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SP Fleming

India · Left-arm orthodox · Batter

SP Fleming — 90 career matches, 3,823 runs and 0 wickets across all formats.

Matches
0
Runs
0
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Bat Avg
39.4

2026 Season Context

Current team & role

Chennai Super Kings · Batter

Career stats overview

24 Test · 66 ODI appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

24 matches

1,690
Runs scored
0
Wickets taken

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

ODI

66 matches

2,133
Runs scored
0
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 SP Fleming has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

Australia

Matches
22
Runs
532

South Africa

Matches
15
Runs
994

Sri Lanka

Matches
12
Runs
273

West Indies

Matches
10
Runs
359

England

Matches
9
Runs
488

India

Matches
9
Runs
276

Bangladesh

Matches
5
Runs
437

Pakistan

Matches
4
Runs
211

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where SP Fleming has turned out most often.

Eden Park, Auckland

Matches
10
Runs
207

Basin Reserve, Wellington

Matches
7
Runs
344

M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

Matches
5
Runs
80

Westpac Stadium

Matches
5
Runs
219

SuperSport Park, Centurion

Matches
4
Runs
133

New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Matches
4
Runs
305

Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet

Matches
3
Runs
133

Harare Sports Club

Matches
3
Runs
157

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.