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K Bhurtel

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

K Bhurtel — 119 career matches, 2,707 runs and 39 wickets across all formats.

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Bat Avg
24.2
Bowl Avg
20.7

Career stats overview

62 ODI · 57 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

ODI

62 matches

1,351
Runs scored
13
Wickets taken

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

T20I

57 matches

1,356
Runs scored
26
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 K Bhurtel has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

Uae

Matches
18
Runs
276
Wickets
3

Netherlands

Matches
14
Runs
521
Wickets
6

Papua New Guinea

Matches
14
Runs
305
Wickets
7

Scotland

Matches
12
Runs
219
Wickets
4

Oman

Matches
11
Runs
279
Wickets
5

Usa

Matches
10
Runs
371
Wickets
1

Namibia

Matches
9
Runs
177
Wickets
3

Canada

Matches
6
Runs
130

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where K Bhurtel has turned out most often.

Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur

Matches
52
Runs
1,349
Wickets
22

Al Amerat Cricket Ground Oman Cricket (Ministry Turf 1)

Matches
20
Runs
444
Wickets
1

Grand Prairie Stadium, Texas

Matches
7
Runs
204
Wickets
1

Dubai International Cricket Stadium

Matches
6
Runs
71

Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok

Matches
6
Runs
188
Wickets
9

Titwood

Matches
6
Runs
181
Wickets
3

Maple Leaf North-West Ground

Matches
5
Runs
52
Wickets
5

Mulpani Cricket Ground

Matches
5
Runs
36

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.