Anwar Ali

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

Anwar Ali — 84 career matches, 727 runs and 64 wickets across all formats.

Matches

Runs

Wickets

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Bat Avg

19.6

Bowl Avg

40.2

Career stats overview

21 ODI · 63 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

ODI

21 matches

300

Runs scored

Wickets taken

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

T20I

63 matches

427

Runs scored

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

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

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 Anwar Ali has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

Lahore Qalandars

Matches: 13
Runs: 59
Wickets: 10

Peshawar Zalmi

Matches: 9
Runs: 121
Wickets: 4

Karachi Kings

Matches: 7
Runs: 71
Wickets: 10

England

Matches: 5
Runs: 77
Wickets: 6

New Zealand

Matches: 5
Runs: 64
Wickets: 5

Sri Lanka

Matches: 5
Runs: 127
Wickets: 10

Australia

Matches: 3
Runs: 27
Wickets: 1

Islamabad United

Matches: 3
Runs: 17
Wickets: 10

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where Anwar Ali has turned out most often.

Dubai International Cricket Stadium

Matches: 15
Runs: 120
Wickets: 21

Sharjah Cricket Stadium

Matches: 11
Runs: 90
Wickets: 7

Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore

Matches: 10
Runs: 117
Wickets: 7

Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Sooriyawewa

Matches: 6
Runs: 60
Wickets: 10

Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Matches: 5
Runs: 116
Wickets: 5

Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka

Matches: 5
Runs: 46
Wickets: 1

National Stadium, Karachi

Matches: 4
Runs: 52
Wickets: 3

National Stadium

Matches: 3
Runs: 15

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.