IPL 2026 · SEASON ONE of WicketModel

Every pick.
Before toss.
Logged forever.

WicketModel posts a prediction, a confidence percentage, and a one-line reason for every IPL league match, before the toss, every time. Nothing gets edited after the fact. This page is the full record.

50/70 71.4%
League matches · regular season
Playoffs excluded from record, see model section
Hit Miss Pending
70 matches

Each square is one match, in order, left to right. The full pick, confidence and result for every match is in the archive below.

Season Stats

How the model actually did

The headline number is the public record, every league match the model called, win or lose. Average confidence and log-loss measure something different: not whether the model was right, but how well its confidence matched reality.

71.4%
Public record (50/70)
All league matches, regular season only
60.3%
Avg. confidence
How sure the model said it was, on average
0.612
Log-loss
Lower is better. Penalises confident misses hardest
70
Matches logged
Full regular season, picks made before toss
Calibration

Does 60% confidence mean a 60% win rate?

A well-calibrated model's confidence numbers should match its actual hit rate inside each bracket. If the bars below track close to their bracket range, the model isn't just right on average, it knows how sure it should be.

Calibration is computed across the full 70-match season.

The Archive

Every match, in order

Match, pick, confidence, result. No deletions, no edits to picks after the fact.

# Date Match Model says Confidence Result
All 70 league matches from IPL 2026, in order. No deletions, no edits to picks after the fact.
The Model

What goes into a pick

Four inputs feed the win probability before every toss. Nothing here is exotic. The point is that it's consistent, timestamped, and applied the same way to every match.

INPUT 01
Recent form
Each team's last five results, weighted toward the most recent. A team on a hot streak gets a bump even if its season record is mediocre.
INPUT 02
2026 win rate
Season-to-date win percentage, normalised for matches played. Early-season numbers carry less weight than late-season ones.
INPUT 03
Team strength rating
A rolling power rating (beta) per team, updated after every match, that captures strength relative to the rest of the league rather than just wins and losses.
INPUT 04
Venue & toss context
Home advantage and, where known ahead of time, who's batting first. These shift the probability a few points either way rather than driving it.
What the model can't see
  • Last-minute team news and injuries announced after lineups lock
  • Pitch reports released morning-of
  • Weather and dew factor on the night
  • A single player having the game of their life
  • Momentum from a dressing-room incident or controversy
  • Auction-fresh players with no IPL 2026 sample size yet
Coming Next

BBL is up next

Same model, same rules, same honesty, rebuilt for the Big Bash League using historical Cricsheet data and backtested before a single live pick goes out. Get notified when picks start.