Abdur Rehman

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

Abdur Rehman — 52 career matches, 527 runs and 128 wickets across all formats.

Matches

Runs

Wickets

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Bat Avg

12.3

Bowl Avg

31.3

Career stats overview

22 Test · 30 ODI appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

22 matches

395

Runs scored

Wickets taken

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

ODI

30 matches

132

Runs scored

Wickets taken

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

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

five-wicket hauls

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

WTC presence

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 Abdur Rehman has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

South Africa

Matches: 13
Runs: 175
Wickets: 25

Sri Lanka

Matches: 8
Runs: 147
Wickets: 21

England

Matches: 5
Runs: 29
Wickets: 20

New Zealand

Matches: 5
Runs: 36
Wickets: 15

Bangladesh

Matches: 4
Runs: 37
Wickets: 13

West Indies

Matches: 4
Runs: 63
Wickets: 17

Zimbabwe

Matches: 3
Runs: 32
Wickets: 13

India

Matches: 2
Runs: 2
Wickets: 3

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where Abdur Rehman has turned out most often.

Dubai International Cricket Stadium

Matches: 8
Runs: 35
Wickets: 20

Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Matches: 4
Runs: 72
Wickets: 14

Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore

Matches: 3
Runs: 34
Wickets: 6

Harare Sports Club

Matches: 3
Runs: 32
Wickets: 13

Sharjah Cricket Stadium

Matches: 3
Runs: 17
Wickets: 8

Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet

Matches: 2
Runs: 9
Wickets: 6

Galle International Stadium

Matches: 2
Runs: 66
Wickets: 2

Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka

Matches: 2
Runs: 32
Wickets: 4

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.