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Rahat Ali

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

Rahat Ali — 63 career matches, 147 runs and 110 wickets across all formats.

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Bat Avg
7.0
Bowl Avg
33.8

Career stats overview

21 Test · 14 ODI · 28 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

21 matches

136
Runs scored
58
Wickets taken

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

ODI

14 matches

8
Runs scored
18
Wickets taken

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

T20I

28 matches

3
Runs scored
34
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

14
five-wicket hauls

Third-most by any Indian bowler since his Test debut.

WTC presence

2
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 Rahat Ali has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

England

Matches
5
Runs
35
Wickets
12

New Zealand

Matches
4
Runs
24
Wickets
15

Sri Lanka

Matches
4
Runs
10
Wickets
16

Australia

Matches
3
Runs
11
Wickets
6

South Africa

Matches
3
Runs
26
Wickets
9

Multan Sultans

Matches
2
Runs
1
Wickets
5

Zimbabwe

Matches
2
Runs
37
Wickets
9

Bangladesh

Matches
1
Runs
1
Wickets
2

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where Rahat Ali has turned out most often.

Dubai International Cricket Stadium

Matches
4
Runs
25
Wickets
19

Sharjah Cricket Stadium

Matches
3
Runs
10
Wickets
13

Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Matches
3
Wickets
14

Eden Park, Auckland

Matches
2
Runs
1
Wickets
3

Harare Sports Club

Matches
2
Runs
37
Wickets
8

Adelaide Oval

Matches
1
Runs
6
Wickets
2

SuperSport Park, Centurion

Matches
1
Runs
22
Wickets
6

Edgbaston, Birmingham

Matches
1
Runs
19
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.