TT Bresnan

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

TT Bresnan — 221 career matches, 2,590 runs and 293 wickets across all formats.

Matches

Runs

Wickets

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TTBRESNAN

Bat Avg

22.1

Bowl Avg

31.1

Career stats overview

23 Test · 83 ODI · 115 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

23 matches

575

Runs scored

Wickets taken

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

ODI

83 matches

871

Runs scored

107

Wickets taken

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

T20I

115 matches

1,144

Runs scored

114

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

five-wicket hauls

Third-most by any Indian bowler since his Test debut.

WTC presence

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 TT Bresnan has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

Australia

Matches: 32
Runs: 665
Wickets: 56

India

Matches: 16
Runs: 351
Wickets: 45

Durham

Matches: 13
Runs: 192
Wickets: 10

West Indies

Matches: 12
Runs: 179
Wickets: 31

Sri Lanka

Matches: 11
Runs: 123
Wickets: 13

South Africa

Matches: 10
Runs: 79
Wickets: 10

Derbyshire

Matches: 9
Runs: 149
Wickets: 12

Lancashire

Matches: 8
Runs: 104
Wickets: 12

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where TT Bresnan has turned out most often.

Headingley, Leeds

Matches: 33
Runs: 425
Wickets: 40

Edgbaston, Birmingham

Matches: 16
Runs: 184
Wickets: 31

Lord's, London

Matches: 12
Runs: 224
Wickets: 17

Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street

Matches: 10
Runs: 190
Wickets: 18

Old Trafford, Manchester

Matches: 8
Runs: 114
Wickets: 11

The Oval, London

Matches: 8
Runs: 118
Wickets: 15

Trent Bridge, Nottingham

Matches: 8
Runs: 229
Wickets: 29

The Rose Bowl, Southampton

Matches: 7
Runs: 103
Wickets: 8

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.