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CB Mpofu

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

CB Mpofu — 102 career matches, 168 runs and 105 wickets across all formats.

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Bat Avg
5.3
Bowl Avg
46.4

Career stats overview

13 Test · 64 ODI · 25 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

13 matches

99
Runs scored
24
Wickets taken

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

ODI

64 matches

40
Runs scored
56
Wickets taken

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

T20I

25 matches

29
Runs scored
25
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

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 CB Mpofu has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

Bangladesh

Matches
12
Runs
19
Wickets
29

Sri Lanka

Matches
8
Runs
39
Wickets
13

South Africa

Matches
7
Runs
4
Wickets
13

West Indies

Matches
6
Runs
51
Wickets
8

New Zealand

Matches
5
Runs
16
Wickets
8

Pakistan

Matches
5
Runs
13
Wickets
12

Australia

Matches
2
Runs
5
Wickets
2

England

Matches
2
Runs
2

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where CB Mpofu has turned out most often.

Harare Sports Club

Matches
14
Runs
49
Wickets
27

Queens Sports Club

Matches
8
Runs
69
Wickets
16

Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka

Matches
6
Runs
5
Wickets
8

SuperSport Park, Centurion

Matches
2
Runs
2
Wickets
1

Hazelaarweg

Matches
2
Runs
17
Wickets
4

National Cricket Stadium, St George's

Matches
2
Runs
2
Wickets
2

Sabina Park, Kingston

Matches
2
Runs
1
Wickets
4

Bangabandhu National Stadium

Matches
1
Runs
1

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.