B Kumar

Bowling all-rounder, India, 21 Tests, 2013-2018. Debut v Australia, 2013

27.3Adjusted bowling average, 41st of 137 bowlers: runs per wicket once the batters he bowled at, the grounds and the conditions are allowed for, so lower is better. Raw 26.1. It could reasonably be anywhere from 23.7 to 34.1.

His T20 ratings

Where his adjusted bowling average could be. The shaded part is the 89% range; the taller the curve, the likelier.

Where he sits

38Abdur RehmanPakistan27.0 39IE O'BrienNew Zealand27.1 40Mohammed SirajIndia27.2

41B KumarIndia27.3

42Nauman AliPakistan27.5 43TG SoutheeNew Zealand27.5 44CS MartinNew Zealand27.6

Every bowler on one chart

Season by seasonBowling, as recorded

Year	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ
2013	9	341	37.89	3.28
2014	19	506	26.63	2.93
2015	1	168	168.00	4.00
2016	13	195	15.00	2.28
2017	11	231	21.00	2.67
2018	10	203	20.30	3.03
Career	63	1644	26.10	2.95

Percentile rankingsvs all Test players (2001–)

PoorAverageGreat

Bowling

Value

Adjusted avg

27.4

Volume

Wickets

5 wkts

Quality

Average

26.1

Strike rate

53.1

Economy

2.95

Conditions

Away average

Batting

Value

Adjusted avg

22.8

Value / inns

20.7

Volume

Runs

552

Average

22.08

Hundreds

Quality

Conversion

Strike rate

45.1

Consistency

Conditions

Away average

28.43

Career arc

Batting by opposition

Opp	Inns	Runs	Avg
England	11	256	25.60
Australia	7	130	26.00
South Africa	4	101	33.67
New Zealand	2	28	14.00
Sri Lanka	2	21	10.50
West Indies	3	16	5.33

Bowling by opposition

Opp	Wkts	Avg	Best	5w
England	20	28.30	6/82	2
South Africa	10	20.30	4/87	0
Australia	9	52.78	3/31	0
West Indies	9	17.89	5/33	1
Sri Lanka	8	12.00	4/8	0
New Zealand	6	12.67	5/48	1
Bangladesh	1	67.00	1/52	0

Home & away

Home

14bat avg

26.22bowl avg

Away

28.43bat avg

26bowl avg

Batting by innings

Inns	Bat	Runs	Avg
1st	8	147	18.38
2nd	11	179	17.90
3rd	7	193	32.17
4th	3	33	33.00

Recent formLast 10 Tests

v South Africa30 & 334/83Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg2018-01-24 v South Africa25 & 136/120Newlands, Cape Town2018-01-05 v Sri Lanka13 & 88/96Eden Gardens, Kolkata2017-11-16 v Australia02/68Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala2017-03-25 v Bangladesh—1/67Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal2017-02-09 v England91/60Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai2016-12-08 v New Zealand5 & 236/76Eden Gardens, Kolkata2016-09-30 v West Indies—0/13Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad2016-08-18 v West Indies06/46Darren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia2016-08-09 v Australia30 & 201/168Sydney Cricket Ground2015-01-06

Full recordAs recorded, 2001 to now

Innings: 29
Not outs: 4
Runs: 552
Average: 22.08
Strike rate: 45.1
Highest: 63*
Hundreds: 0
Fifties: 3
Ducks: 4

Wickets: 63
Average: 26.10
Economy: 2.95
Strike rate: 53.1
Best: 6/82
5 wickets: 4
10 wkt match: 0
Balls: 3348