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DR Sams

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

DR Sams — 159 career matches, 1,857 runs and 197 wickets across all formats.

Matches
0
Runs
0
Wickets
0
Explore Full Stats
Bat Avg
17.5
Bowl Avg
24.1

2026 Season Context

Current team & role

Mumbai Indians · All-Rounder

Career stats overview

159 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

T20I

159 matches

1,857
Runs scored
197
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 DR Sams has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

Melbourne Stars

Matches
14
Runs
196
Wickets
19

Sydney Sixers

Matches
14
Runs
176
Wickets
15

Adelaide Strikers

Matches
12
Runs
97
Wickets
19

Brisbane Heat

Matches
12
Runs
195
Wickets
25

Hobart Hurricanes

Matches
12
Runs
133
Wickets
20

Melbourne Renegades

Matches
9
Runs
138
Wickets
16

Perth Scorchers

Matches
9
Runs
37
Wickets
10

Somerset

Matches
6
Runs
78
Wickets
9

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where DR Sams has turned out most often.

Sydney Showground Stadium

Matches
21
Runs
187
Wickets
41

County Ground

Matches
18
Runs
324
Wickets
33

Manuka Oval

Matches
18
Runs
314
Wickets
25

Trent Bridge, Nottingham

Matches
10
Runs
193
Wickets
20

Sydney Cricket Ground

Matches
9
Runs
39
Wickets
5

Melbourne Cricket Ground

Matches
7
Runs
51
Wickets
4

Adelaide Oval

Matches
6
Runs
41
Wickets
13

Bellerive Oval

Matches
6
Runs
76
Wickets
13

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.