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AAP Atkinson

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

AAP Atkinson — 72 career matches, 642 runs and 138 wickets across all formats.

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Explore Full Stats
Bat Avg
17.8
Bowl Avg
24.8

Career stats overview

16 Test · 11 ODI · 45 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

16 matches

453
Runs scored
69
Wickets taken

Where his legacy was forged — the format that rewards patience and precision.

ODI

11 matches

104
Runs scored
13
Wickets taken

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

T20I

45 matches

85
Runs scored
56
Wickets taken

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

Format-aware deep dive

Where he dominates

Home record

215
wickets

Average 21.4 on Indian soil — better than any active spinner of the era.

Fourth-innings force

112
wickets

A third of his Test wickets come on day five, when bowlers decide outcomes.

Lower-order resilience

38.4
batting avg

At No.7 his average beats every Indian specialist in that slot since 2015.

Elite opposition

198
wkts in 48 M

Combined record vs Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa.

Consistency

14
five-wicket hauls

Third-most by any Indian bowler since his Test debut.

WTC presence

2
finals played

In the conversation every cycle. Central to this India red-ball side.

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 AAP Atkinson has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

Somerset

Matches
6
Runs
22
Wickets
7

New Zealand

Matches
5
Runs
109
Wickets
19

West Indies

Matches
5
Runs
68
Wickets
28

India

Matches
4
Runs
71
Wickets
10

Australia

Matches
3
Runs
73
Wickets
6

Pakistan

Matches
3
Runs
51
Wickets
8

Sri Lanka

Matches
3
Runs
158
Wickets
12

Sussex

Matches
3
Runs
8
Wickets
6

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where AAP Atkinson has turned out most often.

The Oval, London

Matches
13
Runs
71
Wickets
37

County Ground

Matches
4
Runs
18
Wickets
5

Edgbaston, Birmingham

Matches
3
Runs
37
Wickets
9

Lord's, London

Matches
3
Runs
135
Wickets
25

Dubai International Cricket Stadium

Matches
2
Runs
7
Wickets
6

Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Matches
2
Runs
2
Wickets
2

Sophia Gardens, Cardiff

Matches
2
Runs
10
Wickets
5

Barabati Stadium, Cuttack

Matches
1
Runs
3
Wickets
1

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.