Nitish Bhardwaj
The story is the acceleration: a measured first fifty off 25 balls (SR 200), then 50 to 100 in just 24 (SR 208) — more than double the tempo.
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 66 imported matches (+1.3)
Critical recommendations
28 of 53 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 0.08 catches per match over 66 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 11% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Strengths
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 4 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · 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 40). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 40 matches since 28 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 5 catches + 1 run outs (0 direct, 1 assisted) in 66 matches — 0.09 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 56 innings at 15.3 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- Not rated: 16 wickets from 54.3 overs across 15 matches bowled in (of 66 played) — 0.24 per match, under the 0.25 floor. Bowls too rarely to judge.
Fielding — imported matches (66)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 66 imported |
| Batting | 811 runs in 56 inns @ 15.26 (SR 77.27) |
| Milestones | 1×100, 2×50, HS 102, 6 ducks |
| Bowling | 16 wkts @ 17.31 (econ 5.1, SR 20.4) |
| Best / 5WI | 4-26 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 5 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 6 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 66 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 18 | 0 | 263 | 42 | 14.61 | 117.41 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 22 | 3 | 388 | 102* | 20.04 | 124.76 | 2 | 1 |
| 2023/24 | 8 | 0 | 103 | 28 | 12.88 | 119.77 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 19 | 9.5 | 76 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021/22 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 95.24 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 68.75 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 13 | 0 | 86 | 5 | 17.2 | 6.62 | 15.6 |
| 2024/25 | 2.5 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 32 | 12.8 | 15 |
| 2022/23 | 9 | 2 | 26 | 4 | 6.5 | 2.89 | 13.5 |
| 2021/22 | 23.3 | 1 | 99 | 4 | 24.75 | 4.24 | 35 |
| 2020/21 | 6.5 | 0 | 34 | 2 | 17 | 5.23 | 19.5 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024/25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023/24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021/22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020/21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
How does Nitish compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.