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SNJ O'Keefe

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

SNJ O'Keefe — 107 career matches, 403 runs and 134 wickets across all formats.

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Bat Avg
13.9
Bowl Avg
24.1

Career stats overview

9 Test · 98 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

9 matches

86
Runs scored
35
Wickets taken

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

T20I

98 matches

317
Runs scored
99
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 SNJ O'Keefe has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

Perth Scorchers

Matches
9
Runs
132
Wickets
13

Brisbane Heat

Matches
6
Runs
13
Wickets
14

Hobart Hurricanes

Matches
6
Runs
69
Wickets
8

Melbourne Stars

Matches
6
Runs
28
Wickets
18

Adelaide Strikers

Matches
4
Runs
37
Wickets
17

India

Matches
4
Runs
45
Wickets
19

Sydney Thunder

Matches
4
Runs
31
Wickets
18

Sri Lanka

Matches
3
Runs
50
Wickets
4

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where SNJ O'Keefe has turned out most often.

Sydney Cricket Ground

Matches
16
Runs
153
Wickets
52

Marvel Stadium, Melbourne

Matches
4
Runs
11
Wickets
7

The Gabba, Brisbane

Matches
3
Runs
10
Wickets
5

Melbourne Cricket Ground

Matches
3
Runs
17
Wickets
4

Pallekele International Cricket Stadium

Matches
3
Runs
50
Wickets
4

Adelaide Oval

Matches
2
Runs
4
Wickets
11

Bellerive Oval

Matches
2
Runs
35
Wickets
7

Carrara Oval

Matches
2
Wickets
4

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.