CJ Chibhabha

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

CJ Chibhabha — 117 career matches, 2,668 runs and 39 wickets across all formats.

Matches

Runs

Wickets

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CJCHIBHABHA

Bat Avg

22.6

Bowl Avg

47.0

Career stats overview

5 Test · 87 ODI · 25 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

5 matches

175

Runs scored

Wickets taken

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

ODI

87 matches

1,987

Runs scored

Wickets taken

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

T20I

25 matches

506

Runs scored

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

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 CJ Chibhabha has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

Pakistan

Matches: 29
Runs: 614
Wickets: 11

Bangladesh

Matches: 19
Runs: 242
Wickets: 7

West Indies

Matches: 15
Runs: 380
Wickets: 6

India

Matches: 14
Runs: 397
Wickets: 8

South Africa

Matches: 12
Runs: 386
Wickets: 1

New Zealand

Matches: 10
Runs: 305
Wickets: 2

Ireland

Matches: 8
Runs: 193
Wickets: 1

Sri Lanka

Matches: 8
Runs: 119
Wickets: 2

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where CJ Chibhabha has turned out most often.

Harare Sports Club

Matches: 45
Runs: 1,175
Wickets: 22

Queens Sports Club

Matches: 12
Runs: 205
Wickets: 3

Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka

Matches: 11
Runs: 160
Wickets: 3

Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium

Matches: 6
Runs: 65

Sabina Park, Kingston

Matches: 3
Runs: 27

Antigua Recreation Ground

Matches: 2
Runs: 122
Wickets: 2

Buffalo Park, East London

Matches: 2
Runs: 41

Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore

Matches: 2
Runs: 138
Wickets: 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.