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HD Rutherford

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

HD Rutherford — 116 career matches, 2,968 runs and 2 wickets across all formats.

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Bat Avg
23.7
Bowl Avg
41.0

Career stats overview

16 Test · 100 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

16 matches

755
Runs scored
0
Wickets taken

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

T20I

100 matches

2,213
Runs scored
2
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 HD Rutherford has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

Auckland

Matches
14
Runs
261

Wellington

Matches
14
Runs
146
Wickets
1

Canterbury

Matches
12
Runs
234

Central Districts

Matches
12
Runs
367
Wickets
1

England

Matches
11
Runs
472

Northern Districts

Matches
11
Runs
189

Northamptonshire

Matches
6
Runs
117

Bangladesh

Matches
5
Runs
98

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where HD Rutherford has turned out most often.

County Ground

Matches
22
Runs
629

University Oval

Matches
18
Runs
614

Eden Park, Auckland

Matches
12
Runs
207

Basin Reserve, Wellington

Matches
11
Runs
228

Molyneux Park, Alexandra

Matches
9
Runs
203

Hagley Oval, Christchurch

Matches
7
Runs
153

Edgbaston, Birmingham

Matches
6
Runs
122

Seddon Park, Hamilton

Matches
6
Runs
133

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.