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Imrul Kayes

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

Imrul Kayes — 226 career matches, 6,323 runs and 0 wickets across all formats.

Matches
0
Runs
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Bat Avg
26.0

Career stats overview

38 Test · 72 ODI · 116 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

38 matches

1,751
Runs scored
0
Wickets taken

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

ODI

72 matches

2,242
Runs scored
0
Wickets taken

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

T20I

116 matches

2,330
Runs scored
0
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 Imrul Kayes has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

Zimbabwe

Matches
22
Runs
921

England

Matches
18
Runs
788

West Indies

Matches
16
Runs
315

New Zealand

Matches
15
Runs
495

Rangpur Riders

Matches
13
Runs
308

South Africa

Matches
13
Runs
299

India

Matches
12
Runs
300

Dhaka Dynamites

Matches
10
Runs
121

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where Imrul Kayes has turned out most often.

Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka

Matches
111
Runs
2,933

Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram

Matches
40
Runs
1,434

Sylhet International Cricket Stadium

Matches
13
Runs
257

Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium

Matches
5
Runs
258

Harare Sports Club

Matches
4
Runs
70

National Cricket Stadium, St George's

Matches
3
Runs
32

OUTsurance Oval, Bloemfontein

Matches
3
Runs
82

Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium

Matches
3
Runs
106

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.