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Lungi Ngidi

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

Lungi Ngidi — 206 career matches, 315 runs and 320 wickets across all formats.

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Lungi Ngidi
Bat Avg
7.3
Bowl Avg
25.3

2026 Season Context

Current team & role

Delhi Capitals · All-Rounder

Career stats overview

20 Test · 69 ODI · 117 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

20 matches

97
Runs scored
58
Wickets taken

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

ODI

69 matches

123
Runs scored
107
Wickets taken

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

T20I

117 matches

95
Runs scored
155
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.

What’s next

Upcoming matches

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Official profile

Elsewhere on the web

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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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