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Mohammad Asif

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

Mohammad Asif — 52 career matches, 146 runs and 134 wickets across all formats.

Matches
0
Runs
0
Wickets
0
Explore Full Stats
Bat Avg
4.9
Bowl Avg
26.7

2026 Season Context

Current team & role

Delhi Capitals · All-Rounder

Career stats overview

20 Test · 32 ODI appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

20 matches

120
Runs scored
93
Wickets taken

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

ODI

32 matches

26
Runs scored
41
Wickets taken

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

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 Mohammad Asif has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

Australia

Matches
9
Runs
50
Wickets
34

South Africa

Matches
7
Runs
40
Wickets
17

England

Matches
6
Runs
27
Wickets
29

India

Matches
6
Runs
19
Wickets
19

New Zealand

Matches
3
Runs
14
Wickets
19

Bangladesh

Matches
1
Runs
5
Wickets
7

Mumbai Indians

Matches
1
Wickets
1

Rajasthan Royals

Matches
1
Runs
3
Wickets
1

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where Mohammad Asif has turned out most often.

National Stadium

Matches
3
Runs
21
Wickets
11

Edgbaston, Birmingham

Matches
2
Runs
18
Wickets
4

Lord's, London

Matches
2
Runs
6
Wickets
9

Melbourne Cricket Ground

Matches
2
Runs
6
Wickets
4

Newlands, Cape Town

Matches
2
Runs
6
Wickets
6

The Oval, London

Matches
2
Runs
8
Wickets
8

New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Matches
2
Runs
9
Wickets
5

Adelaide Oval

Matches
1
Runs
1
Wickets
1

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.