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Gautam Gambhir

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

Gautam Gambhir is an Indian top-order batsman who played for India Cricket, Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Capitals across Test, ODI, T20 International and Indian Premier League cricket. Across 365 career matches, he scored 13,709 runs at a batting average of 38.51 and an overall strike rate of 79.38. His primary competition is the IPL, where he made 151 appearances and struck 4,217 runs at a strike rate of 123.88. His most recent recorded matches, from early 2018, show a sequence split between IPL fixtures and the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, with one significant score of 55 not out from 42 balls against Punjab Kings on 8 April 2018.

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Gautam Gambhir
Bat Avg
38.5

2026 Season Context

Current team & role

Kolkata Knight Riders · All-Rounder

Recent form

Gambhir's last ten appearances, spread across IPL 2018 and the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy in January 2018, show a mixed picture: one half-century (55 not out from 42 balls against Punjab Kings on 8 April

Strongest format

Indian Premier League — With 151 IPL appearances, 4,217 runs and a strike rate of 123.88, the IPL represents both the largest volume of Gambhir's career output in a single co

Career stats overview

51 Test · 134 ODI · 180 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

51 matches

3,733
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Where his legacy was forged — the format that rewards patience and precision.

ODI

134 matches

4,981
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The middle-overs architect — a decade of white-ball consistency.

T20I

180 matches

4,995
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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

13,709 runs across 365 career appearances

Gambhir accumulated 13,709 runs from 365 matches across all formats and competitions, at an overall batting average of 38.51. That volume of output across Test, ODI, T20 International and IPL cricket makes him one of the more prolific top-order accumulators in the warehouse.

ODI and Test averages both above 43

Across 134 ODIs, Gambhir averaged 43.31 at a strike rate of 85.82. In 51 Test matches, his average climbs to 43.41. The consistency between formats is striking: a batsman who produced nearly identical returns whether facing red ball or white.

IPL: 4,217 runs in 151 matches at 123.88 SR

His primary competition is the Indian Premier League, where he struck 4,217 runs from 151 appearances at a strike rate of 123.88. That put him well above his ODI strike rate, showing clear adaptation to T20 demands across a sustained period.

PCA Mohali his most productive venue by average

Across 15 matches at PCA Mohali, Gambhir averaged 59.88, his highest average at any venue with more than ten appearances. He scored 958 runs there in total, making it the ground where the numbers most consistently favour him.

Sri Lanka and New Zealand his strongest head-to-head opponents

Against Sri Lanka, Gambhir averaged 51.32 from 47 matches, scoring 2,412 runs. Against New Zealand in 22 matches, he averaged 52.54. Both records sit comfortably above his overall career average of 38.51.

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Elsewhere on the web

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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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