• Wickets: how many batters a bowler dismissed
• Economy rate: runs conceded per over
• Bowling average: runs conceded per wicket

Data: Sportstar’s IPL 2025 bowling table

\[ \text{Economy rate} = \frac{\text{Runs conceded}}{\text{Overs bowled}} \]

For Prasidh Krishna:

\[ \frac{488}{59} \approx 8.27 \]

That means he conceded about 8.27 runs per over. Source for Prasidh’s examples: IPL 2025 - bowling table

\[ \text{Bowling average} = \frac{\text{Runs conceded}}{\text{Wickets taken}} \]

For Prasidh Krishna:

\[ \frac{488}{25} = 19.52 \]

That means he conceded 19.52 runs per wicket.

Prasidh took the most wickets of these five bowlers.

Lower economy means fewer runs conceded per over. Noor has the lowest economy rate in this group.

Move your cursor over the points to explore the chart.

ggplot(ipl, aes(x=bowler, y=wickets)) +
  geom_bar(stat="identity", fill="steelblue") +
  theme_minimal()

This code maps each bowler to the horizontal axis and their wickets to the vertical axis.

• Prasidh led this group with 25 wickets.
• Noor had the lowest economy rate (8.16) and bowling average (17.00) of the five.
• Wickets alone do not tell the whole story, the economy and average add a lot of context.

This comparison covers only the five leading wicket-takers, not every IPL bowler.