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GP Swann

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

GP Swann — 167 career matches, 1,949 runs and 398 wickets across all formats.

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Bat Avg
19.7
Bowl Avg
28.0

Career stats overview

60 Test · 74 ODI · 33 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

60 matches

1,370
Runs scored
255
Wickets taken

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

ODI

74 matches

475
Runs scored
98
Wickets taken

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

T20I

33 matches

104
Runs scored
45
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 GP Swann has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

Australia

Matches
28
Runs
614
Wickets
84

India

Matches
18
Runs
254
Wickets
60

New Zealand

Matches
15
Runs
147
Wickets
30

South Africa

Matches
13
Runs
325
Wickets
37

Pakistan

Matches
12
Runs
182
Wickets
65

Sri Lanka

Matches
11
Runs
169
Wickets
43

West Indies

Matches
8
Runs
143
Wickets
46

Bangladesh

Matches
6
Runs
94
Wickets
31

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where GP Swann has turned out most often.

Lord's, London

Matches
18
Runs
387
Wickets
58

The Oval, London

Matches
12
Runs
180
Wickets
40

Trent Bridge, Nottingham

Matches
6
Runs
89
Wickets
10

Dubai International Cricket Stadium

Matches
4
Runs
94
Wickets
18

Old Trafford, Manchester

Matches
4
Runs
37
Wickets
21

SuperSport Park, Centurion

Matches
3
Runs
113
Wickets
6

M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

Matches
3
Runs
32
Wickets
8

M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru

Matches
3
Runs
29
Wickets
6

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.