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KJ Abbott

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

KJ Abbott — 109 career matches, 332 runs and 154 wickets across all formats.

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Runs
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Explore Full Stats
Bat Avg
9.5
Bowl Avg
26.9

2026 Season Context

Current team & role

Punjab Kings · All-Rounder

Career stats overview

11 Test · 27 ODI · 71 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

11 matches

95
Runs scored
39
Wickets taken

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

ODI

27 matches

76
Runs scored
34
Wickets taken

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

T20I

71 matches

161
Runs scored
81
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

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 KJ Abbott has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

Australia

Matches
7
Runs
39
Wickets
31

England

Matches
5
Runs
30
Wickets
18

Pakistan

Matches
4
Runs
32
Wickets
13

Cape Cobras

Matches
3
Runs
11
Wickets
3

Kent

Matches
3
Runs
23
Wickets
13

Somerset

Matches
3
Runs
25
Wickets
7

Warriors

Matches
3
Runs
7
Wickets
4

West Indies

Matches
3
Runs
8
Wickets
6

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where KJ Abbott has turned out most often.

Kingsmead, Durban

Matches
7
Runs
23
Wickets
23

SuperSport Park, Centurion

Matches
6
Runs
51
Wickets
21

Newlands, Cape Town

Matches
5
Runs
29
Wickets
15

The Rose Bowl, Southampton

Matches
5
Runs
78
Wickets
18

St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Matches
5
Runs
15
Wickets
13

New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Matches
5
Runs
52
Wickets
9

M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru

Matches
2
Runs
14
Wickets
1

County Ground

Matches
2
Runs
17
Wickets
16

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.