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Saud Shakeel

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

Saud Shakeel — 62 career matches, 2,884 runs and 10 wickets across all formats.

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Runs
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Explore Full Stats
Bat Avg
39.5
Bowl Avg
23.0

Career stats overview

21 Test · 14 ODI · 27 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

21 matches

1,773
Runs scored
0
Wickets taken

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

ODI

14 matches

374
Runs scored
1
Wickets taken

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

T20I

27 matches

737
Runs scored
9
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 Saud Shakeel has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

England

Matches
10
Runs
719
Wickets
1

Islamabad United

Matches
6
Runs
86
Wickets
3

South Africa

Matches
6
Runs
303

Australia

Matches
5
Runs
125

Karachi Kings

Matches
5
Runs
129
Wickets
2

Multan Sultans

Matches
5
Runs
154
Wickets
1

Lahore Qalandars

Matches
4
Runs
133

New Zealand

Matches
4
Runs
248

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where Saud Shakeel has turned out most often.

Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore

Matches
15
Runs
395
Wickets
4

National Stadium, Karachi

Matches
12
Runs
540
Wickets
4

Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium

Matches
11
Runs
641
Wickets
1

Multan Cricket Stadium

Matches
6
Runs
458

Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad

Matches
2
Runs
99

SuperSport Park, Centurion

Matches
1
Runs
98

M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

Matches
1
Runs
52

M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru

Matches
1
Runs
30

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.