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JP Greaves

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

JP Greaves — 35 career matches, 1,141 runs and 28 wickets across all formats.

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Bat Avg
30.0
Bowl Avg
46.0

Career stats overview

14 Test · 21 ODI appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

14 matches

712
Runs scored
20
Wickets taken

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

ODI

21 matches

429
Runs scored
8
Wickets taken

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

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 JP Greaves has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

Australia

Matches
7
Runs
151
Wickets
12

Bangladesh

Matches
7
Runs
239
Wickets
6

Guyana Amazon Warriors

Matches
6
Runs
58

Ireland

Matches
6
Runs
158
Wickets
1

New Zealand

Matches
6
Runs
344
Wickets
7

Pakistan

Matches
4
Runs
93

England

Matches
3
Runs
38
Wickets
2

St Lucia Kings

Matches
3
Runs
46
Wickets
1

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where JP Greaves has turned out most often.

Brian Lara Stadium, Tarouba, Trinidad

Matches
5
Runs
95

Kensington Oval, Bridgetown

Matches
5
Runs
147
Wickets
2

Sabina Park, Kingston

Matches
5
Runs
80
Wickets
5

Castle Avenue, Dublin

Matches
3
Runs
129
Wickets
1

Daren Sammy Cricket Ground, Gros Islet

Matches
3
Runs
67
Wickets
1

Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka

Matches
3
Runs
53
Wickets
2

Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound

Matches
3
Runs
190
Wickets
2

Hagley Oval, Christchurch

Matches
2
Runs
240
Wickets
3

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.