Murali Vijay

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

Murali Vijay — 180 career matches, 6,835 runs and 2 wickets across all formats.

Matches

Runs

Wickets

Bat Avg

32.7

Bowl Avg

142.0

2026 Season Context

Current team & role

Chennai Super Kings · All-Rounder

Career stats overview

59 Test · 16 ODI · 105 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

59 matches

3,877

Runs scored

Wickets taken

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

ODI

16 matches

339

Runs scored

Wickets taken

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

T20I

105 matches

2,619

Runs scored

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

five-wicket hauls

Third-most by any Indian bowler since his Test debut.

WTC presence

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 M Vijay has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

Mumbai Indians

Matches: 19
Runs: 412

South Africa

Matches: 18
Runs: 588

Australia

Matches: 17
Runs: 1,341

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Matches: 15
Runs: 394

Kolkata Knight Riders

Matches: 13
Runs: 256

Delhi Capitals

Matches: 12
Runs: 345

England

Matches: 12
Runs: 785
Wickets: 1

Rajasthan Royals

Matches: 12
Runs: 387

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where M Vijay has turned out most often.

M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

Matches: 32
Runs: 973

Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali

Matches: 15
Runs: 760

Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi

Matches: 11
Runs: 380

Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Matches: 10
Runs: 177

M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru

Matches: 9
Runs: 265

Harare Sports Club

Matches: 8
Runs: 205
Wickets: 1

Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

Matches: 8
Runs: 282

Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad

Matches: 5
Runs: 337

Official profile

Elsewhere on the web

ESPNcricinfo

M Vijay'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)

Murali Vijay — photo by Dee03, CC BY-SA 3.0 · source