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PA van Meekeren

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

PA van Meekeren — 102 career matches, 250 runs and 136 wickets across all formats.

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Runs
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Bat Avg
8.1
Bowl Avg
23.5

Career stats overview

34 ODI · 68 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

ODI

34 matches

111
Runs scored
59
Wickets taken

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

T20I

68 matches

139
Runs scored
77
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 PA van Meekeren has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

Scotland

Matches
7
Runs
60
Wickets
16

Nepal

Matches
4
Runs
12
Wickets
10

Zimbabwe

Matches
4
Runs
36
Wickets
13

Bangladesh

Matches
3
Runs
27
Wickets
10

Oman

Matches
3
Runs
5
Wickets
4

Pakistan

Matches
3
Runs
14
Wickets
4

South Africa

Matches
3
Runs
8
Wickets
5

Sri Lanka

Matches
3
Runs
7
Wickets
5

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where PA van Meekeren has turned out most often.

Al Amerat Cricket Ground Oman Cricket (Ministry Turf 1)

Matches
5
Runs
8
Wickets
11

Hazelaarweg

Matches
4
Runs
19
Wickets
16

Forthill, Dundee

Matches
3
Runs
26
Wickets
6

Harare Sports Club

Matches
3
Runs
26
Wickets
4

Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka

Matches
3
Runs
2
Wickets
4

Sportpark Westvliet

Matches
3
Runs
8
Wickets
13

County Ground

Matches
2
Runs
2

Pallekele International Cricket Stadium

Matches
2
Runs
10

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.