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AM Blignaut

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

AM Blignaut — 36 career matches, 573 runs and 40 wickets across all formats.

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Bat Avg
20.5
Bowl Avg
43.2

Career stats overview

6 Test · 30 ODI appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

6 matches

289
Runs scored
11
Wickets taken

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

ODI

30 matches

284
Runs scored
29
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 AM Blignaut has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

India

Matches
5
Runs
74
Wickets
5

Australia

Matches
4
Runs
162
Wickets
5

South Africa

Matches
4
Runs
128
Wickets
1

New Zealand

Matches
3
Runs
62
Wickets
6

West Indies

Matches
3
Runs
45
Wickets
14

Kenya

Matches
2
Runs
6
Wickets
1

Pakistan

Matches
2
Runs
27
Wickets
2

Sri Lanka

Matches
2
Runs
2
Wickets
3

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where AM Blignaut has turned out most often.

Harare Sports Club

Matches
6
Runs
104
Wickets
13

Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo

Matches
3
Runs
146
Wickets
9

Sharjah Cricket Stadium

Matches
3
Runs
29
Wickets
5

Goodyear Park

Matches
2
Runs
8
Wickets
3

Queens Sports Club

Matches
2
Runs
31
Wickets
1

Sydney Cricket Ground

Matches
2
Runs
86
Wickets
5

Buffalo Park, East London

Matches
1
Runs
1

SuperSport Park, Centurion

Matches
1
Runs
52

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.