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T Taibu

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

T Taibu — 122 career matches, 3,659 runs and 0 wickets across all formats.

Matches
0
Runs
0
Wickets
0
Explore Full Stats
Bat Avg
32.7

2026 Season Context

Current team & role

Kolkata Knight Riders · All-Rounder

Career stats overview

12 Test · 100 ODI · 10 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

12 matches

657
Runs scored
0
Wickets taken

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

ODI

100 matches

2,837
Runs scored
0
Wickets taken

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

T20I

10 matches

165
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 T Taibu has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

Bangladesh

Matches
17
Runs
504

Pakistan

Matches
16
Runs
528

South Africa

Matches
16
Runs
562

New Zealand

Matches
15
Runs
479

Sri Lanka

Matches
14
Runs
379

West Indies

Matches
13
Runs
263

Australia

Matches
10
Runs
268

India

Matches
9
Runs
320

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where T Taibu has turned out most often.

Harare Sports Club

Matches
38
Runs
1,142

Queens Sports Club

Matches
12
Runs
643

Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka

Matches
7
Runs
105

Providence Stadium, Guyana

Matches
4
Runs
120

Arnos Vale Ground, Kingstown

Matches
3
Runs
15

Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Matches
3
Runs
75

Newlands, Cape Town

Matches
3
Runs
18

Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo

Matches
3
Runs
58

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.