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Harbhajan Singh stats

Data through 18 April 2021Last updated 18 April 2021

Coverage: matches in the Cricsheet data from 19 December 2001 to 18 April 2021. Older matches, and matches against Afghanistan, are not included, so totals can be lower than official career figures.

Harbhajan Singh played 61 Tests, 154 ODIs, 26 T20Is for India in the data, between 2001 and 2021. Harbhajan Singh took 234 Test wickets in the data (average 35.96, economy 2.90, best 7/62).

International matches

241

Tests 61 · ODIs 154 · T20Is 26

International runs

2,579

2 hundreds

International wickets

425

13 five-wicket hauls

T20 league & domestic matches

178

954 runs

Best bowling

7/62

Test

Teams played for

India 2001–2016 · 239Mumbai Indians 2008–2017 · 136Chennai Super Kings 2018–2019 · 24Punjab 2016–2019 · 15Kolkata Knight Riders 2021 · 3Asia XI 2007 · 2

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Harbhajan Singh batting record by format

Batting by format
Format	M	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Test	61	85	11	1,554	115	21.00	2,482	62.6	2	7	9	177	33
ODI	154	85	23	917	49	14.79	1,119	81.9	0	0	11	63	28
T20I	26	13	5	108	21	13.50	87	124.1	0	0	1	11	4
T20 (leagues & domestic)	178	100	37	954	64	15.14	719	132.7	0	1	13	91	46

Runs per year

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Harbhajan Singh: runs per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Runs
2001	8
2002	14
2003	96
2004	118
2005	153
2006	291
2007	159
2008	523
2009	392
2010	610
2011	421
2012	136
2013	127
2014	28
2015	194
2016	128
2017	16
2018	111
2019	4
2021	4

Year-by-year batting (44 rows)

Batting by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS	100	50
2001	Test	1	8	8.00	29.6	8	0	0
2002	ODI	1	14	14.00	82.4	14	0	0
2003	ODI	9	69	9.86	93.2	28	0	0
2003	Test	2	27	27.00	55.1	19	0	0
2004	ODI	4	60	30.00	82.2	41	0	0
2004	Test	6	58	9.67	41.7	17	0	0
2005	ODI	3	68	68.00	89.5	37	0	0
2005	Test	3	85	85.00	110.4	40	0	0
2006	ODI	14	154	14.00	71.6	37	0	0
2006	Test	7	137	34.25	65.6	38	0	0
2007	ODI	12	144	20.57	83.2	38	0	0
2007	T20I	2	8	4.00	80.0	7	0	0
2007	Test	4	7	1.75	20.0	4	0	0
2008	ODI	10	82	8.20	82.8	27	0	0
2008	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	30	15.00	176.5	28	0	0
2008	T20I	1	1	1.00	33.3	1	0	0
2008	Test	21	410	21.58	58.7	63	0	4
2009	ODI	12	138	13.80	99.3	49	0	0
2009	T20 (leagues & domestic)	10	84	10.50	158.5	20	0	0
2009	T20I	3	48	24.00	117.1	21	0	0
2009	Test	7	122	17.43	64.2	60	0	1
2010	ODI	4	34	17.00	73.9	15	0	0
2010	T20 (leagues & domestic)	7	105	26.25	166.7	49	0	0
2010	T20I	3	27	13.50	128.6	14	0	0
2010	Test	17	444	27.75	69.8	115	2	1
2011	ODI	11	107	13.38	67.3	41	0	0
2011	T20 (leagues & domestic)	8	103	34.33	145.1	30	0	0
2011	T20I	1	15	–	214.3	15	0	0
2011	Test	10	196	21.78	65.6	70	0	1
2012	T20 (leagues & domestic)	11	108	12.00	135.0	33	0	0
2012	T20I	1	1	–	100.0	1	0	0
2012	Test	2	27	13.50	67.5	21	0	0
2013	T20 (leagues & domestic)	14	116	19.33	146.8	25	0	0
2013	Test	2	11	5.50	29.7	11	0	0
2014	T20 (leagues & domestic)	7	28	5.60	112.0	10	0	0
2015	ODI	5	47	15.67	97.9	22	0	0
2015	T20 (leagues & domestic)	10	117	16.71	160.3	64	0	1
2015	T20I	2	8	8.00	200.0	8	0	0
2015	Test	3	22	11.00	47.8	14	0	0
2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	10	128	21.33	108.5	45	0	0
2017	T20 (leagues & domestic)	7	16	8.00	100.0	7	0	0
2018	T20 (leagues & domestic)	8	111	13.88	106.7	33	0	0
2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	4	1.33	25.0	2	0	0
2021	T20 (leagues & domestic)	2	4	–	100.0	2	0	0

Harbhajan Singh bowling record by format

Bowling by format
Format	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	Mdns
Test	113	17,399	8,414	234	7/62	10/141	35.96	2.90	74.4	23	11	458
ODI	145	7,951	5,834	166	5/31	–	35.14	4.40	47.9	2	2	44
T20I	26	588	609	25	4/12	–	24.36	6.21	23.5	1	0	5
T20 (leagues & domestic)	175	3,728	4,349	166	5/18	–	26.20	7.00	22.5	2	1	6

Wickets per year

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Harbhajan Singh: wickets per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Wickets
2001	0
2002	1
2003	17
2004	35
2005	29
2006	38
2007	36
2008	88
2009	79
2010	69
2011	53
2012	12
2013	29
2014	14
2015	34
2016	19
2017	8
2018	14
2019	16
2021	0

Year-by-year bowling (46 rows)

Bowling by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
2001	Test	2	0	–	2.21	0/1
2002	ODI	2	1	106.00	5.30	1/56
2003	ODI	12	14	33.07	4.01	2/28
2003	Test	3	3	106.00	3.83	2/149
2004	ODI	8	11	26.82	3.78	3/28
2004	Test	10	24	27.25	2.72	7/87
2005	ODI	14	15	32.80	3.96	3/35
2005	Test	4	14	18.21	2.68	7/62
2006	ODI	20	23	34.43	4.21	5/31
2006	T20I	1	1	22.00	7.33	1/22
2006	Test	10	14	49.86	3.21	5/13
2007	ODI	19	15	52.40	4.54	3/48
2007	T20I	7	8	24.88	7.37	2/24
2007	Test	8	13	46.38	3.03	5/122
2008	ODI	16	20	29.35	4.42	3/31
2008	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	5	16.40	8.20	3/32
2008	T20I	1	0	–	3.50	0/7
2008	Test	23	63	31.54	2.82	6/102
2009	ODI	24	31	33.42	5.01	5/56
2009	T20 (leagues & domestic)	13	12	21.33	5.82	4/17
2009	T20I	7	7	23.57	5.89	3/30
2009	Test	10	29	30.17	2.86	6/63
2010	ODI	6	9	28.11	4.77	3/47
2010	T20 (leagues & domestic)	14	17	22.18	7.05	3/31
2010	T20I	4	0	–	6.19	0/15
2010	Test	21	43	40.70	2.86	5/59
2011	ODI	17	17	41.29	4.28	3/32
2011	T20 (leagues & domestic)	15	14	26.43	6.98	5/18
2011	T20I	1	2	12.50	6.25	2/25
2011	Test	12	20	38.05	2.93	7/120
2012	T20 (leagues & domestic)	16	6	64.00	7.11	2/13
2012	T20I	2	4	8.00	5.33	4/12
2012	Test	2	2	42.00	3.65	2/74
2013	T20 (leagues & domestic)	19	24	19.00	6.51	3/14
2013	Test	4	5	40.80	2.43	2/52
2014	T20 (leagues & domestic)	14	14	25.43	6.47	2/13
2015	ODI	7	10	32.20	4.60	2/35
2015	T20 (leagues & domestic)	15	18	24.78	7.82	3/27
2015	T20I	2	2	24.50	6.12	2/29
2015	Test	4	4	41.25	3.45	3/64
2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	19	18	26.17	7.03	3/8
2016	T20I	1	1	11.00	2.75	1/11
2017	T20 (leagues & domestic)	11	8	33.25	6.49	3/22
2018	T20 (leagues & domestic)	20	14	32.93	7.46	2/12
2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	13	16	22.56	7.52	3/20
2021	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	0	–	9.00	0/8

Harbhajan Singh against each team

vs Australia vs Sri Lanka vs South Africa vs West Indies vs England vs New Zealand vs Pakistan vs Bangladesh

Batting against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS	100	50
New Zealand	Test	9	417	52.12	71.6	115	2	2
Australia	Test	19	322	18.94	52.3	63	0	4
England	Test	13	205	18.64	73.5	46	0	0
South Africa	Test	13	182	14.00	56.2	40	0	0
Sri Lanka	Test	16	166	11.86	57.4	40	0	0
West Indies	Test	8	154	30.80	57.0	70	0	1
Pakistan	Test	3	43	14.33	72.9	38	0	0
Bangladesh	Test	3	28	14.00	62.2	13	0	0
Australia	ODI	19	234	15.60	97.1	49	0	0
West Indies	ODI	10	165	23.57	74.3	41	0	0
South Africa	ODI	14	136	13.60	90.1	37	0	0
Pakistan	ODI	9	125	31.25	87.4	38	0	0
England	ODI	8	96	19.20	82.1	41	0	0
Sri Lanka	ODI	15	96	8.00	56.1	17	0	0
New Zealand	ODI	4	20	5.00	66.7	14	0	0
West Indies	T20I	3	42	42.00	200.0	15	0	0
Australia	T20I	3	15	7.50	100.0	13	0	0
South Africa	T20I	3	14	7.00	87.5	14	0	0
Chennai Super Kings	T20 (leagues & domestic)	16	171	15.55	140.2	33	0	0
Punjab Kings	T20 (leagues & domestic)	12	136	15.11	144.7	64	0	1
Delhi Capitals	T20 (leagues & domestic)	11	99	12.38	135.6	33	0	0
Deccan Chargers	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	86	43.00	220.5	49	0	0
Kolkata Knight Riders	T20 (leagues & domestic)	9	74	12.33	132.1	30	0	0
Royal Challengers Bengaluru	T20 (leagues & domestic)	10	69	11.50	138.0	20	0	0
Rajasthan Royals	T20 (leagues & domestic)	9	66	66.00	165.0	18	0	0
Pune Warriors	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	29	14.50	131.8	16	0	0
Sunrisers Hyderabad	T20 (leagues & domestic)	7	29	9.67	61.7	21	0	0
Gujarat Lions	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	11	3.67	57.9	8	0	0
Mumbai Indians	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	11	5.50	110.0	8	0	0

Bowling against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
South Africa	Test	17	57	26.95	2.84	7/87
Australia	Test	25	50	38.82	2.82	5/29
Sri Lanka	Test	18	42	36.14	3.19	7/62
New Zealand	Test	11	28	32.54	2.62	6/63
West Indies	Test	10	22	24.68	2.76	5/13
England	Test	16	15	64.40	3.03	4/68
Pakistan	Test	8	10	62.00	3.10	5/122
Bangladesh	Test	6	6	44.17	2.99	3/64
Sri Lanka	ODI	29	37	29.78	4.37	5/56
England	ODI	15	25	23.20	4.14	5/31
Australia	ODI	26	23	48.30	4.53	2/23
West Indies	ODI	17	19	31.42	3.98	3/32
South Africa	ODI	15	17	41.06	4.85	3/53
Pakistan	ODI	13	12	50.92	4.93	2/43
New Zealand	ODI	9	9	40.11	4.88	3/27
Zimbabwe	ODI	6	8	25.00	3.81	2/35
Kenya	ODI	3	5	21.20	3.53	3/33
Bangladesh	ODI	6	4	63.25	4.69	1/32
England	T20I	3	8	9.62	6.42	4/12
New Zealand	T20I	3	4	14.50	4.83	2/24
South Africa	T20I	5	4	31.50	6.63	2/31
Australia	T20I	5	2	41.50	5.19	1/17
West Indies	T20I	3	2	36.00	6.00	2/25
Chennai Super Kings	T20 (leagues & domestic)	21	24	21.04	6.56	5/18
Delhi Capitals	T20 (leagues & domestic)	22	24	23.46	6.91	4/17
Royal Challengers Bengaluru	T20 (leagues & domestic)	23	23	26.17	7.34	3/20
Punjab Kings	T20 (leagues & domestic)	22	22	27.50	7.56	3/14
Kolkata Knight Riders	T20 (leagues & domestic)	19	15	30.20	7.19	3/27
Rajasthan Royals	T20 (leagues & domestic)	13	11	33.64	8.04	3/23
Deccan Chargers	T20 (leagues & domestic)	8	9	20.11	6.24	3/31
Sunrisers Hyderabad	T20 (leagues & domestic)	13	8	42.12	7.49	2/23
Pune Warriors	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	6	14.17	5.00	2/18
Gujarat Lions	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	3	33.67	7.21	1/22
Rising Pune Supergiant	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	3	23.00	6.27	1/20
Mumbai Indians	T20 (leagues & domestic)	6	2	63.00	6.35	1/20

Top grounds (batting)

Most runs by ground
Ground	Inns	Runs	Avg	HS
Wankhede Stadium	40	428	17.83	64
Narendra Modi Stadium	8	274	45.67	115
Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium	15	183	15.25	38
Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium	7	169	84.50	111
MA Chidambaram Stadium	14	163	14.82	40
Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium	8	141	23.50	52
Sabina Park	7	122	24.40	70
Eden Gardens	7	109	27.25	32
SuperSport Park	8	95	13.57	28
M Chinnaswamy Stadium	9	92	11.50	54

Top grounds (bowling)

Most wickets by ground
Ground	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ
Wankhede Stadium	56	61	26.31	5.88
MA Chidambaram Stadium	28	42	31.76	3.68
Eden Gardens	18	34	22.47	3.12
Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium	22	33	32.42	3.42
Arun Jaitley Stadium	22	23	27.22	4.91
Green Park	10	22	25.27	2.90
M Chinnaswamy Stadium	21	21	48.24	3.79
Narendra Modi Stadium	8	20	33.35	3.19
Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium	8	18	34.00	3.68
R Premadasa Stadium	9	16	20.12	4.37

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	114	79	144.3	3	857	31	6.82
T20	Middle	224	233	96.1	19	3042	123	6.75
T20	Death	724	494	146.6	49	417	37	8.06
ODI	Powerplay	–	–	–	–	228	5	4.26
ODI	Middle	301	545	55.2	19	6866	126	4.20
ODI	Death	616	574	107.3	43	857	35	6.04

How Harbhajan Singh was dismissed

Caught119 (57%)
Bowled37 (18%)
Lbw25 (12%)
Run out15 (7%)
Stumped6 (3%)
Caught and bowled5 (2%)

How Harbhajan Singh took wickets

Caught346
Bowled86
Lbw74
Stumped55
Caught and bowled29
Hit wicket1

Last 20 innings

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Harbhajan Singh: runs in the last 20 innings
Innings	Runs
9 Apr 2017	1
12 Apr 2017	3
22 Apr 2017	2
24 Apr 2017	7
29 Apr 2017	0
8 May 2017	1
11 May 2017	2
12 Jan 2018	1
14 Jan 2018	5
21 Jan 2018	33
22 Jan 2018	11
25 Jan 2018	32
7 Apr 2018	8
20 May 2018	19
22 May 2018	2
22 Feb 2019	2
24 Feb 2019	1
26 Apr 2019	1
13 Apr 2021	2
18 Apr 2021	2

Most recent batting innings in the data
Date	Format	Against	Score	Balls	How out	Ground
18 Apr 2021	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	2*	2	not out	MA Chidambaram Stadium
13 Apr 2021	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Mumbai Indians	2*	2	not out	MA Chidambaram Stadium
26 Apr 2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Mumbai Indians	1	3	caught	MA Chidambaram Stadium
24 Feb 2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Saurashtra	1	5	caught	Emerald Heights International School Ground
22 Feb 2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Mumbai	2	8	stumped	Emerald Heights International School Ground
22 May 2018	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Sunrisers Hyderabad	2	9	run out	Wankhede Stadium
20 May 2018	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Punjab Kings	19	22	lbw	Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium
7 Apr 2018	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Mumbai Indians	8	5	caught	Wankhede Stadium
25 Jan 2018	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Rajasthan	32	31	caught	Eden Gardens
22 Jan 2018	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Mumbai	11	7	run out	JU Second Campus
21 Jan 2018	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Karnataka	33	19	caught	JU Second Campus
14 Jan 2018	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Jammu & Kashmir	5	7	caught	Arun Jaitley Stadium
12 Jan 2018	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Haryana	1	4	lbw	Arun Jaitley Stadium
11 May 2017	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Punjab Kings	2*	4	not out	Wankhede Stadium
8 May 2017	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Sunrisers Hyderabad	1*	3	not out	Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium
29 Apr 2017	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Gujarat Lions	0	1	lbw	Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium
24 Apr 2017	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Rising Pune Supergiant	7*	2	not out	Wankhede Stadium
22 Apr 2017	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Delhi Capitals	2	2	run out	Wankhede Stadium
12 Apr 2017	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Sunrisers Hyderabad	3*	3	not out	Wankhede Stadium
9 Apr 2017	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Kolkata Knight Riders	1*	1	not out	Wankhede Stadium

Last 20 bowling innings

Most recent bowling innings in the data
Date	Format	Against	Figures	Overs	Mdns	Ground
18 Apr 2021	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	0/38	4	0	MA Chidambaram Stadium
13 Apr 2021	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Mumbai Indians	0/17	2	0	MA Chidambaram Stadium
11 Apr 2021	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Sunrisers Hyderabad	0/8	1	0	MA Chidambaram Stadium
12 May 2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Mumbai Indians	0/27	4	0	Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium
10 May 2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Delhi Capitals	2/31	4	0	Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium
7 May 2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Mumbai Indians	1/25	4	0	MA Chidambaram Stadium
5 May 2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Punjab Kings	3/57	4	0	Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium
1 May 2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Delhi Capitals	1/28	4	0	MA Chidambaram Stadium
26 Apr 2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Mumbai Indians	0/23	4	0	MA Chidambaram Stadium
23 Apr 2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Sunrisers Hyderabad	2/39	4	0	MA Chidambaram Stadium
9 Apr 2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Kolkata Knight Riders	2/15	4	0	MA Chidambaram Stadium
6 Apr 2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Punjab Kings	2/17	4	1	MA Chidambaram Stadium
26 Mar 2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Delhi Capitals	0/30	4	0	Arun Jaitley Stadium
23 Mar 2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	3/20	4	0	MA Chidambaram Stadium
24 Feb 2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Saurashtra	0/22	2	0	Emerald Heights International School Ground
22 Feb 2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Mumbai	0/27	2	0	Emerald Heights International School Ground
20 May 2018	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Punjab Kings	0/13	1	0	Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium
18 May 2018	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Delhi Capitals	0/24	2	0	Arun Jaitley Stadium
13 May 2018	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Sunrisers Hyderabad	0/26	2	0	Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium
11 May 2018	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Rajasthan Royals	1/29	2	0	Sawai Mansingh Stadium

Batter vs bowler matchups

Batters Harbhajan Singh bowled to most

Kumar Sangakkara vs Harbhajan Singh951 balls
Jacques Kallis vs Harbhajan Singh765 balls
Michael Hussey vs Harbhajan Singh700 balls
Hashim Amla vs Harbhajan Singh666 balls
Mahela Jayawardene vs Harbhajan Singh664 balls
AB de Villiers vs Harbhajan Singh616 balls
Ricky Ponting vs Harbhajan Singh594 balls
Matthew Hayden vs Harbhajan Singh581 balls
Michael Clarke vs Harbhajan Singh537 balls
Tillakaratne Dilshan vs Harbhajan Singh534 balls
Shivnarine Chanderpaul vs Harbhajan Singh460 balls
Jesse Ryder vs Harbhajan Singh412 balls

Frequently asked questions

How many wickets has Harbhajan Singh taken in Tests?

234 wickets in 113 innings at an average of 35.96, economy 2.90, best figures 7/62.

How many wickets has Harbhajan Singh taken in ODIs?

166 wickets in 145 innings at an average of 35.14, economy 4.40, best figures 5/31.

How many runs has Harbhajan Singh scored in Tests?

1,554 runs in 85 innings (61 matches) at an average of 21.00 and a strike rate of 62.6, in the data from 2001 to 2015.

How many runs has Harbhajan Singh scored in ODIs?

917 runs in 85 innings (154 matches) at an average of 14.79 and a strike rate of 81.9, in the data from 2002 to 2015.

How many runs has Harbhajan Singh scored in T20Is?

108 runs in 13 innings (26 matches) at an average of 13.50 and a strike rate of 124.1, in the data from 2006 to 2016.

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