Kartik Tyagi (KKR): 9.2 Death Economy Provides Backup Pace Option
Kartik Tyagi's death economy of 9 across 28% of his bowling workload sits below the 10 league average. Across 507 career bowling balls and 26 matches, he provides a domestic pace backup option. His regressed WAR of 0.10 is close to replacement level.
Tyagi is not in the optimal XII. His projected 2026 WAR of -0.04 suggests the model expects below-replacement production going forward.
Bowling Profile
| Phase | Economy | vs League Avg |
|---|---|---|
| Powerplay | 9.6 | vs 9.3 avg |
| Middle | 8.4 | vs 8.5 avg |
| Death | 9.2 | vs 10.4 avg |
The middle-overs economy of 8 is near average. The powerplay economy of 10 runs slightly above average. His death-overs work is his best phase, with 10 wickets from 28% of his bowling allocation.
His IPL confidence of 0.32 is low, reflecting the small T20 sample of 94 IPL-weighted balls.
Why He is Excluded
KKR has Arora, Muzarabani, and Umran Malik as the primary pace trio. Tyagi sits behind Harshit Rana in the backup pecking order. His negative projected WAR for 2026 makes him unlikely to feature unless multiple pace bowlers are unavailable.
What This Means for IPL 2026
Tyagi is deep squad depth. His death-overs economy provides a theoretical fallback, but the projection and small sample size mean KKR would need significant attrition in their pace stocks before turning to him.