JM Bird

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

JM Bird — 93 career matches, 133 runs and 118 wickets across all formats.

Matches

Runs

Wickets

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JMBIRD

Bat Avg

10.2

Bowl Avg

26.8

Career stats overview

9 Test · 84 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

9 matches

Runs scored

Wickets taken

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

T20I

84 matches

Runs scored

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

five-wicket hauls

Third-most by any Indian bowler since his Test debut.

WTC presence

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 JM Bird has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

Perth Scorchers

Matches: 8
Runs: 22
Wickets: 16

Brisbane Heat

Matches: 4
Runs: 16
Wickets: 9

Adelaide Strikers

Matches: 3
Runs: 22
Wickets: 9

Hobart Hurricanes

Matches: 3
Runs: 4
Wickets: 10

Sydney Thunder

Matches: 3
Runs: 3
Wickets: 8

England

Matches: 2
Runs: 5
Wickets: 2

Melbourne Renegades

Matches: 2
Runs: 17
Wickets: 22

New Zealand

Matches: 2
Runs: 7
Wickets: 8

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where JM Bird has turned out most often.

Melbourne Cricket Ground

Matches: 6
Runs: 15
Wickets: 22

Sydney Cricket Ground

Matches: 6
Runs: 26
Wickets: 23

Western Australia Cricket Association Ground

Matches: 4
Runs: 6
Wickets: 1

Adelaide Oval

Matches: 3
Runs: 25
Wickets: 6

The Gabba, Brisbane

Matches: 3
Runs: 30
Wickets: 12

Optus Stadium, Perth

Matches: 3
Runs: 15
Wickets: 8

Basin Reserve, Wellington

Matches: 1
Runs: 3
Wickets: 1

Bellerive Oval

Matches: 1
Runs: 3
Wickets: 7

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.