Axar Patel

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

AR Patel is an Indian cricketer who has represented India Cricket and multiple IPL franchises across 361 career matches. His primary competition is the Indian Premier League, where he has played 167 games, though his numbers stretch across five formats from Tests to T20 Internationals. The headline figures are 373 career wickets at a bowling average of 27.43 and 4,639 runs at a batting average of 24.29. On recent form, he has been an active presence in India's T20I squad through February and March 2026 before turning out for his IPL franchise in April.

Matches

Runs

Wickets

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Delhi Capitals

Punjab Kings

Bat Avg

24.3

Bowl Avg

27.4

2026 Season Context

Current team & role

Delhi Capitals · All-Rounder

Recent form

Patel has taken wickets in eight of his last ten appearances, including 3/27 against New Zealand Cricket on 8 March 2026 and 2/29 against Pakistan Cricket on 26 February 2026. His IPL outings in April

Strongest format

Indian Premier League — The IPL accounts for 167 of Patel's 361 career matches, more than any other competition. His T20 batting strike rate of 133.64 in that tournament, com

Career stats overview

15 Test · 69 ODI · 277 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

15 matches

688

Runs scored

Wickets taken

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

ODI

69 matches

858

Runs scored

Wickets taken

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

T20I

277 matches

3,093

Runs scored

241

Wickets taken

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

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

five-wicket hauls

Third-most by any Indian bowler since his Test debut.

WTC presence

finals played

In the conversation every cycle. Central to this India red-ball side.

Career threads

Beyond the numbers

373 career wickets across five competitions

AR Patel has claimed 373 wickets in 361 matches at a bowling average of 27.43. That haul spans Test cricket, ODIs, T20 Internationals, the IPL and the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, marking him as a consistent wicket-taker across formats.

Best bowling numbers come in Test cricket

Across 15 Test matches, Patel has taken 57 wickets at an average of 19.67 and an economy of just 2.53. Those are his sharpest bowling figures across any format, suggesting red-ball conditions bring out his best with the ball.

IPL is his most-played competition: 131 wickets in 167 games

The Indian Premier League accounts for 167 of his 361 career appearances. He has 131 IPL wickets at an economy of 7.38, while his batting strike rate of 133.64 in that competition shows he can contribute with the bat in T20 conditions.

Strong record against England: 46 wickets in 18 matches

Against England Cricket across all formats, Patel has taken 46 wickets in just 18 matches at an economy of 3.68. That is his highest wicket tally against any single opponent and his most economical bowling split in the data.

Wankhede Stadium his most productive batting venue

In 15 matches at the Wankhede Stadium, Patel averages 42.43 with the bat. That is comfortably his best batting average at any ground where he has played more than ten matches.

Head-to-head

Vs opponents

Career totals broken down by the teams AR Patel has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

South Africa

Matches: 20
Runs: 257
Wickets: 21

Australia

Matches: 18
Runs: 486
Wickets: 30

England

Matches: 18
Runs: 368
Wickets: 46

Kolkata Knight Riders

Matches: 18
Runs: 205
Wickets: 17

Mumbai Indians

Matches: 18
Runs: 281
Wickets: 15

Chennai Super Kings

Matches: 16
Runs: 180
Wickets: 12

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Matches: 16
Runs: 279
Wickets: 21

Sri Lanka

Matches: 16
Runs: 340
Wickets: 32

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where AR Patel has turned out most often.

Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi

Matches: 31
Runs: 688
Wickets: 28

Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

Matches: 15
Runs: 297
Wickets: 15

Dubai International Cricket Stadium

Matches: 14
Runs: 220
Wickets: 22

Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali

Matches: 13
Runs: 136
Wickets: 21

M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru

Matches: 12
Runs: 246
Wickets: 13

Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore

Matches: 12
Runs: 195
Wickets: 7

Dr Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Stadium, Visakhapatnam

Matches: 11
Runs: 165
Wickets: 9

Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot

Matches: 10
Runs: 204
Wickets: 13

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Elsewhere on the web

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AR Patel's profile

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.

Photo credits (1)

Axar Patel — photo by Anand Anil, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source