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W Madhevere

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

W Madhevere — 101 career matches, 2,123 runs and 35 wickets across all formats.

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Explore Full Stats
Bat Avg
22.4
Bowl Avg
38.3

Career stats overview

6 Test · 35 ODI · 60 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

6 matches

244
Runs scored
7
Wickets taken

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

ODI

35 matches

751
Runs scored
15
Wickets taken

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

T20I

60 matches

1,128
Runs scored
13
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 W Madhevere has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

Ireland

Matches
21
Runs
367
Wickets
7

Bangladesh

Matches
20
Runs
511
Wickets
12

Pakistan

Matches
11
Runs
314
Wickets
2

Namibia

Matches
10
Runs
230
Wickets
4

India

Matches
8
Runs
97

Netherlands

Matches
6
Runs
130
Wickets
6

South Africa

Matches
5
Runs
94
Wickets
1

Scotland

Matches
4
Runs
83

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where W Madhevere has turned out most often.

Harare Sports Club

Matches
44
Runs
864
Wickets
16

Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo

Matches
16
Runs
443
Wickets
9

Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium

Matches
6
Runs
201

United Cricket Club Ground, Windhoek

Matches
5
Runs
34
Wickets
1

Bellerive Oval

Matches
4
Runs
84

Sylhet International Cricket Stadium

Matches
4
Runs
172
Wickets
4

Bready Cricket Club, Magheramason

Matches
3
Runs
28

Castle Avenue, Dublin

Matches
2
Runs
22

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.