N Wagner

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

N Wagner — 91 career matches, 995 runs and 292 wickets across all formats.

Matches

Runs

Wickets

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NWAGNER

Bat Avg

14.4

Bowl Avg

27.4

Career stats overview

64 Test · 27 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

64 matches

875

Runs scored

260

Wickets taken

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

T20I

27 matches

120

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 N Wagner has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

England

Matches: 14
Runs: 182
Wickets: 57

West Indies

Matches: 9
Runs: 185
Wickets: 40

South Africa

Matches: 8
Runs: 189
Wickets: 33

India

Matches: 6
Runs: 57
Wickets: 21

Pakistan

Matches: 6
Runs: 63
Wickets: 17

Sri Lanka

Matches: 6
Runs: 55
Wickets: 18

Bangladesh

Matches: 5
Runs: 99
Wickets: 39

Central Districts

Matches: 5
Runs: 57
Wickets: 8

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where N Wagner has turned out most often.

Basin Reserve, Wellington

Matches: 12
Runs: 134
Wickets: 46

Seddon Park, Hamilton

Matches: 12
Runs: 138
Wickets: 52

Hagley Oval, Christchurch

Matches: 11
Runs: 233
Wickets: 39

Bay Oval

Matches: 7
Runs: 76
Wickets: 28

Eden Park, Auckland

Matches: 4
Runs: 25
Wickets: 15

University Oval

Matches: 4
Runs: 80
Wickets: 25

Old Trafford, Manchester

Matches: 3
Runs: 18
Wickets: 3

County Ground

Matches: 2
Runs: 27
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.