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Shakeel Ahmed

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

Shakeel Ahmed — 55 career matches, 382 runs and 72 wickets across all formats.

Matches
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Runs
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Bat Avg
15.9
Bowl Avg
19.2

Career stats overview

18 ODI · 37 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

ODI

18 matches

139
Runs scored
43
Wickets taken

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

T20I

37 matches

243
Runs scored
29
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 Shakeel Ahmed has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

Namibia

Matches
6
Runs
53
Wickets
9

Nepal

Matches
6
Runs
50
Wickets
5

Usa

Matches
5
Runs
42
Wickets
13

Canada

Matches
3
Runs
68
Wickets
9

Netherlands

Matches
3
Runs
77
Wickets
11

Uae

Matches
3
Runs
20
Wickets
9

Australia

Matches
2
Runs
14
Wickets
1

Bahrain

Matches
2
Runs
11
Wickets
6

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where Shakeel Ahmed has turned out most often.

Al Amerat Cricket Ground Oman Cricket (Ministry Turf 1)

Matches
13
Runs
148
Wickets
41

Maple Leaf North-West Ground

Matches
6
Runs
88
Wickets
7

Namibia Cricket Ground

Matches
3
Runs
40
Wickets
4

Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground

Matches
2
Runs
11
Wickets
9

ICC Academy

Matches
2
Runs
8
Wickets
5

Kensington Oval, Bridgetown

Matches
2
Runs
22

Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo

Matches
2
Runs
8
Wickets
3

Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur

Matches
2
Runs
22
Wickets
6

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.