The Smart Stats leaderboards after 13 games of IPL 2020
ESPNcricinfo stats team01-Oct-2020Thirteen games into IPL 2020, two players from Rajasthan Royals have taken the top spots in terms of highest impact scores per match (among players who have played at least two matches). Jofra Archer tops the list with a score of 94.05 points per match, while Sanju Samson is close on his heels with a score of 92.47.ESPNcricinfo LtdArcher got his campaign off to a terrific start, scoring 27 off eight, and taking 1 for 26 in four overs against Chennai Super Kings. The bowling effort got more points because it came in a game where 416 runs were scored in 40 overs, a run rate of 10.4. His next outing was disappointing, but the figures of none for 46 came in a game where 449 runs were scored. And then came a stellar performance against Kolkata Knight Riders, in which he had figures of 3-0-4-2 going into his final over. Had Eoin Morgan not been dropped off his final ball, which also went for six, his figures would have read 4-0-12-3.Samson has had a fantastic start, too, scoring successive half-centuries for the first time in his IPL career. The challenge for him will now be to translate the Sharjah runs into the other venues, where run-scoring has been more difficult so far. Mayank Agarwal comes in next on the strength of two outstanding innings – 89 off 60 against Delhi Capitals, which helped tie the game from a hopeless position, and a sparkling 106 against Rajasthan Royals. Sam Curran and AB de Villiers round off the top five. Kieron Pollard, Mohammed Shami, Shivam Mavi and Kagiso Rabada follow next, and all of them have impact scores of more than 70 per match.