Hriday Bajaj
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 27 imported matches (+0.5)
Critical recommendations
Strike rate of 48.0 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.
19 of 24 dismissals caught. Review shot selection — particularly lofted drives and pulls early in the innings. Train hitting along the ground until set.
Out for 0 in 11% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Only 0% of 50+ scores become hundreds (4 fifties, 0 hundreds). Practise batting in long blocks and resetting targets at 50.
0.74 catches per match is elite for this level — keep it visible by taking the hardest catching positions in big games.
Strengths
- ✓ Safe hands — 20 catches in 27 matches (0.74 per match), a genuine selection asset.
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 70 × 40% · Batting 43 × 30% · Bowling not rated (weight redistributed). 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 23). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 23 matches since 1 Nov 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Keeping: 19 catches + 4 stumpings + 5 run outs (0 direct, 5 assisted) in 27 matches — 1.04 dismissals per match.
- Batting
- 530 runs in 27 innings, adjusted average 21.8, strike rate 48.0. Qualifies on the floors (avg ≥ 20, SR ≥ 40).
Fielding — imported matches (27)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 27 imported |
| Batting | 530 runs in 27 inns @ 21.81 (SR 48.04) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 4×50, HS 72, 3 ducks |
| Bowling | 0 wkts @ — (econ —, SR —) |
| Best / 5WI | 0-0 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 20 ct, 5 RO, 4 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.
Fielding contribution
Breakdown of the 29 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 2 | 0 | 53 | 28 | 26.5 | 39.26 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025/26 | 20 | 2 | 379 | 72 | 20.85 | 48.28 | 3 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 21* | 21 | 175 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 4 | 0 | 77 | 57 | 19.25 | 334.78 | 1 | 0 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 28 |
| 2023/24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
How does Hriday compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.