LUCKYSPIRE

DAS Gunaratne

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

DAS Gunaratne — 45 career matches, 1,255 runs and 30 wickets across all formats.

Matches
0
Runs
0
Wickets
0
Explore Full Stats
Bat Avg
35.9
Bowl Avg
34.7

Career stats overview

5 Test · 28 ODI · 12 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

5 matches

455
Runs scored
3
Wickets taken

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

ODI

28 matches

575
Runs scored
22
Wickets taken

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

T20I

12 matches

225
Runs scored
5
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 DAS Gunaratne has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

Bangladesh

Matches
9
Runs
241
Wickets
5

South Africa

Matches
9
Runs
210
Wickets
2

Zimbabwe

Matches
9
Runs
467
Wickets
18

India

Matches
7
Runs
129
Wickets
1

Australia

Matches
3
Runs
140
Wickets
2

Colombo Kings

Matches
2
Runs
41
Wickets
1

Dambulla Viiking

Matches
2
Runs
21
Wickets
3

Galle Gladiators

Matches
2
Runs
23
Wickets
1

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where DAS Gunaratne has turned out most often.

Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Sooriyawewa

Matches
10
Runs
228
Wickets
13

R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Matches
6
Runs
48
Wickets
4

Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka

Matches
5
Runs
66
Wickets
4

Harare Sports Club

Matches
3
Runs
243
Wickets
4

Bay Oval

Matches
2
Runs
17

SuperSport Park, Centurion

Matches
2
Runs
124

Galle International Stadium

Matches
2
Runs
113
Wickets
4

Newlands, Cape Town

Matches
2
Runs
49
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.