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Ross Taylor
India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder
LRPL Taylor is one of New Zealand Cricket's most prolific batters across all three formats, having played 411 matches for the national side as part of an overall tally of 525 appearances. His 20,046 career runs at an average of 41.33 place him among the heaviest scorers in the modern game. The One-Day International format is where his numbers peak: 8,126 runs from 209 matches at 47.24. His three most recent matches, all T20 qualifying games in October 2025 at Al Amerat, produced scores of 22, 1 not out and 22, a quiet spell by his own standards.
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Wickets
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Bat Avg
41.3
Bowl Avg
35.7
2026 Season Context
Current team & role
Royal Challengers Bangalore · All-Rounder
Recent form
Taylor's last ten appearances have been spread across T20 qualifying cricket in October 2025 and the New Zealand domestic Super Smash competition in late 2022 and early 2023. A 50 from 40 balls agains
Strongest format
One-Day International — Taylor's ODI record is the centrepiece of his career: 8,126 runs from 209 matches at an average of 47.24 and a strike rate of 82.99. Both his average
Career stats overview
109 Test · 209 ODI · 207 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.
Test
109 matches
7,597
Runs scored
3
Wickets taken
Where his legacy was forged — the format that rewards patience and precision.
ODI
209 matches
8,126
Runs scored
0
Wickets taken
The middle-overs architect — a decade of white-ball consistency.
T20I
207 matches
4,323
Runs scored
0
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
20,000 runs across three formats
Taylor has accumulated 20,046 runs from 525 matches across Tests, ODIs and T20s, averaging 41.33 overall. The bulk of his international career has been with New Zealand Cricket, for whom he has appeared in 411 of those matches.
ODIs are his standout format
In 209 One-Day Internationals, Taylor averages 47.24 at a strike rate of 82.99. Those numbers comfortably outpace his returns in other formats, making the 50-over game the clearest evidence of what he can produce at his best.
Exceptional record against West Indies and Bangladesh
Against West Indies, Taylor averages 56.29 across 36 matches. He is almost as prolific against Bangladesh, averaging 55.57 from 34 games. Both figures sit well above his overall career average of 41.33.
McLean Park and University Oval are his strongest venues
At McLean Park, Taylor averages 72.25 from 19 matches. University Oval is even more striking: an average of 87.67 from 13 appearances. Both grounds have produced consistently heavy scoring across his career.
Recent appearances in T20 qualifying cricket
Taylor's three most recent matches came at the ICC Men's T20 World Cup Asia and EAP Qualifier in October 2025, played at Al Amerat. Scores of 22, 1 not out and 22 across those three games produced modest returns in what were tight conditions.
Head-to-head
Vs opponents
Career totals broken down by the teams LRPL Taylor has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.
England
- Matches
- 72
- Runs
- 3,017
India
- Matches
- 64
- Runs
- 2,624
- Wickets
- 2
Pakistan
- Matches
- 57
- Runs
- 2,375
Sri Lanka
- Matches
- 56
- Runs
- 1,978
Australia
- Matches
- 48
- Runs
- 2,116
West Indies
- Matches
- 36
- Runs
- 1,914
Bangladesh
- Matches
- 34
- Runs
- 1,667
- Wickets
- 1
South Africa
- Matches
- 26
- Runs
- 731
Grounds played at
Home & away grounds
The venues where LRPL Taylor has turned out most often.
Seddon Park, Hamilton
- Matches
- 39
- Runs
- 2,087
Eden Park, Auckland
- Matches
- 36
- Runs
- 842
Westpac Stadium
- Matches
- 22
- Runs
- 572
Basin Reserve, Wellington
- Matches
- 19
- Runs
- 1,357
McLean Park
- Matches
- 19
- Runs
- 1,156
Hagley Oval, Christchurch
- Matches
- 16
- Runs
- 576
- Wickets
- 1
Bay Oval
- Matches
- 14
- Runs
- 631
University Oval
- Matches
- 13
- Runs
- 1,052
Official profile
Elsewhere on the web
ESPNcricinfo
LRPL Taylor's profile
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.