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RJ Peterson

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

RJ Peterson — 94 career matches, 1,040 runs and 121 wickets across all formats.

Matches
0
Runs
0
Wickets
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Explore Full Stats
Bat Avg
23.6
Bowl Avg
32.9

2026 Season Context

Current team & role

Mumbai Indians · All-Rounder

Career stats overview

14 Test · 64 ODI · 16 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

14 matches

403
Runs scored
33
Wickets taken

Where his legacy was forged — the format that rewards patience and precision.

ODI

64 matches

523
Runs scored
67
Wickets taken

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

T20I

16 matches

114
Runs scored
21
Wickets taken

Brief but impactful — quality over volume in the shortest format.

Format-aware deep dive

Where he dominates

Home record

215
wickets

Average 21.4 on Indian soil — better than any active spinner of the era.

Fourth-innings force

112
wickets

A third of his Test wickets come on day five, when bowlers decide outcomes.

Lower-order resilience

38.4
batting avg

At No.7 his average beats every Indian specialist in that slot since 2015.

Elite opposition

198
wkts in 48 M

Combined record vs Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa.

Consistency

14
five-wicket hauls

Third-most by any Indian bowler since his Test debut.

WTC presence

2
finals played

In the conversation every cycle. Central to this India red-ball side.

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 RJ Peterson has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

Pakistan

Matches
13
Runs
296
Wickets
25

Australia

Matches
9
Runs
156
Wickets
25

India

Matches
9
Runs
236
Wickets
13

New Zealand

Matches
9
Runs
32
Wickets
18

Sri Lanka

Matches
8
Runs
101
Wickets
9

Dolphins

Matches
4
Runs
47
Wickets
2

England

Matches
4
Runs
87
Wickets
13

West Indies

Matches
4
Runs
115
Wickets
2

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where RJ Peterson has turned out most often.

SuperSport Park, Centurion

Matches
7
Runs
190
Wickets
8

Newlands, Cape Town

Matches
6
Runs
122
Wickets
11

Kingsmead, Durban

Matches
5
Runs
129
Wickets
10

R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Matches
5
Runs
77
Wickets
6

The Oval, London

Matches
5
Runs
85
Wickets
9

St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Matches
4
Runs
53
Wickets
8

Boland Park, Paarl

Matches
3
Runs
8
Wickets
5

De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley

Matches
3
Runs
24
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.