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TL Best
India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder
TL Best — 37 career matches, 304 runs and 69 wickets across all formats.
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TLBEST
Bat Avg
14.5
Bowl Avg
33.5
Career stats overview
15 Test · 22 ODI appearances — spanning 2009 to present.
Test
15 matches
232
Runs scored
36
Wickets taken
Where his legacy was forged — the format that rewards patience and precision.
ODI
22 matches
72
Runs scored
33
Wickets taken
The middle-overs architect — a decade of white-ball consistency.
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 TL Best has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.
New Zealand
- Matches
- 7
- Runs
- 58
- Wickets
- 24
Bangladesh
- Matches
- 4
- Runs
- 24
- Wickets
- 20
India
- Matches
- 4
- Runs
- 53
- Wickets
- 7
Sri Lanka
- Matches
- 3
- Runs
- 18
- Wickets
- 1
Australia
- Matches
- 2
- Runs
- 1
- Wickets
- 4
England
- Matches
- 2
- Runs
- 102
- Wickets
- 7
Pakistan
- Matches
- 2
- Runs
- 25
- Wickets
- 3
Zimbabwe
- Matches
- 2
- Runs
- 35
- Wickets
- 7
Grounds played at
Home & away grounds
The venues where TL Best has turned out most often.
Arnos Vale Ground, Kingstown
- Matches
- 3
- Runs
- 29
- Wickets
- 7
County Ground
- Matches
- 2
- Runs
- 7
Kensington Oval, Bridgetown
- Matches
- 2
- Runs
- 24
- Wickets
- 2
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium
- Matches
- 2
- Runs
- 25
- Wickets
- 1
Sabina Park, Kingston
- Matches
- 2
- Runs
- 3
- Wickets
- 7
The Oval, London
- Matches
- 2
- Runs
- 7
- Wickets
- 1
Warner Park, Basseterre
- Matches
- 2
- Runs
- 8
- Wickets
- 9
Antigua Recreation Ground
- Matches
- 1
- Runs
- 5
- Wickets
- 5
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.