KJ O'Brien

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

KJ O'Brien — 221 career matches, 4,585 runs and 122 wickets across all formats.

Matches

Runs

Wickets

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KJO'BRIEN

Bat Avg

25.5

Bowl Avg

28.5

Career stats overview

88 ODI · 133 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

ODI

88 matches

1,990

Runs scored

Wickets taken

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

T20I

133 matches

2,595

Runs scored

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

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

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 KJ O'Brien has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

West Indies

Matches: 18
Runs: 422
Wickets: 8

Zimbabwe

Matches: 18
Runs: 362
Wickets: 7

Scotland

Matches: 17
Runs: 499
Wickets: 10

Uae

Matches: 16
Runs: 494
Wickets: 16

Netherlands

Matches: 15
Runs: 301
Wickets: 11

England

Matches: 13
Runs: 317
Wickets: 4

North West Warriors

Matches: 8
Runs: 168
Wickets: 3

Bangladesh

Matches: 7
Runs: 151
Wickets: 2

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where KJ O'Brien has turned out most often.

The Village, Malahide

Matches: 19
Runs: 537
Wickets: 13

Civil Service Cricket Club, Stormont

Matches: 16
Runs: 156
Wickets: 10

Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Matches: 15
Runs: 318
Wickets: 8

Bready Cricket Club, Magheramason

Matches: 12
Runs: 206
Wickets: 3

Pembroke Cricket Club, Sandymount, Dublin

Matches: 10
Runs: 235

Clontarf Cricket Club Ground

Matches: 9
Runs: 266
Wickets: 8

Dubai International Cricket Stadium

Matches: 9
Runs: 178
Wickets: 9

Sabina Park, Kingston

Matches: 8
Runs: 131
Wickets: 6

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.