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S Shillingford

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

S Shillingford — 43 career matches, 310 runs and 93 wickets across all formats.

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Runs
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Bat Avg
11.5
Bowl Avg
33.1

Career stats overview

16 Test · 27 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

16 matches

266
Runs scored
70
Wickets taken

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

T20I

27 matches

44
Runs scored
23
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 S Shillingford has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

New Zealand

Matches
4
Runs
132
Wickets
11

Guyana Amazon Warriors

Matches
3
Runs
3
Wickets
5

South Africa

Matches
3
Runs
59
Wickets
9

Australia

Matches
2
Runs
35
Wickets
14

Barbados Royals

Matches
2
Runs
13
Wickets
3

India

Matches
2
Runs
13
Wickets
11

Jamaica Tallawahs

Matches
2
Wickets
6

Sri Lanka

Matches
2
Runs
6
Wickets
5

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where S Shillingford has turned out most often.

Daren Sammy Cricket Ground, Gros Islet

Matches
5
Runs
12
Wickets
6

Kensington Oval, Bridgetown

Matches
5
Runs
79
Wickets
11

Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain

Matches
3
Runs
32
Wickets
13

Providence Stadium, Guyana

Matches
2
Runs
2
Wickets
4

Sabina Park, Kingston

Matches
2
Runs
67
Wickets
6

Warner Park, Basseterre

Matches
2
Runs
23
Wickets
7

Windsor Park, Roseau

Matches
2
Runs
35
Wickets
20

Basin Reserve, Wellington

Matches
1
Runs
1
Wickets
1

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.