E9: Player PotM Dominance
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Description
Some players are match-winners. We want to see who dominates games most frequently.
### The Objective
Find out which players have the highest ratio of "Player of the Match" (PotM) awards relative to the number of matches they played.
### Requirements:
1. `matches.csv` contains the `player_of_match` column.
2. `deliveries.csv` contains the information about who actually played in the match (a player played in a match if their name appears anywhere as a batsman, non-striker, or bowler in that `match_id`).
3. Join or aggregate this data to find out how many distinct matches a player participated in.
4. Calculate their "Clutch" Ratio: Isolate matches that were "Playoffs" or "Finals". Calculate the PotM frequency for these high-pressure matches specifically.
5. Calculate the regular ratio: `PotM Awards / Total Matches Played`. Filter out players with less than 20 matches.
6. **Visualization:** Create a **visually appealing grouped bar chart** of the top 15 players featuring the highest regular ratios, contrasting their regular season PotM ratio with their playoff PotM ratio.
### Mandatory Submission Rule:
Submit your solution via a Pull Request. In your PR description, include a screenshot of your generated visualisation, a copy of the core logic code cell, and a **Markdown** summary. Your summary should interpret the bar chart. Who is the most decisive match-winner in IPL history on a per-game basis? Did the results surprise you compared to absolute PotM counts?
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with matches.csv and deliveries.csv, using player_of_match and the batsman, non-striker, bowler, and match_id fields to determine participation and playoff or final matches. Done means a grouped bar chart of the top 15 regular-ratio players, plus a pull request containing the visualization screenshot, core logic code cell, and Markdown interpretation requested in the issue.
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Assessment
- Domain
- data, data-visualization
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 55/100