Prathik Balachandar (23)
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 47 imported matches (+0.9)
Critical recommendations
Adjusted average of 6.8 over 29 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
6 of 12 dismissals are bowled/LBW — likely playing across the front pad or leaving a gate. Work on a straighter bat path and head position over the ball.
Only 0.13 catches per match over 47 matches. Fielding is the first thing selectors compare when batting/bowling are close — make catching the priority: 30 high balls + 30 flat catches per session, and ask to field in the ring/slips where chances come.
Out for 0 in 17% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Economy of 3.92 is excellent but a wicket every 45 balls is slow. Develop a genuine wicket-taking variation and attack the stumps more.
Strengths
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 25 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 36 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.30 for the level played (Club 47). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- No match in the last 2 years, so not ranked. The rating shown is from the career.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 6 catches + 1 run outs (1 direct, 0 assisted) in 47 matches — 0.15 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 29 innings at 6.8 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 22 wickets in 35 matches bowled in (of 47 played) — 0.63 per match at 29.1, economy 3.92, strike rate 44.6.
Fielding — imported matches (47)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 47 imported |
| Batting | 124 runs in 29 inns @ 6.78 (SR 30) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 26, 5 ducks |
| Bowling | 22 wkts @ 29.14 (econ 3.92, SR 44.6) |
| Best / 5WI | 3-9 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 6 ct, 1 RO, 0 st |
Further analysis
Batting form
Running not-out-adjusted average across innings (chronological).
Score distribution
How often each scoring band is reached — a read on consistency.
Scoring tempo
Runs vs balls faced per innings; line = a strike rate of 100.
Bowling form
Economy per spell (chronological) with the career economy as a baseline.
Wicket accumulation
Cumulative wickets across spells — the shape of their wicket-taking.
Fielding contribution
Breakdown of the 7 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 47 imported match(es).
Season by season
Seasons run 1 September – 31 August. Imported scorecards only.
Batting
| Season | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50 | 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1* | 0.75 | 5.56 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021/22 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6* | 5 | 250 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2.56 | 40 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1* | 0.83 | 21.43 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 6 | 4 | 44 | 23* | 12.22 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 400 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 5 | 2 | 43 | 26 | 12.04 | 1433.33 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014/15 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 11* | 8.25 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 12 | 0 | 61 | 1 | 61 | 5.08 | 72 |
| 2020/21 | 25.2 | 1 | 130 | 7 | 18.57 | 5.17 | 21.6 |
| 2019/20 | 32 | 3 | 137 | 2 | 68.5 | 4.28 | 96 |
| 2018/19 | 38.3 | 9 | 114 | 4 | 28.5 | 2.97 | 57.5 |
| 2017/18 | 25 | 3 | 68 | 4 | 17 | 2.72 | 37.5 |
| 2016/17 | 26 | 6 | 80 | 4 | 20 | 3.08 | 39 |
| 2014/15 | 5 | 0 | 30 | 0 | — | 6 | — |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021/22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020/21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016/17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014/15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
How does Prathik compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.