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CRD Fernando

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

CRD Fernando — 119 career matches, 339 runs and 176 wickets across all formats.

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Runs
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Explore Full Stats
Bat Avg
11.3
Bowl Avg
32.8

2026 Season Context

Current team & role

Mumbai Indians · All-Rounder

Career stats overview

22 Test · 85 ODI · 12 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

22 matches

142
Runs scored
56
Wickets taken

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

ODI

85 matches

175
Runs scored
108
Wickets taken

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

T20I

12 matches

22
Runs scored
12
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 CRD Fernando has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

England

Matches
13
Runs
145
Wickets
39

Australia

Matches
7
Runs
28
Wickets
12

Bangladesh

Matches
7
Runs
29
Wickets
41

India

Matches
7
Runs
64
Wickets
20

Pakistan

Matches
6
Runs
18
Wickets
20

South Africa

Matches
6
Runs
13
Wickets
11

New Zealand

Matches
3
Runs
33
Wickets
11

Zimbabwe

Matches
3
Runs
2
Wickets
13

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where CRD Fernando has turned out most often.

R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Matches
5
Runs
43
Wickets
13

The Gabba, Brisbane

Matches
3
Runs
14
Wickets
3

Harare Sports Club

Matches
3
Runs
2
Wickets
6

Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium

Matches
3
Runs
38
Wickets
9

Bellerive Oval

Matches
2
Runs
5
Wickets
3

SuperSport Park, Centurion

Matches
2
Runs
13
Wickets
4

Dubai International Cricket Stadium

Matches
2
Wickets
2

Kingsmead, Durban

Matches
2
Runs
4
Wickets
2

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.