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Shafiul Islam

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

Shafiul Islam — 158 career matches, 488 runs and 177 wickets across all formats.

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Bat Avg
9.4
Bowl Avg
33.2

Career stats overview

11 Test · 58 ODI · 89 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

11 matches

211
Runs scored
17
Wickets taken

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

ODI

58 matches

132
Runs scored
69
Wickets taken

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

T20I

89 matches

145
Runs scored
91
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 Shafiul Islam has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

Zimbabwe

Matches
10
Runs
47
Wickets
27

England

Matches
9
Runs
142
Wickets
13

New Zealand

Matches
7
Runs
46
Wickets
11

Dhaka Dynamites

Matches
6
Runs
13
Wickets
14

India

Matches
5
Runs
27
Wickets
11

Pakistan

Matches
4
Runs
1
Wickets
10

Rangpur Riders

Matches
4
Runs
12
Wickets
3

Sri Lanka

Matches
4
Runs
20
Wickets
9

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where Shafiul Islam has turned out most often.

Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka

Matches
34
Runs
208
Wickets
70

Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram

Matches
10
Runs
88
Wickets
35

Harare Sports Club

Matches
4
Runs
23
Wickets
3

Sylhet International Cricket Stadium

Matches
4
Runs
10
Wickets
11

Queens Sports Club

Matches
3
Runs
6
Wickets
10

R.Premadasa Stadium

Matches
2
Runs
3
Wickets
6

Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium

Matches
2
Runs
2
Wickets
5

Seddon Park, Hamilton

Matches
2
Runs
26
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.