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VJ Kingma

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

VJ Kingma — 51 career matches, 24 runs and 59 wickets across all formats.

Matches
0
Runs
0
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Explore Full Stats
Bat Avg
2.7
Bowl Avg
27.8

Career stats overview

27 ODI · 24 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

ODI

27 matches

15
Runs scored
38
Wickets taken

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

T20I

24 matches

9
Runs scored
21
Wickets taken

Brief but impactful — quality over volume in the shortest format.

Format-aware deep dive

Where he dominates

Middle-overs choke

4.32
econ · ov 20–40

Suffocates partnerships without needing wickets.

In a chase

42.1
batting avg

Ten points above his career average when India chase.

Fielding impact

38
career run-outs

More than any Indian fielder of his era.

Best bowling

5/33
vs Sri Lanka

Colombo, 2024.

Career catches

102
outfield grabs

Top-five fielder of his generation.

ICC titles

3
white-ball

CT 2013, Asia Cup 2018, CT 2025.

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 VJ Kingma has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

Nepal

Matches
4
Runs
11
Wickets
11

Pakistan

Matches
2
Runs
1
Wickets
5

Scotland

Matches
2
Runs
9
Wickets
11

Canada

Matches
1
Wickets
4

Namibia

Matches
1
Wickets
5

South Africa

Matches
1
Runs
1
Wickets
6

Sri Lanka

Matches
1
Runs
1
Wickets
1

Uae

Matches
1
Wickets
4

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where VJ Kingma has turned out most often.

Hazelaarweg

Matches
5
Runs
11
Wickets
14

Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur

Matches
4
Runs
10
Wickets
16

VRA Ground

Matches
2
Wickets
4

Daren Sammy Cricket Ground, Gros Islet

Matches
1
Runs
1
Wickets
1

Forthill, Dundee

Matches
1
Runs
1
Wickets
2

Sportpark Westvliet

Matches
1
Wickets
11

New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Matches
1
Runs
1
Wickets
2

Al Amerat Cricket Ground Oman Cricket (Ministry Turf 1)

Matches
0
Wickets
1

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.