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J Little

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

J Little — 92 career matches, 203 runs and 120 wickets across all formats.

Matches
0
Runs
0
Wickets
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Explore Full Stats
Bat Avg
11.9
Bowl Avg
29.3

Career stats overview

39 ODI · 53 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

ODI

39 matches

81
Runs scored
60
Wickets taken

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

T20I

53 matches

122
Runs scored
60
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 J Little has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

Northern Knights

Matches
5
Runs
36
Wickets
11

Zimbabwe

Matches
5
Runs
16
Wickets
32

New Zealand

Matches
4
Runs
16
Wickets
14

South Africa

Matches
4
Runs
33
Wickets
9

West Indies

Matches
4
Runs
5
Wickets
10

England

Matches
3
Runs
38
Wickets
12

Netherlands

Matches
3
Runs
17
Wickets
9

Scotland

Matches
3
Runs
14
Wickets
3

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where J Little has turned out most often.

Bready Cricket Club, Magheramason

Matches
6
Runs
23
Wickets
11

The Village, Malahide

Matches
6
Runs
27
Wickets
17

Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Matches
4
Runs
6
Wickets
10

Al Amerat Cricket Ground Oman Cricket (Ministry Turf 1)

Matches
3
Runs
14
Wickets
8

Civil Service Cricket Club, Stormont

Matches
3
Runs
20
Wickets
13

Pembroke Cricket Club, Sandymount, Dublin

Matches
3
Runs
35
Wickets
14

SuperSport Park, Centurion

Matches
2
Runs
2
Wickets
2

Harare Sports Club

Matches
2
Runs
2
Wickets
22

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.