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JK Silva

India · Left-arm orthodox · Batter

JK Silva — 39 career matches, 2,099 runs and 0 wickets across all formats.

Matches
0
Runs
0
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Bat Avg
28.4

Career stats overview

39 Test appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

39 matches

2,099
Runs scored
0
Wickets taken

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

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 JK Silva has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

Pakistan

Matches
12
Runs
785

England

Matches
7
Runs
380

South Africa

Matches
6
Runs
250

Australia

Matches
3
Runs
133

India

Matches
3
Runs
87

Bangladesh

Matches
2
Runs
179

New Zealand

Matches
2
Runs
92

West Indies

Matches
2
Runs
49

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where JK Silva has turned out most often.

Galle International Stadium

Matches
7
Runs
300

Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo

Matches
4
Runs
273

Dubai International Cricket Stadium

Matches
3
Runs
211

P Sara Oval

Matches
3
Runs
164

Pallekele International Cricket Stadium

Matches
3
Runs
33

Harare Sports Club

Matches
2
Runs
144

Headingley, Leeds

Matches
2
Runs
51

Lord's, London

Matches
2
Runs
215

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.