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A Sharafu

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

A Sharafu — 100 career matches, 2,120 runs and 0 wickets across all formats.

Matches
0
Runs
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Bat Avg
23.6

Career stats overview

26 ODI · 74 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

ODI

26 matches

433
Runs scored
0
Wickets taken

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

T20I

74 matches

1,687
Runs scored
0
Wickets taken

Brief but impactful — quality over volume in the shortest format.

Format-aware deep dive

Where he dominates

Middle-overs choke

4.32
econ · ov 20–40

Suffocates partnerships without needing wickets.

In a chase

42.1
batting avg

Ten points above his career average when India chase.

Fielding impact

38
career run-outs

More than any Indian fielder of his era.

Best bowling

5/33
vs Sri Lanka

Colombo, 2024.

Career catches

102
outfield grabs

Top-five fielder of his generation.

ICC titles

3
white-ball

CT 2013, Asia Cup 2018, CT 2025.

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 A Sharafu has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

Nepal

Matches
14
Runs
346

Mi Emirates

Matches
8
Runs
211

Scotland

Matches
8
Runs
157

Dubai Capitals

Matches
7
Runs
92

Desert Vipers

Matches
6
Runs
204

Namibia

Matches
6
Runs
150

Oman

Matches
6
Runs
148

Gulf Giants

Matches
5
Runs
67

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where A Sharafu has turned out most often.

Dubai International Cricket Stadium

Matches
25
Runs
295

Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Matches
21
Runs
552

Sharjah Cricket Stadium

Matches
11
Runs
281

Al Amerat Cricket Ground Oman Cricket (Ministry Turf 1)

Matches
10
Runs
369

Mulpani Cricket Ground

Matches
8
Runs
158

ICC Academy

Matches
7
Runs
124

Al Amerat Cricket Ground Oman Cricket (Ministry Turf 2)

Matches
5
Runs
218

Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur

Matches
4
Runs
110

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.