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JA Richardson

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

JA Richardson — 113 career matches, 454 runs and 159 wickets across all formats.

Matches
0
Runs
0
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Explore Full Stats
Bat Avg
16.2
Bowl Avg
23.2

2026 Season Context

Current team & role

Punjab Kings · All-Rounder

Career stats overview

15 ODI · 98 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

ODI

15 matches

93
Runs scored
27
Wickets taken

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

T20I

98 matches

361
Runs scored
132
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 JA Richardson has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

Sydney Sixers

Matches
11
Runs
78
Wickets
25

Melbourne Renegades

Matches
6
Runs
36
Wickets
12

England

Matches
5
Runs
45
Wickets
14

Hobart Hurricanes

Matches
5
Runs
96
Wickets
13

Adelaide Strikers

Matches
4
Runs
42
Wickets
21

Brisbane Heat

Matches
4
Runs
27
Wickets
12

India

Matches
4
Runs
54
Wickets
14

Melbourne Stars

Matches
4
Runs
11
Wickets
21

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where JA Richardson has turned out most often.

Optus Stadium, Perth

Matches
13
Runs
167
Wickets
43

Adelaide Oval

Matches
5
Runs
40
Wickets
20

Marvel Stadium, Melbourne

Matches
5
Runs
36
Wickets
12

Sydney Cricket Ground

Matches
5
Runs
31
Wickets
9

The Gabba, Brisbane

Matches
3
Runs
15
Wickets
12

Manuka Oval

Matches
3
Runs
11
Wickets
2

Melbourne Cricket Ground

Matches
3
Runs
32
Wickets
9

Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

Matches
3
Runs
17
Wickets
3

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.