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MW Short

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

MW Short — 132 career matches, 3,254 runs and 49 wickets across all formats.

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Runs
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Explore Full Stats
Bat Avg
27.8
Bowl Avg
35.9

2026 Season Context

Current team & role

Punjab Kings · All-Rounder

Career stats overview

17 ODI · 115 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

ODI

17 matches

372
Runs scored
2
Wickets taken

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

T20I

115 matches

2,882
Runs scored
47
Wickets taken

Brief but impactful — quality over volume in the shortest format.

Format-aware deep dive

Where he dominates

Middle-overs choke

4.32
econ · ov 20–40

Suffocates partnerships without needing wickets.

In a chase

42.1
batting avg

Ten points above his career average when India chase.

Fielding impact

38
career run-outs

More than any Indian fielder of his era.

Best bowling

5/33
vs Sri Lanka

Colombo, 2024.

Career catches

102
outfield grabs

Top-five fielder of his generation.

ICC titles

3
white-ball

CT 2013, Asia Cup 2018, CT 2025.

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 MW Short has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

Perth Scorchers

Matches
15
Runs
458
Wickets
8

Sydney Thunder

Matches
15
Runs
371
Wickets
4

Brisbane Heat

Matches
13
Runs
404
Wickets
11

Hobart Hurricanes

Matches
13
Runs
491
Wickets
4

Melbourne Stars

Matches
13
Runs
244
Wickets
3

India

Matches
12
Runs
244
Wickets
1

Sydney Sixers

Matches
12
Runs
252
Wickets
4

Melbourne Renegades

Matches
10
Runs
246
Wickets
4

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where MW Short has turned out most often.

Adelaide Oval

Matches
42
Runs
1,471
Wickets
13

Grand Prairie Stadium, Texas

Matches
11
Runs
448
Wickets
9

The Gabba, Brisbane

Matches
9
Runs
211
Wickets
10

Sydney Cricket Ground

Matches
9
Runs
201
Wickets
3

Optus Stadium, Perth

Matches
8
Runs
205
Wickets
4

Bellerive Oval

Matches
7
Runs
112

Headingley, Leeds

Matches
7
Runs
107
Wickets
3

Melbourne Cricket Ground

Matches
7
Runs
165
Wickets
2

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.