IPL History: Top 5 teams with the lowest NRR in a season

The 12th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is underway and as the tournament heads towards the end of the first week, we will look at the teams that have the history of registering the lowest Net Run Rate (NRR) in a single edition of the tournament.

NRR is one of the most exciting aspects in any tournament as many teams have to rely on this crucial mathematical model to progress further in the league. It is quite is easy to understand and calculate as explained here.

NRR is important not just for separating the sides with equal points; a lower or higher NRR also indicates how the team has fared as a whole in the season, and to what extent has the team dominated or been dominated against as a whole.

In most of the cases, the bottom teams have the lowest NRR for obvious reasons.

Here, we look at 5 teams who have failed to make an impact in a single season of IPL, as a result of which have obtained the lowest possible NRR in the history of IPL.

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#5 Pune Warriors India in 2013: -1.006

The Pune Warriors franchise didn't enjoy much success in its 3-year stint in the IPL.

At number 5, we have the now defunct Pune Warriors India from the 2013 season. The Pune side was one of the two franchises to be added in the Indian Premier League in the 2011 season, alongside the also defunct Kochi Tuskers Kerala.

The Pune Warriors franchise didn't enjoy much success in its 3-year stint in the IPL. They finished second last in 2011 and 2013 while finishing last in the 2012 season. They hit a new low in their last season of the IPL when the team could manage only 4 wins in 16 games.

A total of 2262 runs in 318.4 overs were scored by the team while 2519 runs in 310.5 overs were scored against them. They finished at the 8th position with an NRR of -1.006 in the 2013 season.

#4 Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2008: -1.16

2008 was one the most dreadful seasons for the Bengaluru side

At number 4, there is the Royal Challengers Bangalore from the 2008 edition. The inaugural edition of the IPL was one the most dreadful seasons as far as RCB is concerned.

The Bengaluru side was pinned down by a Mccullum special at the Chinnaswamy stadium in the very first game of the IPL. Kolkata Knight Riders won the game by a massive margin of 140 runs. The tournament was below average and the RCB side finished 7th in the league, only ahead of the Deccan Chargers.

RCB was loaded with many legends of the game such as Rahul Dravid, Mark Boucher, Kallis, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Misbah-ul-Haq, but they couldn’t leave the same legacy in this newest format of the game that was brewing across everywhere around the world.

In the tournament, RCB scored a total of 1983 runs in 272.4 overs, while a total of 2205 runs in 261.3 overs were scored against them. RCB ended with an NRR of -1.16.

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#3 Delhi Daredevils in 2014: -1.182

The Kevin Pieterson led side could manage only 2 wins in 2014

The Delhi Daredevils (now Delhi Capitals) always struggled to make an impact since 2013 after a few successes in the initial years of the IPL. The side always boasted great talents, but as a whole, the team never fired in unison.

The Delhi side hit an all-time low in the 2014 season when the Kevin Pietersen led side could manage only 2 wins in 14 games. 2 wins in a season is the joint lowest for any side in the history of IPL. The Daredevils finished 8th in the tournament with an NRR of -1.182

The 2014 season saw a total of 2184 runs in 251 overs being scored against the Delhi side, while the Daredevils managed to score only 1980 runs in 263.2 overs.

2018 saw Delhi’s 50% stakes being acquired by the JSW group and the new management has restructured their whole system. The team has also acquired the services of quite a few exciting talents and also improved their coaching department by bringing legends in Ricky Ponting and Sourav Ganguly. The side was renamed Delhi Capitals and with a change in name, the capital side hopes for a change in its fortunes in the ongoing 12th edition of the IPL.

Note: Deccan Chargers in 2008 also managed only 2 wins in the entire tournament.

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#2 Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2017: -1.299

Too many injuries and unavailability of key players hurt the Virat Kohli side in 2017

At number 2, we have the Royal Challengers Bangalore again. After a complete revamp in 2011, the RCB side enjoyed a good time for a few years until 2017. 2017 saw RCB hit a new low as the Bengaluru side finished 8th in the tournament.

Too many injuries and unavailability of the players hurt the Virat Kohli side. The skipper himself was unavailable for the first leg of the tournament, owing to a shoulder injury. AB de Villiers too missed a few games while KL Rahul missed the entire tournament due to an injury.

RCB never got going in the 10th edition of the IPL as the Karnataka based side could muster only 3 wins in 14 games. In the tournament, a total of 1845 runs in 260 overs were scored by RCB while a total of 2033 in 242.1 overs were scored against them. RCB finished with an NRR of -1.299

Trivia: RCB is also the only side to feature twice even in the list of “Top 5 teams with Highest NRR” category

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#1 Kings XI Punjab in 2015: NRR -1.436

Glenn Maxwell could manage only 145 runs in the whole tournament at an average of 13.18.

Kings from Punjab tops this list of teams with a lowest single-season NRR in the IPL history. After a terrific 2014 season for the Kings, the Punjab side drastically failed in the very next season. Punjab had finished 1st on the points table in the 2014 edition but finished last in the 2015 season of the IPL.

2014 saw the Kings achieving an NRR of +0.968 (3rd highest NRR in the history) while 2015 saw the lowest NRR any team has recorded in the history of the Indian Premier League.

Punjab could only manage 3 wins out of 14 games in the tournament. The Most Valuable Player of the 2014 season - Glenn Maxwell, could manage only 145 runs in the whole tournament at an average of 13.18.

No one really got going for the Punjab side and a total of 2286 runs in 258.1 overs were scored against them, while the Kings could only manage 2003 runs in 270 overs.

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