MR Adair

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

MR Adair — 163 career matches, 1,887 runs and 222 wickets across all formats.

Matches

Runs

Wickets

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MRADAIR

Bat Avg

19.4

Bowl Avg

26.1

Career stats overview

6 Test · 49 ODI · 108 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

6 matches

298

Runs scored

Wickets taken

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

ODI

49 matches

448

Runs scored

Wickets taken

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

T20I

108 matches

1,141

Runs scored

144

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

five-wicket hauls

Third-most by any Indian bowler since his Test debut.

WTC presence

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 MR Adair has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

Zimbabwe

Matches: 17
Runs: 307
Wickets: 50

South Africa

Matches: 13
Runs: 111
Wickets: 19

Leinster Lightning

Matches: 10
Runs: 125
Wickets: 13

West Indies

Matches: 9
Runs: 139
Wickets: 6

Bangladesh

Matches: 8
Runs: 123
Wickets: 22

Munster Reds

Matches: 7
Runs: 126
Wickets: 13

New Zealand

Matches: 6
Runs: 120
Wickets: 7

North West Warriors

Matches: 6
Runs: 113
Wickets: 12

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where MR Adair has turned out most often.

Pembroke Cricket Club, Sandymount, Dublin

Matches: 15
Runs: 260
Wickets: 23

The Village, Malahide

Matches: 13
Runs: 183
Wickets: 14

Dubai International Cricket Stadium

Matches: 11
Runs: 115
Wickets: 14

Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Matches: 11
Runs: 116
Wickets: 25

Civil Service Cricket Club, Stormont

Matches: 9
Runs: 147
Wickets: 11

Al Amerat Cricket Ground Oman Cricket (Ministry Turf 1)

Matches: 8
Runs: 76
Wickets: 15

Harare Sports Club

Matches: 8
Runs: 103
Wickets: 20

Bready Cricket Club, Magheramason

Matches: 7
Runs: 104
Wickets: 24

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.