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Shoaib Malik
India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder
Shoaib Malik is a Pakistan Cricket all-rounder whose 585-match career spans Tests, ODIs, T20 Internationals and four major domestic T20 leagues. His headline numbers are 15,578 runs at a batting average of 35.24 and 217 wickets at a bowling economy of 4.94. The ODI format is where he has played most, with 218 appearances producing 5,981 runs and 114 wickets. On recent form he has been operating exclusively in the Pakistan Super League, with scores in his last ten outings ranging from 1 to 39, and just one wicket taken across that stretch.
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Bat Avg
35.2
Bowl Avg
36.5
2026 Season Context
Current team & role
Delhi Capitals · All-Rounder
Recent form
Malik's last 10 matches have all been PSL fixtures, with scores of 39, 38, 27*, 27*, 22, 14, 12, 6 and 1 among his batting returns. He has taken one wicket across those appearances, with his bowling r
Strongest format
One-Day International — Malik's 218 ODI appearances are his single largest block of cricket in any one competition, and he averages 36.25 with the bat whilst conceding just 4
Career stats overview
24 Test · 218 ODI · 343 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.
Test
24 matches
1,288
Runs scored
25
Wickets taken
Where his legacy was forged — the format that rewards patience and precision.
ODI
218 matches
5,981
Runs scored
114
Wickets taken
The middle-overs architect — a decade of white-ball consistency.
T20I
343 matches
8,309
Runs scored
78
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
585 matches across seven competitions
Malik has appeared in Tests, ODIs, T20 Internationals, the PSL, CPL, BPL and LPL across a career spanning 336 matches for Pakistan Cricket alone. His 15,578 runs and 217 wickets make him one of the most prolific genuine all-rounders in the data.
ODIs remain his headline format
In 218 One-Day Internationals, Malik averages 36.25 with the bat and has taken 114 wickets at an economy of 4.73. No other competition in his record combines that volume of matches with those kinds of all-round returns.
Gaddafi Stadium is his most productive venue
Across 38 appearances at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Malik averages 48.36 with the bat at a strike rate of 98.03, also claiming 18 wickets at an economy of 4.56. Those are his strongest batting numbers at any high-volume venue.
India and Sri Lanka bring out his best batting
Against India Cricket he averages 41 across 46 matches, scoring 1,681 runs. Against Sri Lanka Cricket over 47 matches his average reaches 43, with 24 wickets at a miserly economy of 4.13 to boot.
PSL form has been modest in recent outings
Across his last 10 appearances, all in the PSL, Malik's highest score is 39 from 32 balls. He has taken just one wicket in that stretch, and his bowling has generally been limited to one to four overs per match.
Head-to-head
Vs opponents
Career totals broken down by the teams Shoaib Malik has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.
Sri Lanka
- Matches
- 47
- Runs
- 1,505
- Wickets
- 24
India
- Matches
- 46
- Runs
- 1,681
- Wickets
- 19
England
- Matches
- 39
- Runs
- 1,140
- Wickets
- 29
Australia
- Matches
- 38
- Runs
- 874
- Wickets
- 13
South Africa
- Matches
- 38
- Runs
- 1,097
- Wickets
- 11
New Zealand
- Matches
- 33
- Runs
- 574
- Wickets
- 9
West Indies
- Matches
- 31
- Runs
- 924
- Wickets
- 8
Zimbabwe
- Matches
- 26
- Runs
- 772
- Wickets
- 28
Grounds played at
Home & away grounds
The venues where Shoaib Malik has turned out most often.
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka
- Matches
- 53
- Runs
- 1,217
- Wickets
- 14
Dubai International Cricket Stadium
- Matches
- 49
- Runs
- 1,102
- Wickets
- 8
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
- Matches
- 38
- Runs
- 1,596
- Wickets
- 18
Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi
- Matches
- 33
- Runs
- 1,018
- Wickets
- 16
National Stadium
- Matches
- 25
- Runs
- 941
- Wickets
- 16
Sharjah Cricket Stadium
- Matches
- 24
- Runs
- 833
- Wickets
- 16
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
- Matches
- 23
- Runs
- 446
- Wickets
- 9
Warner Park, Basseterre
- Matches
- 17
- Runs
- 295
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.