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DAJ Bracewell

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

DAJ Bracewell — 108 career matches, 1,596 runs and 163 wickets across all formats.

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Runs
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Explore Full Stats
Bat Avg
19.9
Bowl Avg
33.0

2026 Season Context

Current team & role

Delhi Capitals · All-Rounder

Career stats overview

28 Test · 21 ODI · 59 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

28 matches

568
Runs scored
74
Wickets taken

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

ODI

21 matches

221
Runs scored
26
Wickets taken

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

T20I

59 matches

807
Runs scored
63
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

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 DAJ Bracewell has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

South Africa

Matches
12
Runs
158
Wickets
28

Northern Districts

Matches
10
Runs
276
Wickets
10

West Indies

Matches
8
Runs
109
Wickets
19

Auckland

Matches
7
Runs
127
Wickets
10

Australia

Matches
7
Runs
105
Wickets
20

Canterbury

Matches
7
Runs
105
Wickets
8

Sri Lanka

Matches
7
Runs
209
Wickets
19

Wellington

Matches
7
Runs
127
Wickets
9

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where DAJ Bracewell has turned out most often.

Pukekura Park, New Plymouth

Matches
10
Runs
212
Wickets
13

Seddon Park, Hamilton

Matches
9
Runs
131
Wickets
15

Eden Park, Auckland

Matches
7
Runs
140
Wickets
9

McLean Park

Matches
7
Runs
49
Wickets
10

Basin Reserve, Wellington

Matches
6
Runs
158
Wickets
16

University Oval

Matches
6
Runs
116
Wickets
10

Bay Oval

Matches
4
Runs
94
Wickets
1

Hagley Oval, Christchurch

Matches
4
Runs
61
Wickets
10

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.