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Mohammad Rafique

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

Mohammad Rafique — 76 career matches, 962 runs and 101 wickets across all formats.

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Bat Avg
14.8
Bowl Avg
43.5

Career stats overview

18 Test · 58 ODI appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

18 matches

470
Runs scored
52
Wickets taken

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

ODI

58 matches

492
Runs scored
49
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 Rafique has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

Sri Lanka

Matches
13
Runs
256
Wickets
19

Australia

Matches
10
Runs
69
Wickets
13

England

Matches
8
Runs
128
Wickets
14

India

Matches
7
Runs
122
Wickets
16

West Indies

Matches
5
Runs
55

New Zealand

Matches
4
Runs
145
Wickets
4

Pakistan

Matches
4
Runs
54
Wickets
10

South Africa

Matches
4
Runs
28
Wickets
7

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where Mohammad Rafique has turned out most often.

Bangabandhu National Stadium

Matches
6
Runs
203
Wickets
10

MA Aziz Stadium

Matches
4
Runs
94
Wickets
10

Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka

Matches
4
Runs
61
Wickets
10

Chittagong Divisional Stadium

Matches
3
Runs
40
Wickets
5

Kensington Oval, Bridgetown

Matches
3
Runs
2
Wickets
2

Shaheed Chandu Stadium

Matches
3
Runs
105
Wickets
7

Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo

Matches
3
Runs
31
Wickets
3

Arnos Vale Ground, Kingstown

Matches
2
Runs
36

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.