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PJ van Biljon

India · Left-arm orthodox · Batter

PJ van Biljon — 28 career matches, 479 runs and 0 wickets across all formats.

Matches
0
Runs
0
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Bat Avg
20.0

Career stats overview

28 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

T20I

28 matches

479
Runs scored
0
Wickets taken

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

Format-aware deep dive

Where he dominates

Death economy

7.41
econ · ov 17–20

One of three left-arm specialists under 7.5 at the death.

Powerplay surprise

12
PP wickets

92 kph into the stumps.

End-overs hitting

148.2
SR · ov 16–20

Harder than anyone in India's lower order.

T20 WC 2024

1
winner's medal

Barbados. Worth the seventeen-year wait.

Outfield

38
catches

Fielder of his generation even in T20s.

Opp SR

114.2
batters' SR

They still haven't figured out easy boundaries.

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 PJ van Biljon has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

Titans

Matches
10
Runs
204

Lions

Matches
8
Runs
113

Warriors

Matches
7
Runs
87

Dolphins

Matches
6
Runs
143

Cape Cobras

Matches
5
Runs
96

Nelson Mandela Bay Giants

Matches
4
Runs
63

Pakistan

Matches
4
Runs
94

Australia

Matches
3
Runs
24

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where PJ van Biljon has turned out most often.

St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Matches
11
Runs
196

Senwes Park, Potchefstroom

Matches
9
Runs
76

New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Matches
9
Runs
169

SuperSport Park, Centurion

Matches
7
Runs
154

Kingsmead, Durban

Matches
7
Runs
193

Newlands, Cape Town

Matches
5
Runs
111

De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley

Matches
4
Runs
67

Chevrolet Park, Bloemfontein

Matches
3
Runs
57

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.