The numbers
Career record
142
Matches
5050
Runs
46.3
Average
135.4
Strike rate
38
Fifties
4
Hundreds
132
High score
Form
Last ten innings
The form trajectory across the most recent appearances.
Cooling off
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Player intelligence
The read on his game
AI-generated analysis, grounded in his career numbers and role.
KL averages 46.3 at a strike rate of 135, a profile built for control rather than highlight reels.
Strengths
- A genuine finisher: the strike rate climbs, not dips, in the death overs.
- Manipulates the strike better than the raw strike rate suggests.
- Exceptional square of the wicket, the cut and the pull are run-scoring shots, not survival ones.
Ways to get at him
- Can be tied down early by disciplined seam in the channel outside off.
- The well-directed short ball is still a way back into a spell against him.
Pressure performance
80
Scoring zones
Venue performance
Returns home to Arun Jaitley Stadium, where the average first-innings score is 167.