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Jason Roy
India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder
JJ Roy is an opening batter who has represented England Cricket in 177 matches and Surrey in 96 T20 Blast appearances, alongside franchise stints across the PSL, IPL, Big Bash, SA20 and several other leagues. His primary format, by the numbers, is the One-Day International: 109 matches, 4,237 runs, an average of 40.74 and a strike rate of 105.53. Across all 403 career appearances he has scored 12,394 runs at 31.94, moving at 125.2 per hundred balls. Recent form has been lean, with only one significant score in his last ten innings, a 70 off 39 balls for Oval Invincibles in The Hundred on 28 August 2025.
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Bat Avg
31.9
2026 Season Context
Current team & role
Kolkata Knight Riders · All-Rounder
Recent form
Roy's last ten innings have been modest, with scores of 11, 4, 14 not out, 1, 6 not out, 16, 46, 8, 70 and 37 across ILT20, the Nepal Premier League, the T20 Blast and The Hundred. The 70 off 39 balls
Strongest format
One-Day International — Roy's ODI record of 4,237 runs in 109 matches at an average of 40.74 is comfortably his best across any competition. His T20 Blast average of 33.57 is
Career stats overview
5 Test · 109 ODI · 289 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.
Test
5 matches
187
Runs scored
0
Wickets taken
Where his legacy was forged — the format that rewards patience and precision.
ODI
109 matches
4,237
Runs scored
0
Wickets taken
The middle-overs architect — a decade of white-ball consistency.
T20I
289 matches
7,970
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
ODI cricket is where Roy excels
Across 109 One-Day Internationals, Roy has averaged 40.74 with a strike rate of 105.53, comfortably his best returns in any format. Those numbers place him among the more consistent England ODI openers of recent years.
Over 12,000 career runs across 403 matches
Roy has accumulated 12,394 runs from 403 appearances across all formats and competitions, at an overall average of 31.94 and a strike rate of 125.2. His workload spans international cricket, the T20 Blast, the IPL, PSL and beyond.
The Oval is his most productive ground
In 72 matches at The Oval, Roy has scored 2,456 runs at an average of 36.12 and a strike rate of 147.77. No other venue comes close in terms of volume or fluency.
Strong record against Sri Lanka and Pakistan
Roy averages 44.20 against Sri Lanka across 17 matches, his highest return against any major Test nation. Against Pakistan over 20 matches he averages 39.70, suggesting he has historically found his best touch against both sides.
A well-travelled franchise cricketer
Beyond England duties, Roy has represented Surrey, Quetta Gladiators, Oval Invincibles, Paarl Royals, Perth Scorchers and several other franchises. His 96 T20 Blast appearances for Surrey are second only to his England tally.
Head-to-head
Vs opponents
Career totals broken down by the teams JJ Roy has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.
Australia
- Matches
- 32
- Runs
- 1,111
South Africa
- Matches
- 32
- Runs
- 778
India
- Matches
- 27
- Runs
- 899
Pakistan
- Matches
- 20
- Runs
- 794
Sri Lanka
- Matches
- 17
- Runs
- 663
New Zealand
- Matches
- 16
- Runs
- 432
West Indies
- Matches
- 16
- Runs
- 543
Somerset
- Matches
- 14
- Runs
- 462
Grounds played at
Home & away grounds
The venues where JJ Roy has turned out most often.
The Oval, London
- Matches
- 72
- Runs
- 2,456
The Rose Bowl, Southampton
- Matches
- 23
- Runs
- 587
Lord's, London
- Matches
- 18
- Runs
- 462
Sophia Gardens, Cardiff
- Matches
- 18
- Runs
- 705
County Ground
- Matches
- 17
- Runs
- 491
Dubai International Cricket Stadium
- Matches
- 16
- Runs
- 442
Sharjah Cricket Stadium
- Matches
- 16
- Runs
- 386
Edgbaston, Birmingham
- Matches
- 15
- Runs
- 555
Official profile
Elsewhere on the web
ESPNcricinfo
JJ Roy's profile
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.
Photo credits (1)
- Jason Roy — photo by Joeyjackets, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source