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Sarfraz Ahmed

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

Sarfraz Ahmed — 254 career matches, 7,659 runs and 0 wickets across all formats.

Matches
0
Runs
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Bat Avg
34.0

Career stats overview

54 Test · 89 ODI · 111 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

54 matches

3,031
Runs scored
0
Wickets taken

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

ODI

89 matches

2,289
Runs scored
0
Wickets taken

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

T20I

111 matches

2,339
Runs scored
0
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.

Head-to-head

Vs opponents

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

New Zealand

Matches
38
Runs
1,312

Sri Lanka

Matches
32
Runs
1,193

England

Matches
25
Runs
1,043

Australia

Matches
20
Runs
807

West Indies

Matches
19
Runs
608

Peshawar Zalmi

Matches
18
Runs
447

Islamabad United

Matches
17
Runs
351

Karachi Kings

Matches
15
Runs
270

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where Sarfraz Ahmed has turned out most often.

Dubai International Cricket Stadium

Matches
41
Runs
1,173

Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Matches
26
Runs
842

Sharjah Cricket Stadium

Matches
23
Runs
832

Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore

Matches
20
Runs
331

National Stadium

Matches
16
Runs
393

Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka

Matches
11
Runs
276

National Stadium, Karachi

Matches
10
Runs
487

Harare Sports Club

Matches
9
Runs
182

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.