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Umar Akmal

India · Left-arm orthodox · Batter

Umar Akmal — 257 career matches, 6,900 runs and 0 wickets across all formats.

Matches
0
Runs
0
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Bat Avg
30.8

Career stats overview

16 Test · 108 ODI · 133 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

16 matches

1,003
Runs scored
0
Wickets taken

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

ODI

108 matches

3,032
Runs scored
0
Wickets taken

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

T20I

133 matches

2,865
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 Umar Akmal has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

Australia

Matches
38
Runs
1,233

Sri Lanka

Matches
35
Runs
951

New Zealand

Matches
30
Runs
923

England

Matches
24
Runs
613

South Africa

Matches
20
Runs
474

West Indies

Matches
17
Runs
610

India

Matches
13
Runs
210

Bangladesh

Matches
11
Runs
262

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where Umar Akmal has turned out most often.

Dubai International Cricket Stadium

Matches
44
Runs
1,026

Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka

Matches
26
Runs
661

Sharjah Cricket Stadium

Matches
23
Runs
558

Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Matches
16
Runs
313

R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Matches
14
Runs
447

Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore

Matches
9
Runs
135

Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet

Matches
8
Runs
289

Providence Stadium, Guyana

Matches
8
Runs
226

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.