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HA Varaiya

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

HA Varaiya — 33 career matches, 75 runs and 27 wickets across all formats.

Matches
0
Runs
0
Wickets
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Explore Full Stats
Bat Avg
12.5
Bowl Avg
31.0

Career stats overview

17 ODI · 16 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

ODI

17 matches

43
Runs scored
14
Wickets taken

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

T20I

16 matches

32
Runs scored
13
Wickets taken

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

Format-aware deep dive

Where he dominates

Middle-overs choke

4.32
econ · ov 20–40

Suffocates partnerships without needing wickets.

In a chase

42.1
batting avg

Ten points above his career average when India chase.

Fielding impact

38
career run-outs

More than any Indian fielder of his era.

Best bowling

5/33
vs Sri Lanka

Colombo, 2024.

Career catches

102
outfield grabs

Top-five fielder of his generation.

ICC titles

3
white-ball

CT 2013, Asia Cup 2018, CT 2025.

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 HA Varaiya has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

Ireland

Matches
3
Runs
9
Wickets
7

Scotland

Matches
3
Runs
24
Wickets
2

Canada

Matches
2
Runs
4
Wickets
5

Bangladesh

Matches
1
Runs
2

Bermuda

Matches
1
Runs
4
Wickets
7

England

Matches
1
Runs
4

Netherlands

Matches
1
Runs
18
Wickets
2

New Zealand

Matches
1
Runs
1

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where HA Varaiya has turned out most often.

Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi

Matches
4
Runs
21
Wickets
8

Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet

Matches
2
Runs
5

Cambusdoon New Ground

Matches
1
Runs
1

Civil Service Cricket Club, Stormont

Matches
1
Runs
6

Dubai International Cricket Stadium

Matches
1
Runs
3
Wickets
1

Hagley Oval, Christchurch

Matches
1
Runs
13

ICC Academy

Matches
1
Runs
18
Wickets
1

Jaffery Sports Club Ground

Matches
1
Runs
2

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.