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NT Ellis

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

NT Ellis — 182 career matches, 601 runs and 228 wickets across all formats.

Matches
0
Runs
0
Wickets
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Explore Full Stats
Bat Avg
12.5
Bowl Avg
23.8

2026 Season Context

Current team & role

Punjab Kings · All-Rounder

Career stats overview

16 ODI · 166 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

ODI

16 matches

106
Runs scored
17
Wickets taken

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

T20I

166 matches

495
Runs scored
211
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

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 NT Ellis has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

Melbourne Stars

Matches
9
Runs
84
Wickets
13

Brisbane Heat

Matches
8
Runs
54
Wickets
15

Perth Scorchers

Matches
8
Runs
80
Wickets
14

South Africa

Matches
8
Runs
86
Wickets
13

Sydney Sixers

Matches
8
Runs
51
Wickets
10

India

Matches
5
Runs
33
Wickets
21

Melbourne Renegades

Matches
5
Runs
75
Wickets
17

Sydney Thunder

Matches
5
Runs
30
Wickets
17

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where NT Ellis has turned out most often.

Bellerive Oval

Matches
19
Runs
148
Wickets
55

Melbourne Cricket Ground

Matches
6
Runs
65
Wickets
8

The Rose Bowl, Southampton

Matches
6
Runs
16
Wickets
20

The Gabba, Brisbane

Matches
4
Runs
32
Wickets
11

Lord's, London

Matches
4
Runs
10
Wickets
9

Optus Stadium, Perth

Matches
4
Runs
37
Wickets
7

Edgbaston, Birmingham

Matches
3
Runs
4
Wickets
7

Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore

Matches
3
Runs
6
Wickets
7

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.