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AJ Bichel

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

AJ Bichel — 32 career matches, 361 runs and 50 wickets across all formats.

Matches
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Runs
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Explore Full Stats
Bat Avg
25.8
Bowl Avg
31.7

Career stats overview

5 Test · 27 ODI appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

5 matches

103
Runs scored
19
Wickets taken

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

ODI

27 matches

258
Runs scored
31
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 AJ Bichel has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

India

Matches
5
Runs
29
Wickets
5

Zimbabwe

Matches
4
Runs
39
Wickets
11

England

Matches
3
Runs
98
Wickets
17

New Zealand

Matches
2
Runs
73
Wickets
3

Sri Lanka

Matches
2
Runs
47
Wickets
2

West Indies

Matches
2
Runs
75
Wickets
4

Bangladesh

Matches
0
Wickets
4

Kenya

Matches
0
Wickets
2

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where AJ Bichel has turned out most often.

Sydney Cricket Ground

Matches
5
Runs
99
Wickets
15

Melbourne Cricket Ground

Matches
3
Runs
35
Wickets
1

St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Matches
3
Runs
117
Wickets
8

Antigua Recreation Ground

Matches
1
Runs
34
Wickets
3

Bellerive Oval

Matches
1
Wickets
2

Captain Roop Singh Stadium

Matches
1
Runs
14

The Gabba, Brisbane

Matches
1
Runs
11
Wickets
1

Nehru Stadium, Kochi

Matches
1
Runs
9
Wickets
1

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.