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RD Rickelton

India · Left-arm orthodox · Batter

RD Rickelton — 114 career matches, 3,769 runs and 0 wickets across all formats.

Matches
0
Runs
0
Explore Full Stats
Bat Avg
32.5

2026 Season Context

Current team & role

Mumbai Indians · Batter

Career stats overview

15 Test · 16 ODI · 83 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

15 matches

897
Runs scored
0
Wickets taken

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

ODI

16 matches

351
Runs scored
0
Wickets taken

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

T20I

83 matches

2,521
Runs scored
0
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 RD Rickelton has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

West Indies

Matches
14
Runs
339

India

Matches
9
Runs
166

Paarl Royals

Matches
8
Runs
251

Sunrisers Eastern Cape

Matches
8
Runs
243

Australia

Matches
7
Runs
172

England

Matches
7
Runs
133

Durban S Super Giants

Matches
6
Runs
308

Joburg Super Kings

Matches
6
Runs
349

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where RD Rickelton has turned out most often.

Newlands, Cape Town

Matches
24
Runs
1,097

New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Matches
18
Runs
613

Kingsmead, Durban

Matches
12
Runs
256

SuperSport Park, Centurion

Matches
9
Runs
314

St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Matches
9
Runs
295

Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

Matches
9
Runs
337

Senwes Park, Potchefstroom

Matches
8
Runs
148

Boland Park, Paarl

Matches
7
Runs
243

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.