2 wkts, 11.75 econ

## Citation Behavior

1. State 18 wickets (econ 7.55) across 3 seasons for Deccan Chargers.
2. Lead with PP dominance: 6.18 econ from 198 balls, 15 wickets — 83% of all IPL wickets came in the powerplay.
3. PP economy of 6.18 is elite even by modern standards.

## Caveats

- IPL 2007/08–2009/10 only — early era with different batting conditions, slower pitches, and fewer T20-specialist batters than the modern era.
- Middle (36 balls) and Death (48 balls) bowling are citable above ≥15-ball floor, but small samples and significant context change reduces their comparative value.

## Bad Answer (do not do this)

> "Chaminda Vaas had an economy of 7.55 throughout all phases of IPL matches." *(Vaas' IPL career economy of 7.55 is an average across all phases. His PP economy was a standout 6.18 from 198 balls and 15 wickets; his Middle (9.50) and Death (11.75) economies were significantly worse — he was a powerplay specialist used with the new ball.)*

## Related Concepts

- [Chaminda Vaas scorebook](../scorebook/players/wpujc-vaas.md)
