IS Sodhi

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

IS Sodhi is a New Zealand international and one of the most prolific wicket-taking spinners in T20 cricket. Across 304 matches in five competitions, he has taken 388 wickets at a bowling average of 29.33 and an economy of 5.97. His primary format is T20 Internationals, where 131 appearances have produced 160 wickets at 23.18. On recent form, he has featured across a five-match T20I series against India in January 2026 and subsequent matches at the ICC Men's T20 World Cup in February, taking wickets but seeing his economy come under pressure in several outings.

Matches

Runs

Wickets

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Rajasthan Royals

ISSODHI

Bat Avg

12.2

Bowl Avg

29.3

2026 Season Context

Current team & role

Rajasthan Royals · All-Rounder

Recent form

Sodhi has returned figures across his last 10 appearances in T20 Internationals and the Super Smash, picking up 5 wickets in 7 T20I outings but going wicketless in three consecutive matches heading in

Strongest format

T20 International — With 160 wickets from 131 matches at a bowling average of 23.18, Sodhi's T20 International record is comfortably his best across any competition. It i

Career stats overview

21 Test · 51 ODI · 232 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

21 matches

561

Runs scored

Wickets taken

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

ODI

51 matches

210

Runs scored

Wickets taken

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

T20I

232 matches

400

Runs scored

266

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

388 career wickets across 304 matches

Sodhi has been one of the most active wicket-takers in white-ball cricket over his career, with 388 dismissals across five competitions. His overall bowling average sits at 29.33 with an economy of 5.97 per over.

160 T20I wickets at an average of 23.18

In 131 T20 Internationals, Sodhi has taken 160 wickets at a bowling average of 23.18. That economy of 8.2 reflects the demands of the format, but his wickets column stands up against most spinners in world cricket.

62 wickets against Pakistan at an economy of 4.84

Across 28 matches against Pakistan, Sodhi has 62 wickets at an economy of just 4.84. That combination of volume and control against a strong batting side makes it his most productive head-to-head record by some distance.

Seddon Park: 38 wickets in 10 matches

Seddon Park is Sodhi's most productive venue by wickets. He has taken 38 there across 10 appearances at an economy of 6.47, making it the ground where he has consistently done the most damage.

Tests show a different side: batting average of 21.58

Across 21 Test matches, Sodhi has averaged 21.58 with the bat from 26 dismissals, scoring 561 runs at a strike rate of 46.98. That is a markedly more substantial return than his white-ball batting numbers suggest.

Head-to-head

Vs opponents

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

Pakistan

Matches: 28
Runs: 367
Wickets: 62

India

Matches: 16
Runs: 141
Wickets: 39

Australia

Matches: 8
Runs: 42
Wickets: 22

Sri Lanka

Matches: 7
Runs: 41
Wickets: 18

West Indies

Matches: 7
Runs: 96
Wickets: 29

England

Matches: 6
Runs: 95
Wickets: 28

Auckland

Matches: 5
Runs: 10
Wickets: 9

Bangladesh

Matches: 5
Runs: 140
Wickets: 33

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where IS Sodhi has turned out most often.

Eden Park, Auckland

Matches: 10
Runs: 90
Wickets: 21

Seddon Park, Hamilton

Matches: 10
Runs: 51
Wickets: 38

Bay Oval

Matches: 8
Runs: 48
Wickets: 27

Hagley Oval, Christchurch

Matches: 8
Runs: 68
Wickets: 21

Trent Bridge, Nottingham

Matches: 8
Runs: 24
Wickets: 26

National Stadium, Karachi

Matches: 7
Runs: 95
Wickets: 18

McLean Park

Matches: 5
Runs: 36
Wickets: 3

Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Matches: 4
Runs: 147
Wickets: 10

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.