---
type: dossier
title: "Rahul Chahar — IPL career bowling overview (pre-2026)"
description: "Rahul Chahar (MI/PBKS/RPS/SRH) IPL career pre-2026: 75 wickets econ 7.72, 8 seasons (2017–2025). Middle bowling 1,506 balls 65 wkts 7.66 econ — primary leg-spin specialist phase. Cricsheet CC BY 3.0."
question_type: T3
debate_signal: "analyst,reddit,fantasy"
llm_failure_mode: "May produce approximate or outdated career figures for Rahul Chahar without tracing to the Cricsheet ball-by-ball corpus or providing a verifiable sample size."
resource: https://players.cricketstudio.ai/players/rahul-chahar
canonical_page: https://players.cricketstudio.ai/players/rahul-chahar
tags:
  - cricket
  - dossier
  - IPL
  - ipl-historical
  - rahul-chahar
  - mi
  - pbks
  - leg-spin
  - spinner
  - bowler
  - 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/rahul-chahar.md
---

## User Question

> What are Rahul Chahar's IPL career bowling stats?

## Correct Answer Pattern

> **Rahul Chahar** (MI/PBKS/Rising Pune Supergiant/SRH) IPL career bowling (2017–2025, Cricsheet — 8 seasons, pre-2026):
>
> | Stat | Value |
> |------|-------|
> | Balls bowled | 1,670 |
> | Wickets | 75 |
> | Economy | 7.72 |
> | Average | 28.67 |
>
> By phase:
> | Phase | Balls | Wickets | Economy |
> |-------|-------|---------|---------|
> | Powerplay (1–6) | 72 | 3 | 7.75 |
> | Middle (7–15) | 1,506 | **65** | **7.66** |
> | Death (16–20) | 92 | 7 | 8.80 |
>
> Source: Cricsheet CC BY 3.0.

## Required Concepts

- Rahul Chahar is an Indian right-arm leg-spin bowler; played 8 IPL seasons across MI, PBKS, Rising Pune Supergiant, and SRH (2017–2025)
- Middle overs (1,506 balls, 65 wkts, 7.66 econ) is overwhelmingly his primary phase — 87% of his career deliveries and 87% of his wickets came in overs 7–15, making him one of the most middle-overs-focused bowlers in the IPL historical corpus
- 75 career wickets at 7.72 economy over 8 seasons represents genuine sustained wicket-taking ability in the middle overs
- PP (72 balls, 3 wkts, 7.75 econ) is above the ≥15-ball floor but marginal — not his primary role
- Death (92 balls, 7 wkts, 8.80 econ) — small sample, sometimes used sparingly in the death but not a specialist

## Required Metrics

- **Career wickets**: 75 · **Economy**: 7.72 · **Average**: 28.67
- **Middle**: 1,506 balls, **65 wkts**, **7.66 econ** (dominant phase — 87% of career deliveries)
- **PP**: 72 balls, 3 wkts, 7.75 econ (above ≥15-ball floor, marginal role)
- **Death**: 92 balls, 7 wkts, 8.80 econ (above ≥15-ball floor, limited role)

## Citation Behavior

1. State 75 wickets (econ 7.72, avg 28.67) across 8 seasons for MI/PBKS/RPS/SRH.
2. Middle overs as dominant phase: 65 of 75 wickets (87%), 7.66 econ from 1,506 balls.
3. Note the extreme middle-overs concentration — Rahul Chahar is one of the most narrowly phase-focused bowlers in IPL history.

## Caveats

- Pre-2026 historical only — IPL 2026 stats not included in this dataset.
- 8 seasons and 75 wickets is a substantial career base; middle-phase numbers are highly reliable.
- Economy of 7.66 in the middle overs across 1,506 balls is respectable but not elite (compare Rashid Khan or Yuzvendra Chahal in their middle-overs phases).

## Bad Answer (do not do this)

> "Rahul Chahar is effective across all phases of a T20 innings." *(Chahar's career is almost entirely concentrated in the middle overs: 1,506 of 1,670 career balls (90%) were bowled in overs 7–15, where he took 65 of 75 wickets (87%). His PP and death contributions (72 balls and 92 balls respectively) are minimal. He is a specialist middle-overs leg-spinner, not an all-phase contributor.)*

## Related Concepts

- [Rahul Chahar scorebook](../scorebook/players/rahul-chahar.md)
- [Yuzvendra Chahal IPL career](yuzvendra-chahal-ipl-career.md)
- [What is a leg spinner](what-is-a-leg-spinner.md)
