I Sharma

Bowler, India, 104 Tests, 2007-2021. Debut v Bangladesh, 2007

29.2Adjusted bowling average, 61st 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 32.7. It could reasonably be anywhere from 27.6 to 33.5.

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

58Shaheen Shah AfridiPakistan28.9 59A FlintoffEngland29.0 60Kuldeep YadavIndia29.0

61I SharmaIndia29.2

62MS PanesarEngland29.3 63AM FernandoSri Lanka29.4 64JO HolderWest Indies29.4

Every bowler on one chart

Season by seasonBowling, as recorded

Year	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ
2007	6	189	31.50	3.62
2008	38	1201	31.61	3.06
2009	10	469	46.90	3.68
2010	33	1240	37.58	3.83
2011	43	1578	36.70	3.23
2012	7	529	75.57	3.29
2013	12	578	48.17	3.09
2014	38	1192	31.37	3.45
2015	14	441	31.50	2.77
2016	11	316	28.73	2.75
2017	14	528	37.71	2.94
2018	37	849	22.95	2.63
2019	25	389	15.56	2.87
2020	5	76	15.20	3.26
2021	14	458	32.71	2.72
Career	307	10033	32.68	3.15

Percentile rankingsvs all Test players (2001–)

PoorAverageGreat

Bowling

Value

Adjusted avg

29.3

Volume

Wickets

307

5 wkts

Quality

Average

32.68

Strike rate

62.2

Economy

3.15

Conditions

Away average

32.93

Batting

Value

Adjusted avg

9.9

Value / inns

1.8

Volume

Runs

778

Average

8.28

Hundreds

Quality

Conversion

Strike rate

30.5

Consistency

Conditions

Away average

8.71

Career arc

Batting by opposition

Opp	Inns	Runs	Avg
England	38	182	7.00
Australia	39	180	6.92
Sri Lanka	17	133	13.30
West Indies	11	116	14.50
New Zealand	12	83	8.30
South Africa	18	63	5.73
Bangladesh	4	21	7.00
Pakistan	1	0	—

Bowling by opposition

Opp	Wkts	Avg	Best	5w
England	67	32.40	7/74	2
Australia	59	42.20	4/41	0
West Indies	46	23.91	6/55	3
New Zealand	38	25.50	6/51	3
Sri Lanka	36	35.89	5/54	1
South Africa	31	43.52	4/79	0
Bangladesh	25	20.88	5/22	1
Pakistan	5	28.00	5/118	1

Home & away

Home

7.24bat avg

32.46bowl avg

Away

8.71bat avg

32.93bowl avg

Neutral

5bat avg

23bowl avg

Batting by innings

Inns	Bat	Runs	Avg
1st	43	208	6.93
2nd	44	284	9.47
3rd	35	184	9.20
4th	18	102	7.29

Recent formLast 10 Tests

v New Zealand00/55Green Park, Kanpur2021-11-25 v England8 & 20/92Headingley2021-08-25 v England8 & 165/82Lord's2021-08-12 v New Zealand4 & 13/69The Rose Bowl, Southampton2021-06-18 v England00/23Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad2021-03-04 v England101/26Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad2021-02-24 v England0 & 72/35MA Chidambaram Stadium2021-02-13 v England4 & 53/76MA Chidambaram Stadium2021-02-05 v New Zealand5 & 125/76Basin Reserve, Wellington2020-02-21 v Bangladesh09/78Eden Gardens, Kolkata2019-11-22

Full recordAs recorded, 2001 to now

Innings: 140
Not outs: 46
Runs: 778
Average: 8.28
Strike rate: 30.5
Highest: 57
Hundreds: 0
Fifties: 1
Ducks: 33

Wickets: 307
Average: 32.68
Economy: 3.15
Strike rate: 62.2
Best: 7/74
5 wickets: 11
10 wkt match: 1
Balls: 19088