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Abdullah Shafique

India · Left-arm orthodox · Batter

Abdullah Shafique — 94 career matches, 3,458 runs and 0 wickets across all formats.

Matches
0
Runs
0
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Bat Avg
32.9

Career stats overview

24 Test · 26 ODI · 44 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

24 matches

1,610
Runs scored
0
Wickets taken

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

ODI

26 matches

679
Runs scored
0
Wickets taken

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

T20I

44 matches

1,169
Runs scored
0
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 Abdullah Shafique has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

Multan Sultans

Matches
11
Runs
251

Australia

Matches
10
Runs
684

New Zealand

Matches
10
Runs
143

Islamabad United

Matches
9
Runs
293

Karachi Kings

Matches
8
Runs
195

Quetta Gladiators

Matches
8
Runs
267

England

Matches
7
Runs
345

Peshawar Zalmi

Matches
7
Runs
159

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where Abdullah Shafique has turned out most often.

Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore

Matches
29
Runs
880

National Stadium, Karachi

Matches
15
Runs
505

Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium

Matches
13
Runs
588

Multan Cricket Stadium

Matches
5
Runs
196

Brian Lara Stadium, Tarouba, Trinidad

Matches
3
Runs
55

Galle International Stadium

Matches
3
Runs
216

Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo

Matches
3
Runs
83

M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru

Matches
2
Runs
68

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.