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Aiden Markram
India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder
AK Markram is a South African cricketer who has represented South Africa Cricket across all three international formats, as well as playing franchise T20 cricket for Sunrisers Hyderabad, Sunrisers Eastern Cape and Lucknow Super Giants, among others. His primary competition is the One-Day International, where he averages 37.34 from 76 appearances at a strike rate of 97.8. Across all 299 career matches, he has accumulated 10,493 runs at 34.63 and added 64 wickets at an economy of 6.05. On recent form, back-to-back unbeaten T20I half-centuries in February 2026 were followed by four IPL starts in April that produced 30, 22, 45 and 11, pointing to a player making regular contact but not yet converting in that competition.
Runs
0
Wickets
0
Bat Avg
34.6
Bowl Avg
43.2
2026 Season Context
Current team & role
Sunrisers Hyderabad · All-Rounder
Recent form
Four IPL appearances in April 2026 have produced scores of 30, 22, 45 and 11, suggesting Markram is making starts without converting, though the 45 off 27 balls against Sunrisers Hyderabad on 5 April
Strongest format
One-Day International — Markram's ODI batting average of 37.34 is his highest across any format and comes from 76 matches, making it the most substantial sample. His ODI econ
Career stats overview
50 Test · 76 ODI · 173 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.
Test
50 matches
3,192
Runs scored
6
Wickets taken
Where his legacy was forged — the format that rewards patience and precision.
ODI
76 matches
2,539
Runs scored
18
Wickets taken
The middle-overs architect — a decade of white-ball consistency.
T20I
173 matches
4,762
Runs scored
40
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
Consistent ODI performer across 76 matches
Markram averages 37.34 in One-Day Internationals from 76 appearances, with a strike rate of 97.8. That combination of average and tempo puts him among South Africa's more reliable middle-order options in the 50-over format.
Explosive T20I numbers: average 31.77, SR 148.73
Across 72 T20 Internationals, Markram strikes at 148.73 with a batting average of 31.77. His last two unbeaten T20I innings of 86 off 44 balls and 82 off 46 balls underline how dangerous he can be when set.
SA20 bowling: 18 wickets at 24.22
His most economical bowling comes in the SA20, where he has taken 18 wickets at an average of 24.22 and an economy of 7.15. That makes him a more potent bowling option in the domestic T20 competition than his international numbers suggest.
Australia his strongest Test and cross-format opponent
Against Australia across 26 matches, Markram averages 44.14 with a strike rate of 81.42. That is comfortably his best return against any major opponent and is backed by 1,280 runs in those fixtures.
Wanderers his most productive home venue
At the Wanderers in Johannesburg, Markram averages 39.83 from 25 matches, totalling 1,155 runs. Boland Park offers an even higher average of 48.4, though across a smaller sample of 13 appearances.
Head-to-head
Vs opponents
Career totals broken down by the teams AK Markram has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.
India
- Matches
- 46
- Runs
- 1,254
- Wickets
- 7
Australia
- Matches
- 26
- Runs
- 1,280
- Wickets
- 6
Sri Lanka
- Matches
- 23
- Runs
- 859
- Wickets
- 6
West Indies
- Matches
- 23
- Runs
- 989
- Wickets
- 4
Pakistan
- Matches
- 22
- Runs
- 1,130
- Wickets
- 3
England
- Matches
- 18
- Runs
- 621
- Wickets
- 4
Bangladesh
- Matches
- 11
- Runs
- 499
- Wickets
- 2
Kolkata Knight Riders
- Matches
- 9
- Runs
- 316
- Wickets
- 1
Grounds played at
Home & away grounds
The venues where AK Markram has turned out most often.
SuperSport Park, Centurion
- Matches
- 36
- Runs
- 1,232
- Wickets
- 6
St George's Park, Port Elizabeth
- Matches
- 25
- Runs
- 897
- Wickets
- 11
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
- Matches
- 25
- Runs
- 1,155
- Wickets
- 7
Kingsmead, Durban
- Matches
- 20
- Runs
- 660
- Wickets
- 2
Newlands, Cape Town
- Matches
- 17
- Runs
- 655
- Wickets
- 1
Boland Park, Paarl
- Matches
- 13
- Runs
- 484
- Wickets
- 4
BRSABV Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
- Matches
- 11
- Runs
- 355
- Wickets
- 3
Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
- Matches
- 11
- Runs
- 294
- Wickets
- 1
Official profile
Elsewhere on the web
ESPNcricinfo
AK Markram's profile
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.