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Ishant Sharma
India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder
Ishant Sharma is a pace bowler who has represented India Cricket across all three international formats as well as the Indian Premier League. Across 309 career matches, he has taken 524 wickets at a bowling average of 32.91 and an overall economy of 4.07. The bulk of that haul comes from Test cricket, where 307 wickets across 104 matches at an economy of 3.15 form the backbone of his record. In the IPL, his most-played competition by matches (117 appearances), he has 96 wickets at 8.38 runs per over. On current form across IPL 2025, he has taken wickets in five of his seven most recent outings in the competition.
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Wickets
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Bat Avg
7.9
Bowl Avg
32.9
2026 Season Context
Current team & role
Kolkata Knight Riders · All-Rounder
Recent form
In his last 10 appearances, Sharma has bowled exclusively without batting, taking wickets in 7 of the 10 outings including a 3/34 against Lucknow Super Giants and a 2/12 in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy
Strongest format
Indian Premier League — The IPL is Sharma's most-played competition with 117 appearances and 96 wickets. Whilst his Test record carries greater statistical weight, the IPL re
Career stats overview
104 Test · 77 ODI · 128 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.
Test
104 matches
778
Runs scored
307
Wickets taken
Where his legacy was forged — the format that rewards patience and precision.
ODI
77 matches
72
Runs scored
114
Wickets taken
The middle-overs architect — a decade of white-ball consistency.
T20I
128 matches
62
Runs scored
103
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
524 career wickets across all formats
Across 309 matches in Tests, ODIs, T20Is and the IPL, Sharma has taken 524 wickets at a bowling average of 32.91. That volume of wickets across all three international formats and franchise cricket marks a long and productive career.
307 Test wickets at an economy of 3.15
The Test record is the centrepiece. In 104 matches, Sharma has claimed 307 wickets at an economy rate of 3.15 per over. That economy figure reflects the discipline needed to sustain a long Test career at the highest level.
96 IPL wickets across 117 appearances
The IPL represents his most-played single competition, with 117 matches and 96 wickets. His economy rises to 8.38 in T20 cricket, which is consistent with what fast bowlers face in the format, and he remains a regular in the 2025 IPL season.
85 wickets in 31 matches against Australia
Against Australia, Sharma has taken 85 wickets in 31 matches at an economy of 3.61. That is his highest wicket tally against any single opponent, and the economy figure holds up well given the attacking nature of Australian batting line-ups.
Consistent presence across India and overseas venues
At Arun Jaitley Stadium, Sharma has 30 wickets from 5 matches. At Vidarbha, 21 wickets from 6 matches at an economy of just 2.64. Those ground-level numbers show a bowler who adapts across different conditions.
Head-to-head
Vs opponents
Career totals broken down by the teams I Sharma has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.
Australia
- Matches
- 31
- Runs
- 192
- Wickets
- 85
England
- Matches
- 23
- Runs
- 189
- Wickets
- 79
Sri Lanka
- Matches
- 19
- Runs
- 170
- Wickets
- 79
New Zealand
- Matches
- 13
- Runs
- 100
- Wickets
- 47
South Africa
- Matches
- 12
- Runs
- 63
- Wickets
- 37
West Indies
- Matches
- 11
- Runs
- 116
- Wickets
- 54
Pakistan
- Matches
- 6
- Runs
- 7
- Wickets
- 20
Chennai Super Kings
- Matches
- 4
- Runs
- 21
- Wickets
- 6
Grounds played at
Home & away grounds
The venues where I Sharma has turned out most often.
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
- Matches
- 8
- Runs
- 21
- Wickets
- 25
Adelaide Oval
- Matches
- 6
- Runs
- 41
- Wickets
- 10
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
- Matches
- 6
- Runs
- 33
- Wickets
- 14
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
- Matches
- 6
- Runs
- 12
- Wickets
- 24
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali
- Matches
- 6
- Runs
- 67
- Wickets
- 17
Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur
- Matches
- 6
- Runs
- 16
- Wickets
- 21
Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
- Matches
- 5
- Runs
- 23
- Wickets
- 30
Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
- Matches
- 5
- Runs
- 7
- Wickets
- 17
Official profile
Elsewhere on the web
ESPNcricinfo
I Sharma'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.
Photo credits (1)
- Ishant Sharma — photo by Blnguyen, CC BY-SA 3.0 · source