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UT Khawaja

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

UT Khawaja — 196 career matches, 9,895 runs and 0 wickets across all formats.

Matches
0
Runs
0
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Bat Avg
40.4

Career stats overview

87 Test · 38 ODI · 71 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

87 matches

6,229
Runs scored
0
Wickets taken

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

ODI

38 matches

1,539
Runs scored
0
Wickets taken

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

T20I

71 matches

2,127
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 UT Khawaja has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

India

Matches
25
Runs
1,307

England

Matches
24
Runs
1,577

Pakistan

Matches
21
Runs
1,579

South Africa

Matches
17
Runs
892

Sri Lanka

Matches
16
Runs
720

West Indies

Matches
15
Runs
814

Hobart Hurricanes

Matches
12
Runs
317

Melbourne Stars

Matches
12
Runs
307

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where UT Khawaja has turned out most often.

Melbourne Cricket Ground

Matches
20
Runs
893

The Gabba, Brisbane

Matches
19
Runs
731

Sydney Cricket Ground

Matches
16
Runs
1,114

Adelaide Oval

Matches
15
Runs
806

Manuka Oval

Matches
12
Runs
310

Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Matches
9
Runs
249

Bellerive Oval

Matches
8
Runs
234

Optus Stadium, Perth

Matches
8
Runs
379

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.