Dwayne Smith

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

DR Smith is a West Indies-affiliated all-rounder who has played 289 career matches across formats including the Indian Premier League, One-Day Internationals, the Caribbean Premier League, T20 Internationals and the Pakistan Super League. He has scored 6,381 runs at a batting average of 25.63 and a strike rate of 117.04, whilst also contributing 92 wickets at an economy of 6.26. His most recent appearances came in the 2019 CPL season and the 2019 PSL, where his batting returns were modest outside of a 58 off 38 balls against St Lucia Zouks.

Matches

Runs

Wickets

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Chennai Super Kings

Mumbai Indians

Bat Avg

25.6

Bowl Avg

35.4

2026 Season Context

Current team & role

Chennai Super Kings · All-Rounder

Recent form

Smith's last 10 appearances, split between the 2019 CPL and PSL, were a mixed picture with the bat: a 58 off 38 balls against St Lucia Zouks was the clear highlight, but most other innings were brief

Strongest format

Indian Premier League — The IPL is Smith's strongest competition by both volume and output. His batting average of 29.81 and strike rate of 135.2 across 91 matches are career

Career stats overview

84 ODI · 205 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

ODI

84 matches

1,261

Runs scored

Wickets taken

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

T20I

205 matches

5,120

Runs scored

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

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

white-ball

CT 2013, Asia Cup 2018, CT 2025.

Career threads

Beyond the numbers

A genuine all-format contributor

Across 289 career appearances, Smith has accumulated 6,381 runs at a strike rate of 117.04 alongside 92 wickets at an economy of 6.26. That combination of batting volume and bowling contribution across T20 and ODI cricket is rare at this level.

IPL is where he has hit his ceiling

In 91 IPL matches, Smith averages 29.81 with the bat at a strike rate of 135.2, his highest strike rate across any competition in the facts. He has also taken 26 wickets in the format at a bowling average of 31.15.

Dubai International Stadium is his standout venue

Over 17 matches at Dubai International, Smith has scored 578 runs at a batting average of 41.29 and a strike rate of 121.43. No other venue in his career data comes close to that average.

Guyana Amazon Warriors bring out his best with the bat

Against the Guyana Amazon Warriors across 11 matches, Smith averages 36.2 with the bat at a strike rate of 130.69. Those are his strongest returns against any opponent in the head-to-head data.

New Zealand are his prime bowling target

Smith has taken 15 wickets against New Zealand Cricket across 18 matches at an economy of just 4.27, making that his most productive bowling matchup by a considerable distance.

Head-to-head

Vs opponents

Career totals broken down by the teams DR Smith has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

England

Matches: 20
Runs: 347
Wickets: 8

New Zealand

Matches: 18
Runs: 296
Wickets: 15

Australia

Matches: 14
Runs: 285
Wickets: 9

South Africa

Matches: 14
Runs: 221

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Matches: 13
Runs: 275
Wickets: 5

Delhi Capitals

Matches: 12
Runs: 319
Wickets: 4

Jamaica Tallawahs

Matches: 12
Runs: 283

Guyana Amazon Warriors

Matches: 11
Runs: 362
Wickets: 2

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where DR Smith has turned out most often.

Kensington Oval, Bridgetown

Matches: 22
Runs: 649
Wickets: 3

Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka

Matches: 18
Runs: 357
Wickets: 5

Dubai International Cricket Stadium

Matches: 17
Runs: 578

Sabina Park, Kingston

Matches: 14
Runs: 306
Wickets: 6

Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

Matches: 14
Runs: 345
Wickets: 3

Warner Park, Basseterre

Matches: 14
Runs: 336
Wickets: 1

Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain

Matches: 11
Runs: 152
Wickets: 5

Sharjah Cricket Stadium

Matches: 11
Runs: 268
Wickets: 1

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Elsewhere on the web

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DR Smith'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.

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Dwayne Smith — photo by paddynapper, CC BY-SA 2.0 · source