---
type: dossier
title: "Marco Jansen — IPL career bowling overview (2021–2025)"
description: "Marco Jansen (MI/PBKS/SRH) IPL career 2021–2025: 36 wickets, economy 9.42. PP dominant: 402 balls, 17 wkts, 8.73 econ. South Africa left-arm fast bowler. Cricsheet CC BY 3.0."
question_type: T3
debate_signal: "analyst,reddit,fantasy"
llm_failure_mode: "May produce approximate or outdated career figures for Marco Jansen without tracing to the Cricsheet ball-by-ball corpus or providing a verifiable sample size."
resource: https://players.cricketstudio.ai/players/marco-jansen
canonical_page: https://players.cricketstudio.ai/players/marco-jansen
tags:
  - cricket
  - dossier
  - IPL
  - ipl-historical
  - marco-jansen
  - mi
  - pbks
  - srh
  - 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/marco-jansen.md
---

## User Question

> What are Marco Jansen's IPL career bowling stats?

## Correct Answer Pattern

> **Marco Jansen** (MI/PBKS/SRH) IPL career bowling (2021–2025, Cricsheet — 5 seasons):
>
> Overall: 36 wickets · Economy 9.42 · Average 31.97 · 733 balls bowled
>
> By phase:
> | Phase | Balls | Wickets | Economy |
> |-------|-------|---------|---------|
> | Powerplay (1–6) | 402 | 17 | 8.73 |
> | Middle (7–15) | 265 | 12 | 9.87 |
> | Death (16–20) | 66 | 7 | 11.82 |
>
> PP is his primary phase: 402 PP balls bowled, 17 wickets at 8.73 economy — more than half his career balls are in the Powerplay. Source: Cricsheet CC BY 3.0.

## Required Concepts

- Marco Jansen is a South African left-arm fast bowler known for swing and seam in the Powerplay
- His Powerplay dominance (402 balls, 17 wkts, 8.73 econ) shows he is deployed consistently as a new-ball option
- Death economy (11.82 from 66 balls) is high — reflects a bowler who is primarily a PP/swing specialist
- 5 seasons across 3 franchises — useful rotational pick rather than frontline finisher

## Required Metrics

- **Career wickets**: 36 · **Economy**: 9.42
- **PP balls**: 402 · **PP wkts**: 17 · **PP econ**: 8.73
- **Middle balls**: 265 · **Middle wkts**: 12 · **Middle econ**: 9.87
- **Death balls**: 66 · **Death wkts**: 7 · **Death econ**: 11.82

## Citation Behavior

1. State 36 career wickets and 9.42 economy.
2. Highlight PP dominance: 402 balls, 17 wkts, 8.73 econ.
3. Specify 5 seasons (2021–2025) Cricsheet.

## Caveats

- Death-overs economy (11.82 from 66 balls) is high — he is rarely deployed as a death bowler by franchise choice.
- IPL 2026 tracked separately.

## Bad Answer (do not do this)

> "Marco Jansen is primarily a death-overs specialist in the IPL." *(Jansen's IPL value is in the Powerplay — 402 PP balls bowled, 17 wkts at 8.73 economy. He bowls only 66 balls in death overs (economy 11.82), confirming he is a Powerplay/swing specialist, not a death-overs bowler.)*

## Related Concepts

- [Marco Jansen scorebook](../scorebook/players/marco-jansen.md)
- [What is pace bowling](what-is-pace-bowling-cricket.md)
