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Shreyas Iyer

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

SS Iyer is a middle-order batter who has appeared across all major formats for India Cricket and several IPL franchises, accumulating 9,952 runs from 297 matches at a career average of 38.13 and a strike rate of 113.23. His primary competition is the Indian Premier League, where 134 of those appearances have come. In early April 2026, playing for Punjab Kings, he scored 69 not out from 33 balls against Sunrisers Hyderabad and 50 from 29 balls against Chennai Super Kings, both in winning causes. Those performances indicate he has carried his late-2025 and early-2026 form into the current IPL season without difficulty.

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Shreyas Iyer
Bat Avg
38.1
Bowl Avg
122.0

2026 Season Context

Current team & role

Delhi Capitals · All-Rounder

Recent form

Iyer's last three IPL outings have produced scores of 69*, 50 and 18, with the two larger knocks arriving in victories for Punjab Kings. His ODI returns in January 2026 against New Zealand were modest

Strongest format

Indian Premier League — The IPL accounts for 134 of Iyer's 297 career matches, making it his primary competition by a considerable margin. His strike rate of 134.77 in the fo

Career stats overview

14 Test · 69 ODI · 214 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

14 matches

811
Runs scored
0
Wickets taken

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

ODI

69 matches

2,952
Runs scored
0
Wickets taken

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

T20I

214 matches

6,189
Runs scored
1
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

Nearly 10,000 runs across all formats

Iyer has accumulated 9,952 runs from 297 matches at a career average of 38.13 and a strike rate of 113.23. That breadth of output across T20, ODI and Test cricket marks him as one of the more versatile middle-order options in the current India setup.

ODIs are his most productive format by average

Across 69 ODI appearances, Iyer averages 46.86 at a strike rate of 98.50. Those figures sit comfortably above his numbers in any other format, suggesting the 50-over game is where he converts starts into substantial innings most consistently.

IPL: 134 matches, 3,872 runs at 134.77 strike rate

The Indian Premier League is Iyer's most-played competition, and his T20 tempo is clear in those numbers. A strike rate of 134.77 from 134 matches shows he shifts gears readily in the powerplay and death-over phases where franchise cricket demands it.

Narendra Modi Stadium: average of 82.71

From 12 matches at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Iyer averages 82.71 at a strike rate of 134.03. That is his strongest ground record by average and points to a venue where he has repeatedly converted opportunities into significant contributions.

Strong IPL 2026 start: two scores in 11 matches

Iyer posted 69 not out from 33 balls against Sunrisers Hyderabad on 11 April 2026 and a 50 from 29 balls against Chennai Super Kings on 3 April. Both innings came in winning causes for Punjab Kings, underlining his capacity to anchor and accelerate in the same innings.

Head-to-head

Vs opponents

Career totals broken down by the teams SS Iyer has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

New Zealand

Matches
25
Runs
1,098

Australia

Matches
20
Runs
506

Mumbai Indians

Matches
20
Runs
501

South Africa

Matches
20
Runs
579

Sri Lanka

Matches
20
Runs
858

Sunrisers Hyderabad

Matches
20
Runs
636

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Matches
18
Runs
409

Chennai Super Kings

Matches
16
Runs
421

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where SS Iyer has turned out most often.

Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi

Matches
33
Runs
961

Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

Matches
21
Runs
616
Wickets
1

Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Matches
20
Runs
591

Dubai International Cricket Stadium

Matches
18
Runs
563

M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru

Matches
14
Runs
636

Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad

Matches
12
Runs
579

Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore

Matches
9
Runs
310

Dr Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Stadium, Visakhapatnam

Matches
9
Runs
295

Official profile

Elsewhere on the web

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SS Iyer's profile

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.

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