IPL fantasy points system: every line on the scorecard
Batting 1 point per run, wickets 25 each, catches 8, plus strike-rate bands at 130/150/200 and economy bands at 5/6/7. Captain 2x, vice-captain 1.5x, impact player full points.
The scorecard math that decides your lineup
Open the Dream11 scoring sheet and a Virat Kohli 70-ball 82 looks ordinary. Multiply the dot balls, count the boundaries, add the strike-rate bonus at 150+ and the half-century bonus, and the same 82 reads 142 fantasy points. That is the gap between ball-by-ball watching and scorecard reading.
Suryakumar Yadav IPL 2024: 480 runs across 16 matches at strike rate 167.19. Per-match fantasy read 48.5 points on average, highest single-match 96 against RCB at Wankhede. Without the boundary bonus and 150+ strike-rate band, his per-match drops to 36.
Yashasvi Jaiswal hit 12 sixes in the powerplay across IPL 2024. Each six is 3 bonus added on top of 6 runs. Multiply 12 sixes x 3 bonus = 36 fantasy points from sixes alone before boundaries or strike rate. 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 the scorecard becomes fantasy points
Every run, wicket, catch, and dot ball carries a value. The bands reward specific play styles. Captain and vice-captain multipliers stack on top.
Batting runs are 1 point each. Boundaries add 4, sixes add 6. A fifty is 8 bonus, a hundred 16. Strike-rate bands at 130/150/200: between thresholds batters earn 4 or 6 bonus points for finishing above the band.
Bowling: wickets 25 each. LBW or bowled bonus 8. Maiden over 4. Three-wicket haul 4 bonus, four-wicket 8, five-wicket 16. Economy bands under 5/6/7 give bonus 4/2/0; economy above 11/12/13 deducts 2/4/6.
Fielding: catches 8 each, three-catch haul 4 bonus. Stumping 12. Run-out direct hit 12, assist 6. Player of the match bonus on Dream11 is 50 (Dream11 only). Captain doubles, vice-captain 1.5x. Impact player gets full points if used. 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 reference.
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 reference.
Count the runs
1 point per run. Plus 4 for each four, 6 for each six. Skip extras from wides/no-balls - those do not count for the batter or bowler on most platforms.
Add the milestones
30 runs: 4 bonus. 50 runs: 8 bonus. 100 runs: 16 bonus. Same ladder for bowling: 3 wickets 4 bonus, 4 wickets 8, 5 wickets 16.
Strike-rate band check
Batter SR 130-150: 4 bonus. 150-200: 6 bonus. Above 200: 6 plus additional bands. Below 50 SR (min 10 balls): minus 2.
Economy band check
Bowler economy under 5: 6 bonus. 5-6: 4. 6-7: 2. Above 11: minus 2. Above 12: minus 4. Above 13: minus 6.
Stack the multipliers
Captain 2x, vice-captain 1.5x. Player of the match 50 bonus on Dream11. Impact player gets full points if substituted in before the 14th over.
Deep dive
Detail-level information on points reference.
Batting points
1/run, 4/four, 6/six. 30-run bonus 4, fifty 8, hundred 16. Strike rate 50-100: 0 bonus. SR 100-150: 2. SR 150-200: 4. SR 200+: 6. Below SR 50 (min 10 balls): minus 2.
Bowling points
25/wicket, 8/LBW or bowled. Maiden over 4. Three-fer 4, four-fer 8, five-fer 16. Economy under 5: 6. 5-6: 4. 6-7: 2. Above 11: minus 2. Above 12: minus 4. Above 13: minus 6.
Fielding points
Catch 8. Three-catch haul 4 bonus. Stumping 12. Run-out direct 12, assist 6. Sanju Samson averaged 4.2 catches/match in IPL 2024 - 33.6 fielding points per match without stumping bonus.
Multipliers and bonuses
Captain 2x. Vice-captain 1.5x. Player of the match 50 (Dream11 only). Impact player gets full points if used. Striker discount applies only when batter faces minimum 10 balls.
Strike-rate band reality
Suryakumar Yadav IPL 2024 SR 167.19 puts him in the 150-200 band (4 bonus) plus 200+ bonus for innings above 200 SR. Travis Head SR 191.65 at SRH same season, similar band landing.
Economy band reality
Jasprit Bumrah IPL 2024 economy 6.48 - sits in the 6-7 band (2 bonus) for most spells, but spells under 6 (death overs) push to 4 bonus. T. Natarajan death-overs economy 6.80 in IPL 2024 - 4 bonus in those overs.
Sunil Narine IPL 2024: 488 runs at strike rate 180.34, 17 wickets at economy 6.57. The all-rounder ledger on fantasy reads about 56 points per match. Same player without boundary bonus and strike-rate bands: 38. The bands are the difference between elite all-rounders and good ones.
Dream11 scoring, IPL 2024
IPL scoring quirks worth knowing
Three IPL rules that change the fantasy math versus generic T20.
IPL impact player rule (introduced 2023, locked 2026): captain picks 4 substitutes, declares 1, substitution before 14th over. The substitute plays full role. If you captain an impact player and they get subbed out before facing a ball, the 2x captain stack disappears.
DLS method applies to rain-affected IPL matches. DLS par scores use the same logic as ODI cricket - target adjusted for overs lost. Fantasy points for DLS-affected matches are scored on actual balls faced, not on the par score. No bonus for winning by DLS.
Super Over in tied matches: the super over counts toward fantasy points for the players who bat or bowl in it. Rishabh Pant and KL Rahul have both hit super-over fantasy hauls above 40 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% acro
What the data says over two seasons
Detailed cricket context for points reference drawn from IPL 2024 and 2025 reader-tracked data.
Dream11 publishes the official IPL T20 scoring chart under the help section. My11Circle follows the same chart with minor tweaks (no POM bonus on My11Circle). Vision11 has its own variant - the impact player multiplier is 1.5x instead of 1x on Vision11. MyTeam11 runs the standard scoring. For ball-by-ball tracking during a live match, the BCCI IPL website publishes scorecards with full strike rates, economy rates, and dot-ball counts. Cricbuzz and ESPNcricinfo run the same data with extras broken out. The fantasy platforms source their numbers from these feeds with a 30-second delay.
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.
DLS method applies to rain-affected IPL matches. DLS par scores use the same logic as ODI cricket - target adjusted for overs lost. Fantasy points for DLS-affected matches are scored on actual balls faced, not on the par score. No bonus for winning by DLS. Super Over in tied matches: the super over counts toward fantasy points for the players who bat or bowl in it. Rishabh Pant and KL Rahul have both hit super-over fantasy hauls above 40 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% 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: wickets 25 each. LBW or bowled bonus 8. Maiden over 4. Three-wicket haul 4 bonus, four-wicket 8, five-wicket 16. Economy bands under 5/6/7 give bonus 4/2/0; economy above 11/12/13 deducts 2/4/6. Fielding: catches 8 each, three-catch haul 4 bonus. Stumping 12. Run-out direct hit 12, assist 6. Player of the match bonus on Dream11 is 50 (Dream11 only). Captain doubles, vice-captain 1.5x. Impact player gets full points if used. 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.
Fantasy points system: where to look it up
Three IPL scoring sources to keep open during team selection.
Dream11 publishes the official IPL T20 scoring chart under the help section. My11Circle follows the same chart with minor tweaks (no POM bonus on My11Circle). Vision11 has its own variant - the impact player multiplier is 1.5x instead of 1x on Vision11. MyTeam11 runs the standard scoring.
For ball-by-ball tracking during a live match, the BCCI IPL website publishes scorecards with full strike rates, economy rates, and dot-ball counts. Cricbuzz and ESPNcricinfo run the same data with extras broken out. The fantasy platforms source their numbers from these feeds with a 30-second delay.
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Reader questions
Common questions
How many points for a wicket in IPL fantasy?
25 base points per wicket. LBW or bowled bonus 8 extra. Three-wicket haul 4 bonus, four-wicket 8, five-wicket 16. Run-out wickets do not give the bowler fantasy points on any platform.
Does a fifty give bonus points?
Yes. 30-run bonus 4 points, fifty 8 points, hundred 16 points. The bonus is added on top of run points and boundary points. Same ladder for bowling: 3-fer 4, 4-fer 8, 5-fer 16.
What is the strike-rate bonus?
Batter strike rate 150-200: 4 bonus. Above 200: 6 bonus. Below 50 SR (min 10 balls faced): minus 2. Suryakumar Yadav's IPL 2024 SR 167.19 sits in the 150-200 band for almost every innings.
What is the captain multiplier?
Captain 2x the total fantasy points. Vice-captain 1.5x. Player of the match 50 bonus on Dream11 only. The 2x captain stack is the single largest points lever on any IPL fantasy platform.
How does the impact player rule affect points?
The impact player gets full fantasy points if substituted in before the 14th over. If your captain is the impact player and they are subbed out before facing a ball, you lose the 2x captain stack.
How are dot balls scored?
Dot balls are not directly scored. They affect the bowler's economy rate, which feeds the economy band bonus. Bumrah's economy 6.48 in IPL 2024 earned 2 bonus points per match from the 6-7 economy band.
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