Yasir Shah

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

Yasir Shah — 99 career matches, 1,090 runs and 294 wickets across all formats.

Matches

Runs

Wickets

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Bat Avg

13.8

Bowl Avg

32.3

Career stats overview

48 Test · 24 ODI · 27 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

48 matches

918

Runs scored

244

Wickets taken

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

ODI

24 matches

127

Runs scored

Wickets taken

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

T20I

27 matches

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 Yasir Shah has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

Australia

Matches: 13
Runs: 314
Wickets: 36

England

Matches: 13
Runs: 229
Wickets: 48

Sri Lanka

Matches: 10
Runs: 180
Wickets: 57

West Indies

Matches: 7
Runs: 111
Wickets: 46

New Zealand

Matches: 6
Runs: 65
Wickets: 47

South Africa

Matches: 4
Runs: 83
Wickets: 9

Bangladesh

Matches: 3
Runs: 18
Wickets: 14

Karachi Kings

Matches: 3
Runs: 9
Wickets: 6

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where Yasir Shah has turned out most often.

Dubai International Cricket Stadium

Matches: 16
Runs: 113
Wickets: 71

Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Matches: 8
Runs: 110
Wickets: 48

Sharjah Cricket Stadium

Matches: 7
Runs: 63
Wickets: 26

Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka

Matches: 7
Runs: 43
Wickets: 17

Adelaide Oval

Matches: 3
Runs: 145
Wickets: 2

The Gabba, Brisbane

Matches: 3
Runs: 102
Wickets: 8

Galle International Stadium

Matches: 3
Runs: 94
Wickets: 18

Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium

Matches: 3
Runs: 37
Wickets: 8

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.