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VVS Laxman
India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder
VVS Laxman — 123 career matches, 6,521 runs and 1 wickets across all formats.
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Bat Avg
45.9
Bowl Avg
26.0
Career stats overview
76 Test · 27 ODI · 20 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.
Test
76 matches
5,411
Runs scored
1
Wickets taken
Where his legacy was forged — the format that rewards patience and precision.
ODI
27 matches
828
Runs scored
0
Wickets taken
The middle-overs architect — a decade of white-ball consistency.
T20I
20 matches
282
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 VVS Laxman has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.
Australia
- Matches
- 25
- Runs
- 1,706
England
- Matches
- 14
- Runs
- 535
South Africa
- Matches
- 13
- Runs
- 693
New Zealand
- Matches
- 12
- Runs
- 772
Pakistan
- Matches
- 12
- Runs
- 592
- Wickets
- 1
Sri Lanka
- Matches
- 11
- Runs
- 791
West Indies
- Matches
- 10
- Runs
- 798
Rajasthan Royals
- Matches
- 4
- Runs
- 40
Grounds played at
Home & away grounds
The venues where VVS Laxman has turned out most often.
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
- Matches
- 5
- Runs
- 130
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
- Matches
- 5
- Runs
- 469
- Wickets
- 1
Sydney Cricket Ground
- Matches
- 5
- Runs
- 486
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
- Matches
- 4
- Runs
- 125
Kingsmead, Durban
- Matches
- 4
- Runs
- 203
Melbourne Cricket Ground
- Matches
- 4
- Runs
- 111
Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
- Matches
- 4
- Runs
- 230
Newlands, Cape Town
- Matches
- 4
- Runs
- 76
Official profile
Elsewhere on the web
ESPNcricinfo
VVS Laxman's profile
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.