Agha Salman

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

Agha Salman — 152 career matches, 4,595 runs and 51 wickets across all formats.

Matches

Runs

Wickets

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AghaSALMAN

Bat Avg

32.8

Bowl Avg

50.3

Career stats overview

23 Test · 43 ODI · 86 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

23 matches

1,487

Runs scored

Wickets taken

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

ODI

43 matches

1,479

Runs scored

Wickets taken

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

T20I

86 matches

1,629

Runs scored

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

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 Agha Salman has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

New Zealand

Matches: 20
Runs: 788
Wickets: 8

Bangladesh

Matches: 13
Runs: 440
Wickets: 5

South Africa

Matches: 13
Runs: 724
Wickets: 11

Sri Lanka

Matches: 13
Runs: 558
Wickets: 4

Australia

Matches: 10
Runs: 278
Wickets: 3

Peshawar Zalmi

Matches: 10
Runs: 170
Wickets: 1

England

Matches: 8
Runs: 502
Wickets: 2

Quetta Gladiators

Matches: 7
Runs: 137
Wickets: 2

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where Agha Salman has turned out most often.

Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium

Matches: 22
Runs: 636
Wickets: 5

Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore

Matches: 21
Runs: 671
Wickets: 6

National Stadium, Karachi

Matches: 18
Runs: 807
Wickets: 10

Dubai International Cricket Stadium

Matches: 12
Runs: 175
Wickets: 1

Multan Cricket Stadium

Matches: 7
Runs: 382
Wickets: 1

Sharjah Cricket Stadium

Matches: 7
Runs: 104

Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka

Matches: 6
Runs: 199
Wickets: 1

Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo

Matches: 4
Runs: 79
Wickets: 8

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.