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RR Sarwan

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

RR Sarwan — 162 career matches, 6,514 runs and 20 wickets across all formats.

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Explore Full Stats
Bat Avg
40.0
Bowl Avg
43.3

2026 Season Context

Current team & role

Punjab Kings · All-Rounder

Career stats overview

33 Test · 114 ODI · 15 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

33 matches

2,558
Runs scored
4
Wickets taken

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

ODI

114 matches

3,717
Runs scored
14
Wickets taken

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

T20I

15 matches

239
Runs scored
2
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 RR Sarwan has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

England

Matches
28
Runs
1,561
Wickets
3

Australia

Matches
25
Runs
956
Wickets
7

India

Matches
25
Runs
1,039
Wickets
2

South Africa

Matches
19
Runs
622
Wickets
2

Sri Lanka

Matches
16
Runs
692
Wickets
1

Pakistan

Matches
14
Runs
514

New Zealand

Matches
12
Runs
456
Wickets
3

Zimbabwe

Matches
11
Runs
386

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where RR Sarwan has turned out most often.

Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain

Matches
16
Runs
646

Sabina Park, Kingston

Matches
13
Runs
583

Kensington Oval, Bridgetown

Matches
11
Runs
554
Wickets
1

Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound

Matches
10
Runs
337

Providence Stadium, Guyana

Matches
9
Runs
438
Wickets
1

The Oval, London

Matches
9
Runs
131

Antigua Recreation Ground

Matches
7
Runs
674
Wickets
2

Arnos Vale Ground, Kingstown

Matches
5
Runs
76
Wickets
1

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.