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R McLaren

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

R McLaren — 86 career matches, 810 runs and 115 wickets across all formats.

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Runs
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Explore Full Stats
Bat Avg
21.3
Bowl Avg
26.5

2026 Season Context

Current team & role

Mumbai Indians · All-Rounder

Career stats overview

51 ODI · 35 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

ODI

51 matches

485
Runs scored
77
Wickets taken

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

T20I

35 matches

325
Runs scored
38
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 R McLaren has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

Pakistan

Matches
11
Runs
154
Wickets
28

Cape Cobras

Matches
9
Runs
190
Wickets
13

England

Matches
7
Runs
41
Wickets
7

Sri Lanka

Matches
7
Runs
88
Wickets
13

Titans

Matches
7
Runs
69
Wickets
5

West Indies

Matches
7
Runs
40
Wickets
10

Australia

Matches
6
Runs
53
Wickets
7

Dolphins

Matches
5
Runs
77
Wickets
6

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where R McLaren has turned out most often.

SuperSport Park, Centurion

Matches
10
Runs
114
Wickets
8

De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley

Matches
8
Runs
95
Wickets
10

Kingsmead, Durban

Matches
6
Runs
37
Wickets
6

Newlands, Cape Town

Matches
4
Runs
46
Wickets
6

Old Trafford, Manchester

Matches
4
Runs
102
Wickets
6

R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Matches
4
Runs
69
Wickets
5

Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound

Matches
4
Runs
16
Wickets
7

Boland Park, Paarl

Matches
3
Runs
105
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.