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SM Pollock

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

SM Pollock — 124 career matches, 2,430 runs and 200 wickets across all formats.

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Runs
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Explore Full Stats
Bat Avg
32.0
Bowl Avg
27.1

2026 Season Context

Current team & role

Mumbai Indians · All-Rounder

Career stats overview

27 Test · 97 ODI appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

27 matches

1,072
Runs scored
92
Wickets taken

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

ODI

97 matches

1,358
Runs scored
108
Wickets taken

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

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 SM Pollock has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

New Zealand

Matches
16
Runs
239
Wickets
20

Pakistan

Matches
16
Runs
375
Wickets
42

Australia

Matches
15
Runs
488
Wickets
22

England

Matches
13
Runs
298
Wickets
29

India

Matches
11
Runs
371
Wickets
33

West Indies

Matches
10
Runs
155
Wickets
32

Sri Lanka

Matches
9
Runs
220
Wickets
12

Asia Xi

Matches
5
Runs
269
Wickets
4

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where SM Pollock has turned out most often.

Kingsmead, Durban

Matches
13
Runs
297
Wickets
21

New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Matches
11
Runs
276
Wickets
29

Newlands, Cape Town

Matches
10
Runs
202
Wickets
36

St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Matches
7
Runs
225
Wickets
11

Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore

Matches
6
Runs
101
Wickets
5

SuperSport Park, Centurion

Matches
5
Runs
60
Wickets
16

Marvel Stadium, Melbourne

Matches
4
Runs
85
Wickets
3

M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

Matches
3
Runs
110

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.