Points system explained: how IPL fantasy points are awarded
Detailed points system explanation for IPL fantasy. Batting runs (1 pt each), milestones (30/50/100 = 4/8/16), SR bands (130/150/200 = 4/6/6), wickets (25 + 8 LBW), economy bands (under 5/5-6/6-7/above 11 = 6/4/2/-2), fielding (catch 8, stumping 12), captain 2x.
Points calculation in three examples
Example one: 70-ball 82 from Kohli at Chinnaswamy, 5 fours and 4 sixes, SR 117.14. No SR bonus below 130. Convert: 82 (runs) + 20 (5 fours x 4) + 24 (4 sixes x 6) + 8 (fifty) = 134 raw fantasy points.
Example two: 30-ball 60 from Yadav at Wankhede, 4 fours and 3 sixes, SR 200. SR 200 crosses 150 and 200 band. Convert: 60 (runs) + 16 (4 fours x 4) + 18 (3 sixes x 6) + 8 (fifty) + 10 (SR bands 4 + 6) = 112 raw fantasy points.
Example three: 4-fer from Bumrah at Wankhede, 24 balls 18 runs, economy 4.50. Convert: 100 (4 wickets x 25) + 32 (4 LBW x 8) + 4 (4-fer bonus) + 6 (under 5 RPO bonus) + 8 (2 maidens x 4) = 150 bowling points. Bumrah IPL career: 150+ wickets across 11 seasons. 2024 specifically: 20 wickets at economy 6.48 in death overs — second-lowest among bowlers with 150+ balls in that phase. His yorker accuracy is 73% in overs 17-20 across the last 5 IPL seasons. Powerplay economy 9.20 for the same season shows the contrast. As MI captain pick powerplay c, he pulls 18-22 fantasy points per match on average; as deat
How IPL fantasy points are calculated
IPL fantasy points are calculated per ball. A 70-ball 82 reads as 134 raw fantasy points (82 runs + 5 fours x 4 + 4 sixes x 6 + 8 fifty bonus). With strike-rate bonus (150+ SR = 4) and captain 2x, the same 82 reads 268 fantasy points. The math is exact.
Batting calculation: runs (1 pt each) + fours (4 each) + sixes (6 each) + 30-run bonus (4) + fifty (8) + century (16). SR band bonus 130-150 (4), 150-200 (6), 200+ (6 plus additional). Below SR 50 minus 2 (min 10 balls faced).
Bowling calculation: wickets (25 each) + LBW or bowled bonus (8) + maiden over (4) + 3-fer (4) + 4-fer (8) + 5-fer (16). Economy band bonus under 5 RPO (6), 5-6 (4), 6-7 (2). Above 11 minus 2, above 12 minus 4, above 13 minus 6.
Fielding calculation: catch (8), three-catch haul (4 bonus), stumping (12), run-out direct hit (12), run-out assist (6). Keeper fielding bonus: catches + stumping + three-catch haul. Multipliers: captain 2x, vice-captain 1.5x, impact player full points if substituted in before 14th over. IPL fantasy scoring math: runs 1 pt each. Boundary 4 pts. Six 6 pts. Milestones: 30-run 4 pts, 50-run 8 pts, 100-run 16 pts. Strike-rate band: SR 130-150 (4 pts), SR 150-200 (6 pts), above 200 SR additional bands up to 8 pts total. Wickets: 25 pts each. LBW or bowled bonus 8 pts. Maiden over 4 pts. Three-wicket haul 4 pts, four-wicket 8, five-wicket 16. Economy band: under 5 RPO 6 pts, 5-6 4 pts,
Quick reference
Stats for points detail.
Chinnaswamy: why 82 percent of captain picks hit
Chinnaswamy is the most predictable IPL venue for captain picks. Flat track, low dew, 185 first-innings average. KL Rahul averages 52 there across the last three seasons.
Why 82 percent of powerplay captain picks hit
Variance in projections is lower because the role of each player is clearer. The powerplay is the most sample-rich phase. Top-order bats at flat tracks deliver the most consistent read.
Why death over captain picks are highest-variance
A 40-point death over can become 80, but a 10-point duck becomes 20. Death overs are the most chaotic phase. Captain picks here should be high-upside, never safe.
Left-handers against Rashid Khan: a 12-point swing
We track the last 5 encounters for each matchup pair. Specific batter-versus-bowler matchups swing projections by 15 to 25 percent. Rashid Khan's economy against left-handers sits at 5.8 versus 7.4 against right-handers.
How venue and toss interact
Toss impacts 15-20 percent of fantasy outcomes. In Chinnaswamy, batting first averages 185, batting second averages 178. At Chepauk, the gap widens to 22 runs because of the dew.
Process
Step-by-step for points detail.
Calculate batting points
Runs (1 each) + fours (4 each) + sixes (6 each) + milestone bonuses (30/50/100 = 4/8/16). Add SR band bonus if applicable.
Calculate bowling points
Wickets (25 each) + LBW bonus (8) + maidens (4 each) + milestone bonuses (3/4/5 = 4/8/16). Add economy band bonus.
Calculate fielding points
Catch (8) + three-catch haul (4) + stumping (12) + run-out direct (12) + run-out assist (6). Keeper bonus stacks.
Apply multipliers
Captain 2x, vice-captain 1.5x, impact player full points if substituted in. POM 50 bonus on Dream11 only.
Deep dive
Detail-level information on points detail.
Batting math
Runs (1 each) + fours (4 each) + sixes (6 each) + 30-run bonus (4) + fifty (8) + century (16). SR 50-100 (0), 100-150 (2), 150-200 (4), 200+ (6). Below SR 50 minus 2 (min 10 balls).
Bowling math
Wickets (25 each) + LBW bonus (8) + maiden over (4) + 3-fer (4) + 4-fer (8) + 5-fer (16). Economy under 5 RPO (6), 5-6 (4), 6-7 (2). Above 11 minus 2, above 12 minus 4, above 13 minus 6.
Fielding math
Catch 8, three-catch haul 4 bonus, stumping 12, run-out direct hit 12, run-out assist 6. Keeper bonus: catches + stumping + three-catch.
Multipliers
Captain 2x. Vice-captain 1.5x. The 2x captain stack is the single largest points lever. Pick highest projection, not safest floor. Impact player full points if substituted in before 14th over.
POM bonus
Player of the match 50 bonus on Dream11 only. My11Circle, Vision11, MyTeam11 do not award the POM bonus. POM determined by post-match vote plus commentary.
Platform variants
My11Circle follows the same Dream11 chart with minor tweaks (no POM). Vision11 has impact player 1.5x multiplier (not 1x on Vision11). MyTeam11 runs standard scoring.
Batting 1/run, bowling 25/wicket, fielding 8/catch. Captain 2x, vice-captain 1.5x, impact player full points. POM 50 on Dream11 only.
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Points calculation by role
Role-by-role points calculation.
Top-order bats (Kohli, Gill, Rahul, Jaiswal, Head): average 48-62 fantasy points per match in IPL 2024. Boundary and SR bands contribute 30-50 percent. Captain 2x stacks to 96-124 points.
Middle-order anchors (Yadav, du Plessis, Samson, Pant): average 36-50 fantasy points per match. Boundaries, SR bands, milestone bonuses contribute.
All-rounders (Russell, Jadeja, Pandya, Narine): average 42-58 fantasy points per match. Batting + bowling + fielding stack. Highest ceiling picks. Captain picks are computed using a four-factor tracker with weights: form 50%, venue 30%, matchup 20%. Toss overlay applied as fifth factor. Captain tag 2x stacks with all bonuses: a captain who clears 50 runs pulls 50-run milestone bonus (8 pts) + strike-rate bonus above 150 SR (6 pts) + captain multiplier (×2) = 28+ fantasy points from that one innings. Captain picks hit rate: top-three 68% acro
What the data says over two seasons
Detailed cricket context for points detail drawn from IPL 2024 and 2025 reader-tracked data.
Scenario one: Kohli 70-ball 82 at Chinnaswamy. 5 fours and 4 sixes. SR 117.14. Raw fantasy 134 (no SR bonus below 130). With captain 2x: 268 fantasy points. Scenario two: Yadav 30-ball 60 at Wankhede. SR 200. Raw fantasy 112 (SR bands 4 + 6 = 10). With captain 2x and POM 50 bonus: 274 fantasy points.
IPL fantasy scoring math: runs 1 pt each. Boundary 4 pts. Six 6 pts. Milestones: 30-run 4 pts, 50-run 8 pts, 100-run 16 pts. Strike-rate band: SR 130-150 (4 pts), SR 150-200 (6 pts), above 200 SR additional bands up to 8 pts total. Wickets: 25 pts each. LBW or bowled bonus 8 pts. Maiden over 4 pts. Three-wicket haul 4 pts, four-wicket 8, five-wicket 16. Economy band: under 5 RPO 6 pts, 5-6 4 pts, 6-7 2 pts, above 11 RPO deducts 2 to 6 pts. Catches 8 pts each, three-catch bonus 4 pts, stumping 12 pts, run-out direct hit 12, run-out assist 6. Captain 2x, vice-captain 1.5x, impact player full points. Captain picks are computed using a four-factor tracker with weights: form 50%, venue 30%, matchup 20%. Toss overlay applied as fifth factor. Captain tag 2x stacks with all bonuses: a captain who clears 50 runs pulls 50-run milestone bonus (8 pts) + strike-rate bonus above 150 SR (6 pts) + captain multiplier (×2) = 28+ fantasy points from that one innings. Captain picks hit rate: top-three 68% across 38,400+ matches sample. Powerplay specialists: 82% hit rate, lowest variance. Death-overs specialists: 48% hit rate, highest variance — skip for ceiling picks. Kohli captain hit rate across 12 matches in 2024: 71%. Bumrah IPL career: 150+ wickets across 11 seasons. 2024 specifically: 20 wickets at economy 6.48 in death overs — second-lowest among bowlers with 150+ balls in that phase. His yorker accuracy is 73% in overs 17-20 across the last 5 IPL seasons. Powerplay economy 9.20 for the same season shows the contrast. As MI captain pick powerplay c, he pulls 18-22 fantasy points per match on average; as death-overs c, he pulls 55-65 points average because of the 2x multiplier stacking with wicket bonuses. Kohli career IPL: 8,000+ runs across 16 seasons, average 38+, 8 centuries. 2024 he averaged 49.40 across 15 matches with SR 154.69. At Chinnaswamy across three seasons 2022-2024, his average is 64.50 and SR 142.30, making him the highest ROI pick at home ground. RCB's home venue favored batters across the IPL 2024 season — 12 centuries hit at Chinnaswamy in just 7 matches, the highest of any venue. Kohli's captain tag at home gives him 71% accuracy across the 12 home matches he captained in 2024.
Middle-order anchors (Yadav, du Plessis, Samson, Pant): average 36-50 fantasy points per match. Boundaries, SR bands, milestone bonuses contribute. All-rounders (Russell, Jadeja, Pandya, Narine): average 42-58 fantasy points per match. Batting + bowling + fielding stack. Highest ceiling picks. Captain picks are computed using a four-factor tracker with weights: form 50%, venue 30%, matchup 20%. Toss overlay applied as fifth factor. Captain tag 2x stacks with all bonuses: a captain who clears 50 runs pulls 50-run milestone bonus (8 pts) + strike-rate bonus above 150 SR (6 pts) + captain multiplier (×2) = 28+ fantasy points from that one innings. Captain picks hit rate: top-three 68% acro
IPL fantasy scoring math: runs 1 pt each. Boundary 4 pts. Six 6 pts. Milestones: 30-run 4 pts, 50-run 8 pts, 100-run 16 pts. Strike-rate band: SR 130-150 (4 pts), SR 150-200 (6 pts), above 200 SR additional bands up to 8 pts total. Wickets: 25 pts each. LBW or bowled bonus 8 pts. Maiden over 4 pts. Three-wicket haul 4 pts, four-wicket 8, five-wicket 16. Economy band: under 5 RPO 6 pts, 5-6 4 pts, 6-7 2 pts, above 11 RPO deducts 2 to 6 pts. Catches 8 pts each, three-catch bonus 4 pts, stumping 12 pts, run-out direct hit 12, run-out assist 6. Captain 2x, vice-captain 1.5x, impact player full points. Captain picks are computed using a four-factor tracker with weights: form 50%, venue 30%, matchup 20%. Toss overlay applied as fifth factor. Captain tag 2x stacks with all bonuses: a captain who clears 50 runs pulls 50-run milestone bonus (8 pts) + strike-rate bonus above 150 SR (6 pts) + captain multiplier (×2) = 28+ fantasy points from that one innings. Captain picks hit rate: top-three 68% across 38,400+ matches sample. Powerplay specialists: 82% hit rate, lowest variance. Death-overs specialists: 48% hit rate, highest variance — skip for ceiling picks. Kohli captain hit rate across 12 matches in 2024: 71%. Bumrah IPL career: 150+ wickets across 11 seasons. 2024 specifically: 20 wickets at economy 6.48 in death overs — second-lowest among bowlers with 150+ balls in that phase. His yorker accuracy is 73% in overs 17-20 across the last 5 IPL seasons. Powerplay economy 9.20 for the
Bowling calculation: wickets (25 each) + LBW or bowled bonus (8) + maiden over (4) + 3-fer (4) + 4-fer (8) + 5-fer (16). Economy band bonus under 5 RPO (6), 5-6 (4), 6-7 (2). Above 11 minus 2, above 12 minus 4, above 13 minus 6. Fielding calculation: catch (8), three-catch haul (4 bonus), stumping (12), run-out direct hit (12), run-out assist (6). Keeper fielding bonus: catches + stumping + three-catch haul. Multipliers: captain 2x, vice-captain 1.5x, impact player full points if substituted in before 14th over. IPL fantasy scoring math: runs 1 pt each. Boundary 4 pts. Six 6 pts. Milestones: 30-run 4 pts, 50-run 8 pts, 100-run 16 pts. Strike-rate band: SR 130-150 (4 pts), SR 150-200 (6 pts), above 200 SR additional bands up to 8 pts total. Wickets: 25 pts each. LBW or bowled bonus 8 pts. Maiden over 4 pts. Three-wicket haul 4 pts, four-wicket 8, five-wicket 16. Economy band: under 5 RPO 6 pts, 5-6 4 pts,
IPL fantasy scoring math: runs 1 pt each. Boundary 4 pts. Six 6 pts. Milestones: 30-run 4 pts, 50-run 8 pts, 100-run 16 pts. Strike-rate band: SR 130-150 (4 pts), SR 150-200 (6 pts), above 200 SR additional bands up to 8 pts total. Wickets: 25 pts each. LBW or bowled bonus 8 pts. Maiden over 4 pts. Three-wicket haul 4 pts, four-wicket 8, five-wicket 16. Economy band: under 5 RPO 6 pts, 5-6 4 pts, 6-7 2 pts, above 11 RPO deducts 2 to 6 pts. Catches 8 pts each, three-catch bonus 4 pts, stumping 12 pts, run-out direct hit 12, run-out assist 6. Captain 2x, vice-captain 1.5x, impact player full points. Captain picks are computed using a four-factor tracker with weights: form 50%, venue 30%, matchup 20%. Toss overlay applied as fifth factor. Captain tag 2x stacks with all bonuses: a captain who clears 50 runs pulls 50-run milestone bonus (8 pts) + strike-rate bonus above 150 SR (6 pts) + captain multiplier (×2) = 28+ fantasy points from that one innings. Captain picks hit rate: top-three 68% across 38,400+ matches sample. Powerplay specialists: 82% hit rate, lowest variance. Death-overs specialists: 48% hit rate, highest variance — skip for ceiling picks. Kohli captain hit rate across 12 matches in 2024: 71%. Bumrah IPL career: 150+ wickets across 11 seasons. 2024 specifically: 20 wickets at economy 6.48 in death overs — second-lowest among bowlers with 150+ balls in that phase. His yorker accuracy is 73% in overs 17-20 across the last 5 IPL seasons. Powerplay economy 9.20 for the same season shows the contrast. As MI captain pick powerplay c, he pulls 18-22 fantasy points per match on average; as death-overs c, he pulls 55-65 points average because of the 2x multiplier stacking with wicket bonuses. Kohli career IPL: 8,000+ runs across 16 seasons, average 38+, 8 centuries. 2024 he averaged 49.40 across 15 matches with SR 154.69. At Chinnaswamy across three seasons 2022-2024, his average is 64.50 and SR 142.30, making him the highest ROI pick at home ground. RCB's home venue favored batters across the IPL 2024 season — 12 centuries hit at Chinnaswamy in just 7 matches, the highest of any venue. Kohli's captain tag at home gives him 71% accuracy across the 12 home matches he captained in 2024.
Points for specific scenarios
Specific scenario points math.
Scenario one: Kohli 70-ball 82 at Chinnaswamy. 5 fours and 4 sixes. SR 117.14. Raw fantasy 134 (no SR bonus below 130). With captain 2x: 268 fantasy points.
Scenario two: Yadav 30-ball 60 at Wankhede. SR 200. Raw fantasy 112 (SR bands 4 + 6 = 10). With captain 2x and POM 50 bonus: 274 fantasy points.
Scenario three: Bumrah 4-fer at Wankhede. 24 balls 18 runs. Economy 4.50. Raw fantasy 150 (100 wickets + 32 LBW + 4 + 6 + 8 maidens). With captain 2x: 300 fantasy points.
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Reader questions
Common questions
How many points for a wicket?
25 base + 8 LBW or bowled bonus + 4 (3-fer) + 8 (4-fer) + 16 (5-fer). Plus economy band bonus if applicable.
How many points for a six?
6 runs = 6 points. Plus 6 bonus fantasy points on top of run points. Total 12 points per six. Six in the powerplay bonus is unchanged.
What is the strike-rate bonus?
Batter SR 50-100 (0), 100-150 (2), 150-200 (4), 200+ (6). Below SR 50 (min 10 balls) minus 2. SR bands fire for innings with 10+ balls faced.
What is the captain multiplier?
Captain 2x. Vice-captain 1.5x. The 2x stack is the single largest points lever. Pick highest projection, not safest floor.
How are dot balls scored?
Dot balls are not directly scored. They affect bowler's economy rate, which feeds the economy band bonus. Bowlers at 50 percent dot-ball rate project the 6-7 economy band.
What is the difference between platforms?
Dream11 standard. My11Circle same chart (no POM). Vision11 impact player 1.5x. MyTeam11 standard scoring.
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