JT Smuts

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

JT Smuts — 143 career matches, 3,197 runs and 86 wickets across all formats.

Matches

Runs

Wickets

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JTSMUTS

Bat Avg

26.4

Bowl Avg

30.1

Career stats overview

5 ODI · 138 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

ODI

5 matches

180

Runs scored

Wickets taken

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

T20I

138 matches

3,017

Runs scored

Wickets taken

Brief but impactful — quality over volume in the shortest format.

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

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

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 JT Smuts has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

Lions

Matches: 20
Runs: 472
Wickets: 17

Titans

Matches: 16
Runs: 352
Wickets: 7

Cape Cobras

Matches: 13
Runs: 267
Wickets: 7

Knights

Matches: 13
Runs: 388
Wickets: 15

Dolphins

Matches: 12
Runs: 415
Wickets: 6

England

Matches: 8
Runs: 145
Wickets: 2

Joburg Super Kings

Matches: 5
Runs: 94
Wickets: 2

Paarl Royals

Matches: 5
Runs: 164
Wickets: 3

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where JT Smuts has turned out most often.

St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Matches: 38
Runs: 848
Wickets: 25

Kingsmead, Durban

Matches: 25
Runs: 572
Wickets: 11

New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Matches: 14
Runs: 283
Wickets: 8

Buffalo Park, East London

Matches: 13
Runs: 523
Wickets: 6

Newlands, Cape Town

Matches: 12
Runs: 117
Wickets: 9

SuperSport Park, Centurion

Matches: 11
Runs: 202
Wickets: 2

Senwes Park, Potchefstroom

Matches: 10
Runs: 312
Wickets: 13

Boland Park, Paarl

Matches: 8
Runs: 123
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.