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DP Hughes

India · Left-arm orthodox · Batter

DP Hughes — 135 career matches, 3,434 runs and 0 wickets across all formats.

Matches
0
Runs
0
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Bat Avg
29.4

Career stats overview

135 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

T20I

135 matches

3,434
Runs scored
0
Wickets taken

Brief but impactful — quality over volume in the shortest format.

Format-aware deep dive

Where he dominates

Death economy

7.41
econ · ov 17–20

One of three left-arm specialists under 7.5 at the death.

Powerplay surprise

12
PP wickets

92 kph into the stumps.

End-overs hitting

148.2
SR · ov 16–20

Harder than anyone in India's lower order.

T20 WC 2024

1
winner's medal

Barbados. Worth the seventeen-year wait.

Outfield

38
catches

Fielder of his generation even in T20s.

Opp SR

114.2
batters' SR

They still haven't figured out easy boundaries.

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 DP Hughes has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

Melbourne Stars

Matches
18
Runs
415

Brisbane Heat

Matches
17
Runs
421

Perth Scorchers

Matches
16
Runs
400

Sydney Thunder

Matches
14
Runs
461

Adelaide Strikers

Matches
13
Runs
213

Hobart Hurricanes

Matches
13
Runs
243

Melbourne Renegades

Matches
11
Runs
279

Gloucestershire

Matches
5
Runs
154

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where DP Hughes has turned out most often.

Sydney Cricket Ground

Matches
35
Runs
720

County Ground

Matches
17
Runs
595

Melbourne Cricket Ground

Matches
10
Runs
212

Sydney Showground Stadium

Matches
7
Runs
175

Bellerive Oval

Matches
6
Runs
181

Carrara Oval

Matches
6
Runs
205

Marvel Stadium, Melbourne

Matches
6
Runs
210

The Gabba, Brisbane

Matches
6
Runs
216

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.