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Daniel Vettori

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

Daniel Vettori — 270 career matches, 4,634 runs and 421 wickets across all formats.

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Daniel Vettori
Bat Avg
28.1
Bowl Avg
30.9

2026 Season Context

Current team & role

Royal Challengers Bangalore · All-Rounder

Career stats overview

54 Test · 153 ODI · 63 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

54 matches

2,874
Runs scored
177
Wickets taken

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

ODI

153 matches

1,450
Runs scored
184
Wickets taken

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

T20I

63 matches

310
Runs scored
60
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 DL Vettori has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

Australia

Matches
38
Runs
923
Wickets
65

Sri Lanka

Matches
24
Runs
649
Wickets
45

South Africa

Matches
23
Runs
432
Wickets
23

England

Matches
20
Runs
462
Wickets
46

India

Matches
18
Runs
542
Wickets
42

Pakistan

Matches
18
Runs
657
Wickets
47

Bangladesh

Matches
13
Runs
353
Wickets
55

West Indies

Matches
8
Runs
153
Wickets
33

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where DL Vettori has turned out most often.

Basin Reserve, Wellington

Matches
10
Runs
585
Wickets
26

Eden Park, Auckland

Matches
10
Runs
186
Wickets
21

McLean Park

Matches
10
Runs
383
Wickets
24

Seddon Park, Hamilton

Matches
10
Runs
371
Wickets
27

New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Matches
9
Runs
238
Wickets
16

The Gabba, Brisbane

Matches
7
Runs
164
Wickets
16

Adelaide Oval

Matches
6
Runs
137
Wickets
14

SuperSport Park, Centurion

Matches
6
Runs
187
Wickets
7

Official profile

Elsewhere on the web

ESPNcricinfo

DL Vettori's profile

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.

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