BM Scholtz

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

BM Scholtz — 141 career matches, 403 runs and 183 wickets across all formats.

Matches

Runs

Wickets

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BMSCHOLTZ

Bat Avg

10.9

Bowl Avg

19.7

Career stats overview

63 ODI · 78 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

ODI

63 matches

310

Runs scored

Wickets taken

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

T20I

78 matches

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 BM Scholtz has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

Oman

Matches: 10
Runs: 64
Wickets: 21

Usa

Matches: 10
Runs: 83
Wickets: 25

Scotland

Matches: 8
Runs: 71
Wickets: 13

Uae

Matches: 8
Runs: 66
Wickets: 14

Netherlands

Matches: 6
Runs: 29
Wickets: 14

Nepal

Matches: 5
Runs: 15
Wickets: 19

Canada

Matches: 4
Runs: 15
Wickets: 13

Zimbabwe

Matches: 4
Runs: 21
Wickets: 16

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where BM Scholtz has turned out most often.

Wanderers Cricket Ground

Matches: 11
Runs: 41
Wickets: 39

Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur

Matches: 8
Runs: 62
Wickets: 13

United Cricket Club Ground, Windhoek

Matches: 8
Runs: 98
Wickets: 14

Al Amerat Cricket Ground Oman Cricket (Ministry Turf 1)

Matches: 7
Runs: 42
Wickets: 22

Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Matches: 5
Runs: 4
Wickets: 9

Forthill, Dundee

Matches: 3
Runs: 12
Wickets: 4

Namibia Cricket Ground

Matches: 3
Runs: 9
Wickets: 1

Amini Park, Port Moresby

Matches: 2
Runs: 24
Wickets: 10

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.