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JM Kemp

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

JM Kemp — 63 career matches, 1,226 runs and 14 wickets across all formats.

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0
Runs
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Explore Full Stats
Bat Avg
31.4
Bowl Avg
36.7

2026 Season Context

Current team & role

Chennai Super Kings · All-Rounder

Career stats overview

63 ODI appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

ODI

63 matches

1,226
Runs scored
14
Wickets taken

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

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

38
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

3
white-ball

CT 2013, Asia Cup 2018, CT 2025.

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 Kemp has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

Australia

Matches
11
Runs
219

England

Matches
8
Runs
227

India

Matches
8
Runs
253
Wickets
5

New Zealand

Matches
6
Runs
162
Wickets
1

Pakistan

Matches
6
Runs
148
Wickets
2

Sri Lanka

Matches
6
Runs
34
Wickets
1

Asia Xi

Matches
5
Runs
103
Wickets
2

Warriors

Matches
5
Runs
73
Wickets
4

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where JM Kemp has turned out most often.

Newlands, Cape Town

Matches
10
Runs
313
Wickets
5

Kingsmead, Durban

Matches
9
Runs
202

SuperSport Park, Centurion

Matches
6
Runs
68
Wickets
7

St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Matches
6
Runs
127
Wickets
4

New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Matches
6
Runs
121
Wickets
2

Buffalo Park, East London

Matches
3
Runs
128
Wickets
1

M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

Matches
3
Runs
108

Providence Stadium, Guyana

Matches
3
Runs
31

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.