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TAM Siriwardana

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

TAM Siriwardana — 52 career matches, 1,089 runs and 28 wickets across all formats.

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Runs
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Explore Full Stats
Bat Avg
22.7
Bowl Avg
35.5

Career stats overview

5 Test · 27 ODI · 20 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

5 matches

298
Runs scored
11
Wickets taken

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

ODI

27 matches

516
Runs scored
9
Wickets taken

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

T20I

20 matches

275
Runs scored
8
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 TAM Siriwardana has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

Pakistan

Matches
13
Runs
207
Wickets
5

India

Matches
8
Runs
219
Wickets
1

New Zealand

Matches
7
Runs
311
Wickets
4

West Indies

Matches
6
Runs
150
Wickets
15

Australia

Matches
5
Runs
72

Bangladesh

Matches
5
Runs
67

England

Matches
2
Runs
42
Wickets
3

Chittagong Vikings

Matches
1
Runs
4

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where TAM Siriwardana has turned out most often.

R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Matches
8
Runs
120
Wickets
6

Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Sooriyawewa

Matches
4
Runs
80
Wickets
1

Pallekele International Cricket Stadium

Matches
4
Runs
130
Wickets
4

Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka

Matches
4
Runs
35
Wickets
1

Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium

Matches
3
Runs
74

Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi

Matches
2
Runs
22

Bay Oval

Matches
2
Runs
81

Hagley Oval, Christchurch

Matches
2
Runs
78
Wickets
2

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.