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A Shahzad

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

A Shahzad — 31 career matches, 72 runs and 39 wickets across all formats.

Matches
0
Runs
0
Wickets
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Bat Avg
8.0
Bowl Avg
26.6

Career stats overview

10 ODI · 21 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

ODI

10 matches

40
Runs scored
15
Wickets taken

The middle-overs architect — a decade of white-ball consistency.

T20I

21 matches

32
Runs scored
24
Wickets taken

Brief but impactful — quality over volume in the shortest format.

Format-aware deep dive

Where he dominates

Middle-overs choke

4.32
econ · ov 20–40

Suffocates partnerships without needing wickets.

In a chase

42.1
batting avg

Ten points above his career average when India chase.

Fielding impact

38
career run-outs

More than any Indian fielder of his era.

Best bowling

5/33
vs Sri Lanka

Colombo, 2024.

Career catches

102
outfield grabs

Top-five fielder of his generation.

ICC titles

3
white-ball

CT 2013, Asia Cup 2018, CT 2025.

Career threads

Beyond the numbers

Elite across all three formats

788 wickets across all formats. Equally lethal on spinning Indian decks and unforgiving overseas tracks.

Test cricket is where the numbers peak

A batting average in all-rounder territory, a bowling average in the mid-twenties, a No.1 ranking held across multiple cycles.

A franchise career of its own

250 IPL appearances, 173 wickets — four titles with Chennai, and the 2026 move brings it full circle.

Sir Jadeja

The meme that became a compliment. A cultural marker only a handful of modern players carry.

Head-to-head

Vs opponents

Career totals broken down by the teams A Shahzad has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

Australia

Matches
6
Runs
28
Wickets
7

Bangladesh

Matches
3
Runs
11
Wickets
13

Warwickshire

Matches
2
Runs
20
Wickets
2

Gloucestershire

Matches
1
Wickets
4

India

Matches
1
Runs
6

Leicestershire

Matches
1
Runs
4
Wickets
2

Worcestershire

Matches
1
Runs
2
Wickets
2

Yorkshire

Matches
1
Runs
6
Wickets
1

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where A Shahzad has turned out most often.

Trent Bridge, Nottingham

Matches
4
Runs
21
Wickets
8

Adelaide Oval

Matches
2
Runs
4
Wickets
1

Arundel Castle Cricket Club Ground

Matches
1
Wickets
3

Bellerive Oval

Matches
1
Runs
2
Wickets
3

M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru

Matches
1
Runs
6

County Ground

Matches
1
Runs
5
Wickets
12

Edgbaston, Birmingham

Matches
1
Runs
11
Wickets
3

The Gabba, Brisbane

Matches
1
Runs
9

Historical aggregates derived from Cricsheet (cricsheet.org) under ODC-BY licence. 2001/02–2026 IPL seasons. Batting average uses dismissals as the denominator; bowler wickets are credited only for bowler-kind dismissals (bowled, caught, lbw, caught-and-bowled, stumped, hit wicket). Venue and opposition splits are rebuilt after every ingest from the Cricsheet archive.