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M Labuschagne

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

M Labuschagne — 178 career matches, 7,930 runs and 64 wickets across all formats.

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Bat Avg
38.5
Bowl Avg
31.2

Career stats overview

63 Test · 57 ODI · 58 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

63 matches

4,694
Runs scored
14
Wickets taken

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

ODI

57 matches

1,857
Runs scored
10
Wickets taken

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

T20I

58 matches

1,379
Runs scored
40
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 M Labuschagne has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

England

Matches
31
Runs
1,652
Wickets
7

India

Matches
28
Runs
1,481

Pakistan

Matches
17
Runs
925
Wickets
9

South Africa

Matches
16
Runs
646
Wickets
2

Sri Lanka

Matches
13
Runs
461
Wickets
4

New Zealand

Matches
10
Runs
779
Wickets
2

Hobart Hurricanes

Matches
5
Runs
116
Wickets
1

Melbourne Renegades

Matches
5
Runs
121
Wickets
2

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where M Labuschagne has turned out most often.

The Gabba, Brisbane

Matches
21
Runs
821
Wickets
5

Sydney Cricket Ground

Matches
14
Runs
1,039
Wickets
1

Adelaide Oval

Matches
12
Runs
800
Wickets
5

Melbourne Cricket Ground

Matches
11
Runs
450
Wickets
2

Sophia Gardens, Cardiff

Matches
11
Runs
330
Wickets
16

Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore

Matches
9
Runs
230
Wickets
2

The Oval, London

Matches
6
Runs
265
Wickets
2

Lord's, London

Matches
5
Runs
179

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.