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BJ Watling
India · Left-arm orthodox · Batter
BJ Watling — 98 career matches, 4,363 runs and 0 wickets across all formats.
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BJWATLING
Bat Avg
36.7
Career stats overview
74 Test · 24 ODI appearances — spanning 2009 to present.
Test
74 matches
3,790
Runs scored
0
Wickets taken
Where his legacy was forged — the format that rewards patience and precision.
ODI
24 matches
573
Runs scored
0
Wickets taken
The middle-overs architect — a decade of white-ball consistency.
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 BJ Watling has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.
England
- Matches
- 14
- Runs
- 804
Australia
- Matches
- 13
- Runs
- 453
Pakistan
- Matches
- 13
- Runs
- 548
Sri Lanka
- Matches
- 13
- Runs
- 683
India
- Matches
- 12
- Runs
- 286
West Indies
- Matches
- 12
- Runs
- 549
Bangladesh
- Matches
- 11
- Runs
- 303
South Africa
- Matches
- 9
- Runs
- 422
Grounds played at
Home & away grounds
The venues where BJ Watling has turned out most often.
Basin Reserve, Wellington
- Matches
- 12
- Runs
- 626
Seddon Park, Hamilton
- Matches
- 10
- Runs
- 358
Hagley Oval, Christchurch
- Matches
- 8
- Runs
- 306
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka
- Matches
- 5
- Runs
- 97
Dubai International Cricket Stadium
- Matches
- 4
- Runs
- 107
Eden Park, Auckland
- Matches
- 4
- Runs
- 83
Sabina Park, Kingston
- Matches
- 4
- Runs
- 256
University Oval
- Matches
- 4
- Runs
- 96
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.