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Aqib Ilyas

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

Aqib Ilyas — 73 career matches, 2,205 runs and 53 wickets across all formats.

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Bat Avg
36.1
Bowl Avg
24.1

Career stats overview

31 ODI · 42 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

ODI

31 matches

1,191
Runs scored
23
Wickets taken

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

T20I

42 matches

1,014
Runs scored
30
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 Aqib Ilyas has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

Namibia

Matches
12
Runs
329
Wickets
10

Scotland

Matches
10
Runs
288
Wickets
4

Nepal

Matches
8
Runs
214
Wickets
16

Papua New Guinea

Matches
8
Runs
290
Wickets
7

Uae

Matches
7
Runs
272
Wickets
2

Hong Kong

Matches
6
Runs
171
Wickets
3

Canada

Matches
5
Runs
219
Wickets
5

Ireland

Matches
3
Runs
81

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where Aqib Ilyas has turned out most often.

Al Amerat Cricket Ground Oman Cricket (Ministry Turf 1)

Matches
20
Runs
632
Wickets
14

Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur

Matches
10
Runs
432
Wickets
22

Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Matches
9
Runs
234

Maple Leaf North-West Ground

Matches
7
Runs
212
Wickets
11

Al Amerat Cricket Ground Oman Cricket (Ministry Turf 2)

Matches
4
Runs
111
Wickets
9

Forthill, Dundee

Matches
4
Runs
130

Mannofield Park

Matches
4
Runs
210
Wickets
4

Bulawayo Athletic Club

Matches
3
Runs
136

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.