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Aftab Ahmed

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

Aftab Ahmed — 66 career matches, 1,486 runs and 8 wickets across all formats.

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Bat Avg
21.2
Bowl Avg
65.5

Career stats overview

11 Test · 55 ODI appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

11 matches

425
Runs scored
4
Wickets taken

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

ODI

55 matches

1,061
Runs scored
4
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

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 Aftab Ahmed has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

New Zealand

Matches
12
Runs
271
Wickets
2

Sri Lanka

Matches
12
Runs
240
Wickets
4

Australia

Matches
9
Runs
153

England

Matches
8
Runs
243
Wickets
1

Pakistan

Matches
8
Runs
80

Zimbabwe

Matches
8
Runs
195

India

Matches
5
Runs
103

Kenya

Matches
4
Runs
74

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where Aftab Ahmed has turned out most often.

Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka

Matches
9
Runs
199

Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi

Matches
5
Runs
79

MA Aziz Stadium

Matches
5
Runs
106

Kensington Oval, Bridgetown

Matches
4
Runs
29
Wickets
1

Shaheed Chandu Stadium

Matches
4
Runs
81
Wickets
1

Chittagong Divisional Stadium

Matches
3
Runs
51

Newlands, Cape Town

Matches
3
Runs
82

Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain

Matches
3
Runs
27

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.