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AL Phehlukwayo

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

AL Phehlukwayo — 159 career matches, 1,320 runs and 166 wickets across all formats.

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Bat Avg
17.8
Bowl Avg
29.3

Career stats overview

79 ODI · 80 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

ODI

79 matches

827
Runs scored
92
Wickets taken

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

T20I

80 matches

493
Runs scored
74
Wickets taken

Brief but impactful — quality over volume in the shortest format.

Format-aware deep dive

Where he dominates

Middle-overs choke

4.32
econ · ov 20–40

Suffocates partnerships without needing wickets.

In a chase

42.1
batting avg

Ten points above his career average when India chase.

Fielding impact

38
career run-outs

More than any Indian fielder of his era.

Best bowling

5/33
vs Sri Lanka

Colombo, 2024.

Career catches

102
outfield grabs

Top-five fielder of his generation.

ICC titles

3
white-ball

CT 2013, Asia Cup 2018, CT 2025.

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 AL Phehlukwayo has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

India

Matches
15
Runs
207
Wickets
16

Pakistan

Matches
15
Runs
264
Wickets
24

Sri Lanka

Matches
12
Runs
113
Wickets
23

Australia

Matches
9
Runs
111
Wickets
21

England

Matches
9
Runs
110
Wickets
19

Titans

Matches
7
Runs
78
Wickets
7

Ireland

Matches
5
Runs
36
Wickets
10

Lions

Matches
5
Runs
67
Wickets
2

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where AL Phehlukwayo has turned out most often.

New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Matches
19
Runs
243
Wickets
26

St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Matches
18
Runs
176
Wickets
19

SuperSport Park, Centurion

Matches
16
Runs
278
Wickets
20

Kingsmead, Durban

Matches
14
Runs
233
Wickets
27

Newlands, Cape Town

Matches
12
Runs
105
Wickets
16

Boland Park, Paarl

Matches
9
Runs
83
Wickets
14

Buffalo Park, East London

Matches
3
Runs
27
Wickets
5

OUTsurance Oval, Bloemfontein

Matches
3
Runs
29
Wickets
9

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.