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C Karunaratne

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

C Karunaratne — 101 career matches, 1,173 runs and 64 wickets across all formats.

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Runs
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Explore Full Stats
Bat Avg
23.9
Bowl Avg
36.8

Career stats overview

26 ODI · 75 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

ODI

26 matches

451
Runs scored
24
Wickets taken

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

T20I

75 matches

722
Runs scored
40
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 C Karunaratne has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

Australia

Matches
17
Runs
192
Wickets
10

India

Matches
13
Runs
204
Wickets
12

Jaffna Kings

Matches
9
Runs
204
Wickets
3

South Africa

Matches
7
Runs
118
Wickets
3

England

Matches
5
Runs
51
Wickets
2

Colombo Stars

Matches
4
Runs
40
Wickets
8

New Zealand

Matches
4
Runs
44
Wickets
4

Dambulla

Matches
3
Runs
38
Wickets
4

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where C Karunaratne has turned out most often.

R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Matches
32
Runs
461
Wickets
18

Pallekele International Cricket Stadium

Matches
14
Runs
264
Wickets
11

Dubai International Cricket Stadium

Matches
4
Runs
49
Wickets
9

Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium

Matches
4
Runs
49

Sydney Cricket Ground

Matches
4
Runs
3
Wickets
2

Colombo Cricket Club Ground

Matches
3
Runs
67
Wickets
2

GMHBA Stadium, South Geelong, Victoria

Matches
3
Runs
15
Wickets
1

Sharjah Cricket Stadium

Matches
3
Runs
9
Wickets
1

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.