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Navdeep Saini

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

Navdeep Saini — 78 career matches, 163 runs and 62 wickets across all formats.

Matches
0
Runs
0
Wickets
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Explore Full Stats
Bat Avg
20.4
Bowl Avg
38.6

2026 Season Context

Current team & role

Royal Challengers Bangalore · All-Rounder

Career stats overview

8 ODI · 70 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

ODI

8 matches

107
Runs scored
6
Wickets taken

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

T20I

70 matches

56
Runs scored
56
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 Navdeep Saini has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

Australia

Matches
4
Runs
47
Wickets
8

New Zealand

Matches
3
Runs
64
Wickets
2

Chennai Super Kings

Matches
2
Runs
4
Wickets
1

Sri Lanka

Matches
2
Runs
16
Wickets
5

Andhra

Matches
1
Runs
2

Delhi Capitals

Matches
1
Runs
12
Wickets
3

Karnataka

Matches
1
Runs
1
Wickets
1

Mumbai Indians

Matches
1
Runs
2
Wickets
3

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where Navdeep Saini has turned out most often.

Sydney Cricket Ground

Matches
3
Runs
42
Wickets
5

M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru

Matches
2
Wickets
10

Dubai International Cricket Stadium

Matches
2
Runs
18
Wickets
3

R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Matches
2
Runs
16

Bay Oval

Matches
1
Runs
8
Wickets
2

M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

Matches
1
Runs
2

Dr. Gokaraju Laila Ganga Raju ACA Cricket Complex -DVR Ground,Mulapadu

Matches
1
Runs
2
Wickets
1

Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Navi Mumbai

Matches
1
Runs
2
Wickets
2

Official profile

Elsewhere on the web

ESPNcricinfo

Navdeep Saini's profile

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.