This is a follow-up article on using data analysis techniques to explore some interesting insights into Indian Premier League(IPL) matches played from 2008 – 2020. This is part of a series of articles covering data analysis in Python..
As a use-case for this article, let us explore which the win-loss ratio for each team of all the matches played between 2008 and 2020 and the importance of toss on the outcome of the match
Importance of Toss on the outcome of the match
As you know, each match begins with a toss of a coin which decides which team would bat(or field) first. The team winning the toss gets to decide on whether to bat or field first. This eventually has a bearing on the final outcome and in this article we are going to explore just that.
As you can see, the team prefers fielding first over 60% of the time when they win the toss, while preferring to bat first close to 40%.
Team winning the Toss the most
Notice that, of all the teams, Kochi Tuskers Kerala team has won the toss the maximum number of teams at 57.1% (they appeared only for 2 seasons) and Rising Pune Supergiants has won the toss the least at 43.4%
Let us visualize the finding with a standard bar graph which shows all the team’s toss win percentage
Importance of Toss on the Final Outcome
Now, that we have the toss win percentage, let us further explore the importance of toss and its impact on the final outcome of the match. Let us try to find the team which has capitalized on the toss win.
Let us now compute the toss win percentage and compare it with the final outcome.
As you can see, only with 2 teams Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings have had serious impact on the toss. The odds of their wins increases if they win the toss no matter, if they choose to bat first or field first.
As an exercise, can you please explore the following:
- Impact of batting first after winning the toss on the final outcome of the match
- Impact of fielding first after winning the toss on the final outcome of the match
- Which venue has the highest win percentage after winning toss
- Which venue has the highest win percentage batting first
I hope you find this article helpful. Please refer to the project in GitHub https://github.com/kirancshet/IPL_Data_Analysis which includes the Jupyter notebook covering the entire code.
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