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MS Kasprowicz

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

MS Kasprowicz — 29 career matches, 140 runs and 70 wickets across all formats.

Matches
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Runs
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Explore Full Stats
Bat Avg
10.0
Bowl Avg
24.4

Career stats overview

13 Test · 16 ODI appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

13 matches

129
Runs scored
39
Wickets taken

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

ODI

16 matches

11
Runs scored
31
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 MS Kasprowicz has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

England

Matches
4
Runs
47
Wickets
7

New Zealand

Matches
4
Runs
29
Wickets
25

South Africa

Matches
3
Runs
22
Wickets
7

India

Matches
2
Runs
35
Wickets
3

Sri Lanka

Matches
2
Runs
4
Wickets
8

Pakistan

Matches
1
Runs
4
Wickets
13

Zimbabwe

Matches
1
Runs
2
Wickets
5

Bangladesh

Matches
0
Wickets
2

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where MS Kasprowicz has turned out most often.

Edgbaston, Birmingham

Matches
2
Runs
20
Wickets
3

Ami Stadium

Matches
1
Runs
13
Wickets
2

Basin Reserve, Wellington

Matches
1
Runs
2
Wickets
5

M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

Matches
1
Runs
9
Wickets
1

Marvel Stadium, Melbourne

Matches
1
Runs
9
Wickets
1

The Gabba, Brisbane

Matches
1
Runs
5
Wickets
6

Galle International Stadium

Matches
1
Runs
4
Wickets
3

Harare Sports Club

Matches
1
Runs
2
Wickets
5

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.