MRJ Watt

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

MRJ Watt — 171 career matches, 1,061 runs and 194 wickets across all formats.

Matches

Runs

Wickets

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MRJWATT

Bat Avg

16.8

Bowl Avg

28.5

Career stats overview

75 ODI · 96 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

ODI

75 matches

744

Runs scored

101

Wickets taken

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

T20I

96 matches

317

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 MRJ Watt has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

Netherlands

Matches: 13
Runs: 127
Wickets: 22

Uae

Matches: 12
Runs: 149
Wickets: 30

Namibia

Matches: 11
Runs: 100
Wickets: 22

Nepal

Matches: 10
Runs: 134
Wickets: 17

Ireland

Matches: 7
Runs: 111
Wickets: 10

Oman

Matches: 5
Runs: 69
Wickets: 16

Hong Kong

Matches: 4
Runs: 32
Wickets: 8

Papua New Guinea

Matches: 4
Runs: 19
Wickets: 8

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where MRJ Watt has turned out most often.

Dubai International Cricket Stadium

Matches: 10
Runs: 121
Wickets: 23

Grange Cricket Club Ground, Raeburn Place

Matches: 10
Runs: 131
Wickets: 16

Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur

Matches: 10
Runs: 284
Wickets: 18

ICC Academy

Matches: 9
Runs: 51
Wickets: 13

Forthill, Dundee

Matches: 6
Runs: 104
Wickets: 8

Titwood

Matches: 6
Runs: 49
Wickets: 8

County Ground

Matches: 5
Runs: 42
Wickets: 10

Mannofield Park

Matches: 5
Runs: 48
Wickets: 16

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.