What does BASRA mean in Indian T20 League?

Indian T20 League 2022 is the grandest T20 league in the world. It is a tournament that provides the stage for the best players in the cricketing world. The tournament has also been a breeding ground for new and young Indian talents, who would not have received such exposure if not for the tournament.

Cricket experts and researchers have often come up with different performance measuring indexes for the players involved in the game. These efforts have been made to get a proper understanding of what the worth of a player is. In recent times gauging the value of a player has become even more important because the franchises around the world spent huge sums of money on the players, to acquire their services.

One such performance index is the BASRA. It’s a measurement index mainly applicable for batters. So, let us find out what BASRA is.

BASRA: BASRA stands for Batting Average and Strike Rate Aggregate. This metric gives an idea about a batter’s runs scoring consistency as well as his rate of scoring runs. BASRA is calculated by adding the career strike rate and batting average of a player. Batters with BASRA of over 150 are considered the better players of the format.

BASRA makes it easier to compare batters based on their performances. Here is a list of batters with top BASRA in the Indian T20 League history.

So, as per the list, Andre Russell has the highest BASRA in the history of the Indian T20 League followed by AB de Villiers. The top 5 list contains only one Indian in Virender Sehwag.

Now let us look at the BASRAs of the top 5 runs scorers in the Indian T20 League 2022.

As far as the Indian T20 League 2022 is concerned Shimron Hetmyer has the best BASRA among the top 5 run-scorers of the tournament so far, his stat reading is 262.72.

All the stats for Indian T20 League 2022 is before the match between Rajasthan and Lucknow.