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JM How

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

JM How — 47 career matches, 1,564 runs and 0 wickets across all formats.

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Bat Avg
27.4

Career stats overview

14 Test · 33 ODI appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

14 matches

625
Runs scored
0
Wickets taken

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

ODI

33 matches

939
Runs scored
0
Wickets taken

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

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 JM How has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

England

Matches
18
Runs
772

Australia

Matches
7
Runs
110

India

Matches
5
Runs
42

South Africa

Matches
5
Runs
199

Sri Lanka

Matches
5
Runs
145

Bangladesh

Matches
4
Runs
185

Pakistan

Matches
4
Runs
53

West Indies

Matches
4
Runs
114

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where JM How has turned out most often.

McLean Park

Matches
5
Runs
282

Eden Park, Auckland

Matches
4
Runs
152

Westpac Stadium

Matches
4
Runs
99

Ami Stadium

Matches
3
Runs
59

Adelaide Oval

Matches
2
Runs
64

Basin Reserve, Wellington

Matches
2
Runs
74

Jade Stadium

Matches
2
Runs
43

Lord's, London

Matches
2
Runs
97

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.