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D Ganga

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

D Ganga — 25 career matches, 1,048 runs and 0 wickets across all formats.

Matches
0
Runs
0
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Bat Avg
26.9

Career stats overview

18 Test · 7 ODI appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

18 matches

896
Runs scored
0
Wickets taken

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

ODI

7 matches

152
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 D Ganga has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

New Zealand

Matches
7
Runs
252

England

Matches
5
Runs
115

India

Matches
4
Runs
344

Pakistan

Matches
4
Runs
131

South Africa

Matches
4
Runs
187

Australia

Matches
1
Runs
14

Zimbabwe

Matches
1
Runs
31

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where D Ganga has turned out most often.

Antigua Recreation Ground

Matches
3
Runs
69

Eden Park, Auckland

Matches
3
Runs
175

Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore

Matches
2
Runs
28

Daren Sammy Cricket Ground, Gros Islet

Matches
1
Runs
42

Headingley, Leeds

Matches
1
Runs
14

Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad

Matches
1
Runs
21

Jade Stadium

Matches
1
Runs
1

Kingsmead, Durban

Matches
1
Runs
14

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.