MJG Rippon

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

MJG Rippon — 85 career matches, 1,021 runs and 66 wickets across all formats.

Matches

Runs

Wickets

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MJGRIPPON

Bat Avg

21.7

Bowl Avg

31.6

Career stats overview

6 ODI · 79 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

ODI

6 matches

112

Runs scored

Wickets taken

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

T20I

79 matches

909

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 MJG Rippon has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

Auckland

Matches: 12
Runs: 179
Wickets: 10

Northern Districts

Matches: 10
Runs: 93
Wickets: 13

Wellington

Matches: 10
Runs: 152
Wickets: 6

Central Districts

Matches: 9
Runs: 179
Wickets: 6

Canterbury

Matches: 8
Runs: 119
Wickets: 7

New Zealand

Matches: 3
Runs: 109
Wickets: 3

Otago

Matches: 3
Runs: 16

Kenya

Matches: 2
Runs: 22
Wickets: 3

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where MJG Rippon has turned out most often.

University Oval

Matches: 11
Runs: 115
Wickets: 10

Hagley Oval, Christchurch

Matches: 8
Runs: 135
Wickets: 4

Eden Park, Auckland

Matches: 7
Runs: 69
Wickets: 6

Molyneux Park, Alexandra

Matches: 6
Runs: 71
Wickets: 5

Basin Reserve, Wellington

Matches: 5
Runs: 49
Wickets: 2

Seddon Park, Hamilton

Matches: 5
Runs: 65
Wickets: 5

McLean Park

Matches: 4
Runs: 80
Wickets: 1

John Davies Oval

Matches: 3
Runs: 96
Wickets: 3

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.