M Theekshana
M Theekshana — 204 career matches, 462 runs and 234 wickets across all formats.
2026 Season Context
Current team & role
Rajasthan Royals · All-Rounder
Career stats overview
50 ODI · 154 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.
ODI
50 matches
The middle-overs architect — a decade of white-ball consistency.
T20I
154 matches
Brief but impactful — quality over volume in the shortest format.
Format-aware deep dive
Where he dominates
Middle-overs choke
Suffocates partnerships without needing wickets.
In a chase
Ten points above his career average when India chase.
Fielding impact
More than any Indian fielder of his era.
Best bowling
Colombo, 2024.
Career catches
Top-five fielder of his generation.
ICC titles
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 M Theekshana has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.
New Zealand
- Matches
- 11
- Runs
- 98
- Wickets
- 25
Australia
- Matches
- 10
- Runs
- 36
- Wickets
- 20
Bangladesh
- Matches
- 10
- Runs
- 54
- Wickets
- 14
India
- Matches
- 8
- Runs
- 24
- Wickets
- 10
Pakistan
- Matches
- 7
- Runs
- 79
- Wickets
- 12
Zimbabwe
- Matches
- 6
- Runs
- 47
- Wickets
- 22
England
- Matches
- 4
- Runs
- 14
- Wickets
- 4
Galle Gladiators
- Matches
- 4
- Runs
- 3
- Wickets
- 4
Grounds played at
Home & away grounds
The venues where M Theekshana has turned out most often.
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
- Matches
- 24
- Runs
- 103
- Wickets
- 62
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
- Matches
- 13
- Runs
- 68
- Wickets
- 33
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium
- Matches
- 5
- Runs
- 30
- Wickets
- 15
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium
- Matches
- 4
- Runs
- 37
- Wickets
- 5
Providence Stadium, Guyana
- Matches
- 4
- Runs
- 24
- Wickets
- 7
Sharjah Cricket Stadium
- Matches
- 4
- Runs
- 20
- Wickets
- 12
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
- Matches
- 3
- Runs
- 44
- Wickets
- 13
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
- Matches
- 3
- Runs
- 13
- Wickets
- 2
Official profile
Elsewhere on the web
ESPNcricinfo
M Theekshana'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.