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JL Ontong

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

JL Ontong — 38 career matches, 589 runs and 7 wickets across all formats.

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Runs
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Explore Full Stats
Bat Avg
22.6
Bowl Avg
29.6

Career stats overview

7 ODI · 31 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

ODI

7 matches

97
Runs scored
1
Wickets taken

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

T20I

31 matches

492
Runs scored
6
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 JL Ontong has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

Dolphins

Matches
8
Runs
125
Wickets
3

Titans

Matches
8
Runs
75
Wickets
2

Knights

Matches
7
Runs
155
Wickets
1

Warriors

Matches
7
Runs
119

Lions

Matches
6
Runs
66

New Zealand

Matches
4
Runs
103

India

Matches
3
Runs
49
Wickets
1

West Indies

Matches
3
Runs
56
Wickets
2

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where JL Ontong has turned out most often.

New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Matches
9
Runs
86
Wickets
1

SuperSport Park, Centurion

Matches
8
Runs
59
Wickets
2

Newlands, Cape Town

Matches
7
Runs
102
Wickets
2

Boland Park, Paarl

Matches
6
Runs
115
Wickets
2

Kingsmead, Durban

Matches
5
Runs
106

Chevrolet Park, Bloemfontein

Matches
3
Runs
63

St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Matches
3
Runs
86

Senwes Park, Potchefstroom

Matches
2
Runs
45

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.