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Shahriar Nafees

India · Left-arm orthodox · Batter

Shahriar Nafees — 116 career matches, 3,365 runs and 0 wickets across all formats.

Matches
0
Runs
0
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Bat Avg
25.7

Career stats overview

23 Test · 52 ODI · 41 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

23 matches

1,188
Runs scored
0
Wickets taken

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

ODI

52 matches

1,216
Runs scored
0
Wickets taken

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

T20I

41 matches

961
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 Shahriar Nafees has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

Sri Lanka

Matches
15
Runs
431

Australia

Matches
10
Runs
426

Zimbabwe

Matches
10
Runs
537

Pakistan

Matches
9
Runs
201

Comilla Victorians

Matches
6
Runs
64

New Zealand

Matches
6
Runs
181

Rangpur Riders

Matches
6
Runs
138

South Africa

Matches
6
Runs
188

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where Shahriar Nafees has turned out most often.

Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka

Matches
50
Runs
1,242

Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram

Matches
13
Runs
345

Harare Sports Club

Matches
5
Runs
245

Shaheed Chandu Stadium

Matches
5
Runs
134

Chittagong Divisional Stadium

Matches
4
Runs
141

Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium

Matches
4
Runs
208

Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi

Matches
3
Runs
43

Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain

Matches
3
Runs
14

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.