Nasir Hossain

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

Nasir Hossain — 180 career matches, 3,864 runs and 91 wickets across all formats.

Matches

Runs

Wickets

Explore Full Stats

NasirHOSSAIN

Bat Avg

27.0

Bowl Avg

33.5

Career stats overview

19 Test · 63 ODI · 98 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

19 matches

1,044

Runs scored

Wickets taken

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

ODI

63 matches

1,240

Runs scored

Wickets taken

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

T20I

98 matches

1,580

Runs scored

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 Nasir Hossain has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

West Indies

Matches: 17
Runs: 580
Wickets: 5

Sri Lanka

Matches: 16
Runs: 498
Wickets: 3

Zimbabwe

Matches: 15
Runs: 501
Wickets: 6

Pakistan

Matches: 11
Runs: 406
Wickets: 4

India

Matches: 8
Runs: 199
Wickets: 2

New Zealand

Matches: 8
Runs: 202
Wickets: 7

Rangpur Riders

Matches: 8
Runs: 171
Wickets: 6

Comilla Victorians

Matches: 7
Runs: 193
Wickets: 8

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where Nasir Hossain has turned out most often.

Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka

Matches: 87
Runs: 1,829
Wickets: 56

Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram

Matches: 24
Runs: 592
Wickets: 17

Sylhet International Cricket Stadium

Matches: 11
Runs: 272
Wickets: 9

Queens Sports Club

Matches: 5
Runs: 202

Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium

Matches: 5
Runs: 265

Harare Sports Club

Matches: 4
Runs: 237

Pallekele International Cricket Stadium

Matches: 4
Runs: 107

Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium

Matches: 2
Runs: 45

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.