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JEC Franklin

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

JEC Franklin — 175 career matches, 2,822 runs and 144 wickets across all formats.

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Runs
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Explore Full Stats
Bat Avg
22.9
Bowl Avg
34.7

2026 Season Context

Current team & role

Mumbai Indians · All-Rounder

Career stats overview

21 Test · 73 ODI · 81 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

21 matches

639
Runs scored
44
Wickets taken

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

ODI

73 matches

1,107
Runs scored
56
Wickets taken

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

T20I

81 matches

1,076
Runs scored
44
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 JEC Franklin has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

Sri Lanka

Matches
19
Runs
333
Wickets
27

Australia

Matches
18
Runs
214
Wickets
19

South Africa

Matches
18
Runs
468
Wickets
25

England

Matches
16
Runs
192
Wickets
21

Pakistan

Matches
12
Runs
222
Wickets
8

India

Matches
9
Runs
415
Wickets
3

West Indies

Matches
9
Runs
124
Wickets
4

Gloucestershire

Matches
6
Runs
55
Wickets
3

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where JEC Franklin has turned out most often.

Eden Park, Auckland

Matches
14
Runs
164
Wickets
12

County Ground

Matches
12
Runs
104
Wickets
5

Lord's, London

Matches
12
Runs
199
Wickets
8

Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

Matches
11
Runs
225
Wickets
4

Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka

Matches
10
Runs
224
Wickets
5

Pallekele International Cricket Stadium

Matches
9
Runs
184
Wickets
3

Seddon Park, Hamilton

Matches
9
Runs
189
Wickets
8

McLean Park

Matches
7
Runs
137
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.