WA Young

India · Left-arm orthodox · Batter

WA Young — 147 career matches, 4,895 runs and 0 wickets across all formats.

Matches

Runs

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WAYOUNG

Bat Avg

31.8

Career stats overview

23 Test · 54 ODI · 70 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

23 matches

1,215

Runs scored

Wickets taken

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

ODI

54 matches

1,769

Runs scored

Wickets taken

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

T20I

70 matches

1,911

Runs scored

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

five-wicket hauls

Third-most by any Indian bowler since his Test debut.

WTC presence

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 WA Young has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

Bangladesh

Matches: 18
Runs: 701

Pakistan

Matches: 16
Runs: 411

Canterbury

Matches: 14
Runs: 469

England

Matches: 14
Runs: 439

India

Matches: 11
Runs: 542

Otago

Matches: 11
Runs: 532

Auckland

Matches: 10
Runs: 311

Sri Lanka

Matches: 10
Runs: 397

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where WA Young has turned out most often.

Hagley Oval, Christchurch

Matches: 15
Runs: 279

Eden Park, Auckland

Matches: 13
Runs: 420

Seddon Park, Hamilton

Matches: 13
Runs: 487

McLean Park

Matches: 12
Runs: 422

Basin Reserve, Wellington

Matches: 9
Runs: 235

Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka

Matches: 8
Runs: 227

Pukekura Park, New Plymouth

Matches: 7
Runs: 151

Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore

Matches: 6
Runs: 72

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.