N Vanua

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

N Vanua — 95 career matches, 1,237 runs and 89 wickets across all formats.

Matches

Runs

Wickets

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NVANUA

Bat Avg

16.9

Bowl Avg

31.7

Career stats overview

51 ODI · 44 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

ODI

51 matches

769

Runs scored

Wickets taken

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

T20I

44 matches

468

Runs scored

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

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

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 N Vanua has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

Nepal

Matches: 12
Runs: 254
Wickets: 13

Uae

Matches: 11
Runs: 127
Wickets: 16

Namibia

Matches: 10
Runs: 127
Wickets: 10

Scotland

Matches: 9
Runs: 206
Wickets: 5

Usa

Matches: 9
Runs: 122
Wickets: 10

Oman

Matches: 7
Runs: 64
Wickets: 6

Hong Kong

Matches: 6
Runs: 25
Wickets: 10

Vanuatu

Matches: 5
Runs: 79
Wickets: 8

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where N Vanua has turned out most often.

Dubai International Cricket Stadium

Matches: 10
Runs: 190
Wickets: 11

Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur

Matches: 10
Runs: 291
Wickets: 10

Amini Park, Port Moresby

Matches: 8
Runs: 136
Wickets: 16

Al Amerat Cricket Ground Oman Cricket (Ministry Turf 1)

Matches: 6
Runs: 117
Wickets: 2

ICC Academy

Matches: 5
Runs: 72
Wickets: 6

Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Matches: 5
Runs: 37
Wickets: 10

Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground

Matches: 4
Runs: 61
Wickets: 4

Mannofield Park

Matches: 4
Runs: 15
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.