Darren Sammy

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

DJG Sammy is a West Indies Cricket all-rounder who has played across Tests, ODIs and T20 Internationals as well as a range of franchise competitions including the Caribbean Premier League, Pakistan Super League, Bangladesh Premier League and Indian Premier League. Across 361 career matches he has scored 6,010 runs at an average of 22.77 and taken 239 wickets at an economy of 4.32. His primary competition is the One-Day International format, where he has 120 appearances for West Indies. His last ten recorded fixtures, all from 2020, produced limited returns with the bat and only one wicket across his bowling stints.

Matches

Runs

Wickets

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Sunrisers Hyderabad

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Bat Avg

22.8

Bowl Avg

38.9

2026 Season Context

Current team & role

Sunrisers Hyderabad · All-Rounder

Recent form

Sammy's last ten appearances, all in 2020 across the CPL and PSL, show modest batting returns: scores of 8, 7*, 14, 1, 2, 2, 4, 4, 12 and 2, with just one wicket taken in limited bowling opportunities

Strongest format

One-Day International — The ODI format accounts for 120 of Sammy's 361 career matches and yields his best batting average across the major formats at 25.38, alongside 77 wick

Career stats overview

38 Test · 120 ODI · 203 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

38 matches

1,323

Runs scored

Wickets taken

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

ODI

120 matches

1,853

Runs scored

Wickets taken

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

T20I

203 matches

2,834

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

361 matches across every major format

Sammy has appeared in Test cricket, ODIs, T20 Internationals and a string of the world's leading franchise leagues, accumulating 6,010 runs and 239 wickets across his career. That breadth of experience across formats and competitions makes him one of the most widely travelled all-rounders in the data.

ODIs are his primary competition

Across 120 One-Day Internationals, Sammy averages 25.38 with the bat and has taken 77 wickets at an economy of 4.69. His ODI batting average sits slightly above his overall career mark of 22.77, suggesting the 50-over format has historically brought out more consistent contributions.

T20 hitting rate climbs sharply in franchise cricket

Sammy's T20 International strike rate is 150.91, and he has gone at 145.67 in the Pakistan Super League across 40 matches. In the Bangladesh Premier League he has struck at 160.38, underlining that he adjusts his approach markedly in franchise T20 cricket compared to ODI conditions.

Strong returns against Australia and Bangladesh

Against Australia Cricket across 30 matches, Sammy averages 26.22 with the bat and has 31 wickets at an economy of 4.01. Against Bangladesh Cricket his bowling economy drops to 3.40 across 19 matches, giving him 39 wickets. His highest wicket tally against any single opponent in the data.

Sher-e-Bangla is his most productive venue

In 31 matches at Sher-e-Bangla, Sammy averages 25.90 with the bat at a strike rate of 142.41 and has claimed 23 wickets at an economy of 5.10. That combination of volume and returns makes it the ground where his all-round contributions have been most sustained.

Head-to-head

Vs opponents

Career totals broken down by the teams DJG Sammy has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

India

Matches: 32
Runs: 601
Wickets: 32

Australia

Matches: 30
Runs: 708
Wickets: 31

South Africa

Matches: 24
Runs: 449
Wickets: 11

England

Matches: 22
Runs: 501
Wickets: 25

Bangladesh

Matches: 19
Runs: 375
Wickets: 39

Pakistan

Matches: 19
Runs: 381
Wickets: 19

New Zealand

Matches: 15
Runs: 396
Wickets: 16

Sri Lanka

Matches: 14
Runs: 87
Wickets: 5

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where DJG Sammy has turned out most often.

Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka

Matches: 31
Runs: 544
Wickets: 23

Daren Sammy Cricket Ground, Gros Islet

Matches: 22
Runs: 327
Wickets: 8

Dubai International Cricket Stadium

Matches: 17
Runs: 269
Wickets: 5

Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain

Matches: 16
Runs: 197
Wickets: 12

Kensington Oval, Bridgetown

Matches: 15
Runs: 289
Wickets: 7

Warner Park, Basseterre

Matches: 14
Runs: 269
Wickets: 18

Sabina Park, Kingston

Matches: 13
Runs: 257
Wickets: 13

Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound

Matches: 13
Runs: 285
Wickets: 9

Official profile

Elsewhere on the web

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DJG Sammy'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.

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