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Munaf Patel

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

Munaf Patel — 141 career matches, 165 runs and 191 wickets across all formats.

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Munaf Patel
Bat Avg
7.5
Bowl Avg
28.7

2026 Season Context

Current team & role

Rajasthan Royals · All-Rounder

Career stats overview

12 Test · 66 ODI · 63 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

12 matches

52
Runs scored
32
Wickets taken

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

ODI

66 matches

74
Runs scored
85
Wickets taken

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

T20I

63 matches

39
Runs scored
74
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 MM Patel has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

West Indies

Matches
8
Runs
22
Wickets
29

South Africa

Matches
6
Runs
11
Wickets
17

England

Matches
5
Runs
13
Wickets
25

Sri Lanka

Matches
5
Runs
30
Wickets
18

Australia

Matches
4
Runs
3
Wickets
6

New Zealand

Matches
4
Runs
32
Wickets
11

Delhi Capitals

Matches
2
Runs
24
Wickets
10

Kolkata Knight Riders

Matches
2
Runs
9
Wickets
11

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where MM Patel has turned out most often.

Kingsmead, Durban

Matches
3
Runs
6
Wickets
8

Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain

Matches
3
Runs
25
Wickets
11

Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium

Matches
3
Runs
22
Wickets
7

SuperSport Park, Centurion

Matches
2
Runs
4
Wickets
8

Kinrara Academy Oval

Matches
2
Runs
3
Wickets
7

Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Sooriyawewa

Matches
2
Runs
1
Wickets
3

Nehru Stadium, Kochi

Matches
2
Runs
1
Wickets
2

Newlands, Cape Town

Matches
2
Wickets
8

Official profile

Elsewhere on the web

ESPNcricinfo

MM Patel'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.

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