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SJ Benn

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

SJ Benn — 122 career matches, 721 runs and 157 wickets across all formats.

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Bat Avg
11.6
Bowl Avg
41.3

Career stats overview

24 Test · 44 ODI · 54 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

24 matches

482
Runs scored
86
Wickets taken

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

ODI

44 matches

182
Runs scored
35
Wickets taken

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

T20I

54 matches

57
Runs scored
36
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 SJ Benn has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

South Africa

Matches
14
Runs
186
Wickets
28

Australia

Matches
10
Runs
162
Wickets
21

England

Matches
10
Runs
131
Wickets
26

Sri Lanka

Matches
9
Runs
94
Wickets
9

New Zealand

Matches
6
Runs
71
Wickets
18

India

Matches
4
Runs
11
Wickets
4

Barbados Royals

Matches
3
Runs
9
Wickets
8

Guyana Amazon Warriors

Matches
2
Wickets
4

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where SJ Benn has turned out most often.

Kensington Oval, Bridgetown

Matches
9
Runs
95
Wickets
25

Sabina Park, Kingston

Matches
5
Runs
81
Wickets
14

Providence Stadium, Guyana

Matches
4
Runs
38
Wickets
5

Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain

Matches
4
Runs
46
Wickets
31

Warner Park, Basseterre

Matches
4
Runs
29
Wickets
4

Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi

Matches
3
Runs
9
Wickets
5

Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet

Matches
3
Runs
34
Wickets
11

M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

Matches
2
Runs
5

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.