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Asad Shafiq

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

Asad Shafiq — 132 career matches, 5,972 runs and 3 wickets across all formats.

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Bat Avg
35.3
Bowl Avg
71.3

Career stats overview

76 Test · 56 ODI appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

76 matches

4,660
Runs scored
3
Wickets taken

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

ODI

56 matches

1,312
Runs scored
0
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 Asad Shafiq has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

England

Matches
26
Runs
1,182
Wickets
1

Sri Lanka

Matches
22
Runs
1,131
Wickets
1

Australia

Matches
18
Runs
904

New Zealand

Matches
17
Runs
680

South Africa

Matches
17
Runs
757

West Indies

Matches
16
Runs
503

Zimbabwe

Matches
10
Runs
313

Bangladesh

Matches
9
Runs
463
Wickets
1

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where Asad Shafiq has turned out most often.

Dubai International Cricket Stadium

Matches
30
Runs
1,362

Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Matches
23
Runs
1,001
Wickets
1

Sharjah Cricket Stadium

Matches
14
Runs
453

R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Matches
8
Runs
162

Harare Sports Club

Matches
7
Runs
180

Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore

Matches
4
Runs
56

Pallekele International Cricket Stadium

Matches
4
Runs
326

Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka

Matches
4
Runs
187

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.