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Irfan Pathan stats

Data through 10 December 2020Last updated 10 December 2020

Coverage: matches in the Cricsheet data from 2 January 2004 to 10 December 2020. Older matches, and matches against Afghanistan, are not included, so totals can be lower than official career figures.

Between 2004 and 2020, Irfan Pathan appears in 16 Tests, 100 ODIs, 22 T20Is for India in the Cricsheet data. Irfan Pathan took 144 ODI wickets in the data (average 29.87, economy 5.33, best 5/27).

International matches

138

Tests 16 · ODIs 100 · T20Is 22

International runs

2,142

1 hundreds

International wickets

227

6 five-wicket hauls

T20 league & domestic matches

121

1,439 runs

Best bowling

6/51

Test

Teams played for

India 2004–2012 · 138Delhi Capitals 2011–2013 · 46Punjab Kings 2008–2010 · 42Sunrisers Hyderabad 2014 · 10Baroda 2016 · 9Jammu & Kashmir 2019 · 5Kandy Tuskers 2020 · 4Rising Pune Supergiant 2016 · 4Gujarat Lions 2017 · 1

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Irfan Pathan batting record by format

Batting by format
Format	M	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Test	16	23	4	744	102	39.16	1,284	57.9	1	4	1	88	11
ODI	100	72	15	1,226	83	21.51	1,516	80.9	0	3	6	116	29
T20I	22	14	7	172	33*	24.57	144	119.4	0	0	0	9	7
T20 (leagues & domestic)	121	98	37	1,439	60	23.59	1,165	123.5	0	1	3	111	49

Runs per year

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Irfan Pathan: runs per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Runs
2004	239
2005	335
2006	588
2007	288
2008	527
2009	277
2010	276
2011	154
2012	387
2013	142
2014	55
2016	207
2017	2
2019	50
2020	54

Year-by-year batting (28 rows)

Batting by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS	100	50
2004	ODI	15	168	15.27	88.4	30	0	0
2004	Test	5	71	17.75	34.8	24	0	0
2005	ODI	5	174	34.80	104.8	83	0	1
2005	Test	3	161	53.67	53.8	82	0	2
2006	ODI	19	346	23.07	72.8	65	0	2
2006	Test	7	242	34.57	64.4	90	0	2
2007	ODI	10	131	18.71	74.4	43	0	0
2007	T20I	6	34	17.00	113.3	20	0	0
2007	Test	2	123	123.00	69.9	102	1	0
2008	ODI	13	223	18.58	72.4	38	0	0
2008	T20 (leagues & domestic)	10	131	21.83	112.9	40	0	0
2008	T20I	1	26	26.00	86.7	26	0	0
2008	Test	6	147	36.75	64.2	46	0	0
2009	ODI	1	8	8.00	38.1	8	0	0
2009	T20 (leagues & domestic)	12	196	19.60	124.1	39	0	0
2009	T20I	5	73	36.50	158.7	33	0	0
2010	T20 (leagues & domestic)	13	276	34.50	148.4	60	0	1
2011	ODI	1	4	4.00	40.0	4	0	0
2011	T20 (leagues & domestic)	12	150	18.75	108.7	44	0	0
2012	ODI	8	172	34.40	101.2	47	0	0
2012	T20 (leagues & domestic)	12	176	25.14	139.7	42	0	0
2012	T20I	2	39	19.50	102.6	31	0	0
2013	T20 (leagues & domestic)	13	142	17.75	93.4	24	0	0
2014	T20 (leagues & domestic)	6	55	27.50	101.9	23	0	0
2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	12	207	29.57	146.8	49	0	0
2017	T20 (leagues & domestic)	1	2	2.00	66.7	2	0	0
2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	50	25.00	166.7	26	0	0
2020	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	54	27.00	88.5	25	0	0

Irfan Pathan bowling record by format

Bowling by format
Format	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	Mdns
Test	30	3,158	1,718	56	6/51	11/96	30.68	3.26	56.4	5	4	111
ODI	98	4,846	4,301	144	5/27	–	29.87	5.33	33.7	6	2	45
T20I	22	438	589	27	3/16	–	21.81	8.07	16.2	0	0	1
T20 (leagues & domestic)	118	2,370	3,094	96	4/34	–	32.23	7.83	24.7	1	0	11

Wickets per year

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Irfan Pathan: wickets per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Wickets
2004	53
2005	30
2006	49
2007	26
2008	44
2009	25
2010	15
2011	13
2012	38
2013	10
2014	4
2016	12
2017	0
2019	4
2020	0

Year-by-year bowling (29 rows)

Bowling by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
2004	ODI	21	33	29.09	5.27	3/32
2004	Test	10	20	22.15	2.73	6/51
2005	ODI	10	19	18.74	4.62	5/27
2005	Test	4	11	16.18	3.57	5/58
2006	ODI	21	33	24.52	4.99	4/51
2006	T20I	1	0	–	7.50	0/30
2006	Test	10	16	42.06	3.74	5/61
2007	ODI	13	13	45.77	5.47	2/47
2007	T20I	7	12	15.25	7.04	3/16
2007	Test	2	1	110.00	2.50	1/80
2008	ODI	18	21	41.52	5.76	4/41
2008	T20 (leagues & domestic)	14	15	23.33	6.60	2/18
2008	T20I	1	0	–	6.00	0/18
2008	Test	4	8	39.25	3.48	3/54
2009	ODI	2	4	28.25	7.06	3/58
2009	T20 (leagues & domestic)	14	17	22.94	7.75	3/35
2009	T20I	6	4	41.00	9.11	2/41
2010	T20 (leagues & domestic)	14	15	28.40	9.19	3/24
2011	ODI	1	2	21.00	4.67	2/42
2011	T20 (leagues & domestic)	13	11	31.27	7.51	3/28
2012	ODI	12	19	29.16	5.48	5/61
2012	T20 (leagues & domestic)	17	8	58.12	7.75	2/46
2012	T20I	7	11	17.64	8.82	3/27
2013	T20 (leagues & domestic)	15	10	38.20	7.44	2/29
2014	T20 (leagues & domestic)	10	4	51.25	8.66	2/10
2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	12	12	26.33	7.77	4/34
2017	T20 (leagues & domestic)	1	0	–	13.00	0/26
2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	4	37.75	8.39	2/32
2020	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	0	–	10.17	0/5

Irfan Pathan against each team

vs Australia vs Pakistan vs Sri Lanka vs England vs South Africa

Batting against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS	100	50
Pakistan	Test	6	272	54.40	62.1	102	1	1
Australia	Test	6	110	22.00	51.9	46	0	0
England	Test	3	89	29.67	91.8	52	0	1
South Africa	Test	3	88	88.00	52.1	43	0	0
Sri Lanka	ODI	17	319	24.54	94.7	83	0	1
Pakistan	ODI	15	297	29.70	94.9	65	0	1
Australia	ODI	19	269	14.94	67.9	30	0	0
England	ODI	8	113	18.83	61.1	36	0	0
South Africa	ODI	4	101	33.67	73.7	47	0	0
West Indies	ODI	6	91	15.17	71.7	64	0	1
Australia	T20I	3	57	28.50	93.4	31	0	0
New Zealand	T20I	3	38	19.00	111.8	15	0	0
Kolkata Knight Riders	T20 (leagues & domestic)	12	231	33.00	137.5	42	0	0
Chennai Super Kings	T20 (leagues & domestic)	10	206	34.33	122.6	44	0	0
Royal Challengers Bengaluru	T20 (leagues & domestic)	10	135	33.75	170.9	24	0	0
Rajasthan Royals	T20 (leagues & domestic)	9	133	33.25	105.6	39	0	0
Deccan Chargers	T20 (leagues & domestic)	7	110	18.33	125.0	60	0	1
Mumbai Indians	T20 (leagues & domestic)	12	91	10.11	118.2	23	0	0
Delhi Capitals	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	70	17.50	120.7	21	0	0
Pune Warriors	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	57	19.00	101.8	24	0	0
Punjab Kings	T20 (leagues & domestic)	9	52	7.43	81.2	19	0	0

Bowling against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
Pakistan	Test	8	11	49.73	3.33	5/61
Australia	Test	7	11	36.64	3.17	3/54
England	Test	4	7	32.43	3.20	3/92
South Africa	Test	3	3	58.00	3.03	3/72
Sri Lanka	ODI	24	41	25.02	5.13	5/61
Pakistan	ODI	20	31	31.90	5.30	3/26
Australia	ODI	24	31	35.97	6.06	4/41
England	ODI	9	15	24.33	4.44	4/51
West Indies	ODI	8	10	29.70	5.40	3/45
Zimbabwe	ODI	3	7	13.86	3.59	5/27
South Africa	ODI	5	4	51.75	5.91	3/20
Bangladesh	ODI	3	3	51.33	5.74	2/48
Pakistan	T20I	3	6	11.00	6.00	3/16
New Zealand	T20I	4	5	25.20	9.69	3/31
Australia	T20I	4	4	28.75	9.58	2/34
South Africa	T20I	4	2	58.00	7.73	1/26
Mumbai Indians	T20 (leagues & domestic)	15	15	24.00	7.04	3/29
Chennai Super Kings	T20 (leagues & domestic)	13	11	37.09	8.74	2/32
Royal Challengers Bengaluru	T20 (leagues & domestic)	13	10	39.20	8.46	3/35
Kolkata Knight Riders	T20 (leagues & domestic)	13	8	40.00	7.33	2/18
Delhi Capitals	T20 (leagues & domestic)	8	8	19.50	6.37	3/24
Rajasthan Royals	T20 (leagues & domestic)	11	8	34.88	7.79	2/26
Deccan Chargers	T20 (leagues & domestic)	9	7	38.71	8.47	2/29
Punjab Kings	T20 (leagues & domestic)	10	6	39.00	8.07	3/28
Pune Warriors	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	4	34.75	7.32	2/29

Top grounds (batting)

Most runs by ground
Ground	Inns	Runs	Avg	HS
Arun Jaitley Stadium	19	221	18.42	36
Narendra Modi Stadium	6	194	64.67	82
M Chinnaswamy Stadium	8	190	95.00	102
Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium	13	189	18.90	52
MA Chidambaram Stadium	7	158	31.60	44
Wankhede Stadium	9	135	22.50	35
R Premadasa Stadium	8	131	26.20	34
Vidarbha C A Ground	3	120	40.00	83
Sawai Mansingh Stadium	5	107	35.67	43
The Gabba	5	104	26.00	47

Top grounds (bowling)

Most wickets by ground
Ground	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ
Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium	17	25	21.92	5.33
Kingsmead	10	17	17.06	7.44
Arun Jaitley Stadium	24	17	36.71	7.01
R Premadasa Stadium	12	16	27.75	6.17
Wankhede Stadium	11	13	21.54	5.83
Bangabandhu National Stadium	2	11	8.73	3.10
The Gabba	6	11	26.91	6.00
Queens Sports Club	2	9	12.33	3.60
Adelaide Oval	4	9	26.11	3.62
Shere Bangla National Stadium	6	9	34.11	5.90

Batting and bowling by phase (limited overs)

T20 phases: overs 1–6, 7–15, 16–20. ODI phases: overs 1–10, 11–40, 41–50.
Format	Phase	Runs	Balls	SR	Outs	Bowl balls	Wkts	Econ
T20	Powerplay	106	87	121.8	4	1271	49	7.21
T20	Middle	544	607	89.6	26	888	36	7.51
T20	Death	961	615	156.3	38	649	38	9.65
ODI	Powerplay	127	196	64.8	4	1914	51	4.85
ODI	Middle	662	900	73.6	29	2129	52	5.04
ODI	Death	437	420	104.0	24	803	41	7.20

How Irfan Pathan was dismissed

Caught86 (60%)
Bowled24 (17%)
Run out16 (11%)
Lbw9 (6%)
Caught and bowled6 (4%)
Stumped3 (2%)

How Irfan Pathan took wickets

Caught200
Bowled67
Lbw48
Caught and bowled6
Stumped2

Last 20 innings

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Irfan Pathan: runs in the last 20 innings
Innings	Runs
3 Jan 2016	1
6 Jan 2016	49
7 Jan 2016	27
9 Jan 2016	28
10 Jan 2016	1
15 Jan 2016	26
16 Jan 2016	35
18 Jan 2016	19
20 Jan 2016	10
17 Apr 2016	2
14 May 2016	7
21 May 2016	2
29 Apr 2017	2
22 Feb 2019	12
24 Feb 2019	26
25 Feb 2019	2
27 Feb 2019	10
5 Dec 2020	18
9 Dec 2020	25
10 Dec 2020	11

Most recent batting innings in the data
Date	Format	Against	Score	Balls	How out	Ground
10 Dec 2020	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Galle Gladiators	11	15	bowled	Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium
9 Dec 2020	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Jaffna Stallions	25*	19	not out	Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium
5 Dec 2020	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Colombo Kings	18	27	caught	Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium
27 Feb 2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Kerala	10	9	caught	Dr Gokaraju Laila Ganga Raju ACA Cricket Complex -DVR Ground
25 Feb 2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Andhra	2*	3	not out	Dr Gokaraju Laila Ganga Raju ACA Cricket Complex -DVR Ground
24 Feb 2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Delhi	26*	13	not out	Dr Gokaraju Laila Ganga Raju ACA Cricket Complex -CP Ground
22 Feb 2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Jharkhand	12	5	caught	Dr Gokaraju Laila Ganga Raju ACA Cricket Complex -CP Ground
29 Apr 2017	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Mumbai Indians	2	3	caught	Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium
21 May 2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Punjab Kings	2	3	caught	Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium
14 May 2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Kolkata Knight Riders	7	8	run out	Eden Gardens
17 Apr 2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Punjab Kings	2	2	run out	Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium
20 Jan 2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Uttar Pradesh	10	8	caught	Wankhede Stadium
18 Jan 2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Mumbai	19	13	caught	Wankhede Stadium
16 Jan 2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Kerala	35*	18	not out	Wankhede Stadium
15 Jan 2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Vidarbha	26*	16	not out	Wankhede Stadium
10 Jan 2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Delhi	1	3	caught and bowled	Reliance Cricket Stadium
9 Jan 2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Andhra	28*	25	not out	Motibaug Cricket Ground
7 Jan 2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Madhya Pradesh	27*	12	not out	Reliance Cricket Stadium
6 Jan 2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Goa	49*	29	not out	Motibaug Cricket Ground
3 Jan 2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Railways	1	4	caught	Motibaug Cricket Ground

Last 20 bowling innings

Most recent bowling innings in the data
Date	Format	Against	Figures	Overs	Mdns	Ground
10 Dec 2020	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Galle Gladiators	0/9	1	0	Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium
5 Dec 2020	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Colombo Kings	0/5	1	0	Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium
26 Nov 2020	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Colombo Kings	0/25	1.5	0	Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium
27 Feb 2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Kerala	2/32	4	0	Dr Gokaraju Laila Ganga Raju ACA Cricket Complex -DVR Ground
25 Feb 2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Andhra	0/24	3	0	Dr Gokaraju Laila Ganga Raju ACA Cricket Complex -DVR Ground
24 Feb 2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Delhi	1/38	4	0	Dr Gokaraju Laila Ganga Raju ACA Cricket Complex -CP Ground
22 Feb 2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Jharkhand	0/34	3	0	Dr Gokaraju Laila Ganga Raju ACA Cricket Complex -CP Ground
21 Feb 2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Nagaland	1/23	4	0	Dr Gokaraju Laila Ganga Raju ACA Cricket Complex -CP Ground
29 Apr 2017	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Mumbai Indians	0/26	2	0	Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium
21 May 2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Punjab Kings	0/37	4	0	Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium
17 May 2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Delhi Capitals	0/17	3	0	Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium
17 Apr 2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Punjab Kings	0/7	1	0	Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium
20 Jan 2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Uttar Pradesh	1/44	4	0	Wankhede Stadium
18 Jan 2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Mumbai	1/14	3	0	Wankhede Stadium
16 Jan 2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Kerala	2/14	4	1	Wankhede Stadium
15 Jan 2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Vidarbha	1/32	4	0	Wankhede Stadium
10 Jan 2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Delhi	0/36	4	0	Reliance Cricket Stadium
9 Jan 2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Andhra	0/32	4	0	Motibaug Cricket Ground
7 Jan 2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Madhya Pradesh	4/34	3.4	0	Reliance Cricket Stadium
6 Jan 2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Goa	2/19	3	0	Motibaug Cricket Ground

Batter vs bowler matchups

Batters Irfan Pathan bowled to most

Salman Butt vs Irfan Pathan339 balls
Matthew Hayden vs Irfan Pathan334 balls
Younis Khan vs Irfan Pathan282 balls
Kumar Sangakkara vs Irfan Pathan253 balls
Ricky Ponting vs Irfan Pathan250 balls

Frequently asked questions

How many wickets has Irfan Pathan taken in Tests?

56 wickets in 30 innings at an average of 30.68, economy 3.26, best figures 6/51.

How many wickets has Irfan Pathan taken in ODIs?

144 wickets in 98 innings at an average of 29.87, economy 5.33, best figures 5/27.

How many runs has Irfan Pathan scored in Tests?

744 runs in 23 innings (16 matches) at an average of 39.16 and a strike rate of 57.9, in the data from 2004 to 2008.

How many runs has Irfan Pathan scored in ODIs?

1,226 runs in 72 innings (100 matches) at an average of 21.51 and a strike rate of 80.9, in the data from 2004 to 2012.

How many runs has Irfan Pathan scored in T20Is?

172 runs in 14 innings (22 matches) at an average of 24.57 and a strike rate of 119.4, in the data from 2006 to 2012.

Source: computed by CricketWise from Cricsheet ball-by-ball data (ODC-BY). Career totals cover only matches in the Cricsheet data. Definitions: methodology.