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Sanath Jayasuriya

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

Sanath Jayasuriya — 204 career matches, 6,274 runs and 125 wickets across all formats.

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Sanath Jayasuriya
Bat Avg
32.3
Bowl Avg
34.6

2026 Season Context

Current team & role

Mumbai Indians · All-Rounder

Career stats overview

14 Test · 134 ODI · 56 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

14 matches

582
Runs scored
9
Wickets taken

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

ODI

134 matches

4,414
Runs scored
89
Wickets taken

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

T20I

56 matches

1,278
Runs scored
27
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 ST Jayasuriya has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

India

Matches
36
Runs
1,091
Wickets
11

Australia

Matches
24
Runs
612
Wickets
10

England

Matches
23
Runs
950
Wickets
19

Pakistan

Matches
20
Runs
463
Wickets
14

New Zealand

Matches
19
Runs
628
Wickets
21

Bangladesh

Matches
16
Runs
753
Wickets
17

South Africa

Matches
11
Runs
414
Wickets
10

West Indies

Matches
9
Runs
368
Wickets
4

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where ST Jayasuriya has turned out most often.

R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Matches
19
Runs
427
Wickets
17

Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium

Matches
13
Runs
352
Wickets
7

New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Matches
8
Runs
242
Wickets
7

National Stadium

Matches
7
Runs
416
Wickets
2

R.Premadasa Stadium

Matches
7
Runs
341
Wickets
4

SuperSport Park, Centurion

Matches
5
Runs
20
Wickets
1

Sydney Cricket Ground

Matches
5
Runs
349
Wickets
5

Trent Bridge, Nottingham

Matches
5
Runs
103
Wickets
4

Official profile

Elsewhere on the web

ESPNcricinfo

ST Jayasuriya'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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