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Adnan Akmal

India · Left-arm orthodox · Batter

Adnan Akmal — 20 career matches, 591 runs and 0 wickets across all formats.

Matches
0
Runs
0
Explore Full Stats
Bat Avg
25.7

Career stats overview

20 Test appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

20 matches

591
Runs scored
0
Wickets taken

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

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 Adnan Akmal has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

Sri Lanka

Matches
6
Runs
167

England

Matches
5
Runs
100

Zimbabwe

Matches
5
Runs
195

South Africa

Matches
4
Runs
64

Bangladesh

Matches
2
Runs
59

New Zealand

Matches
2
Runs
68

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where Adnan Akmal has turned out most often.

Dubai International Cricket Stadium

Matches
7
Runs
134

Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Matches
4
Runs
77

Harare Sports Club

Matches
3
Runs
132

Queens Sports Club

Matches
2
Runs
63

Basin Reserve, Wellington

Matches
1
Runs
24

Galle International Stadium

Matches
1
Runs
49

Pallekele International Cricket Stadium

Matches
1
Runs
59

Seddon Park, Hamilton

Matches
1
Runs
44

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.