JJ Bumrah

Bowler, India, 52 Tests, 2018-2025. Debut v South Africa, 2018

20.3Adjusted bowling average, 1st 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 19.8. It could reasonably be anywhere from 18.9 to 23.8.

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

1JJ BumrahIndia20.3

2SM BolandAustralia20.4 3VD PhilanderSouth Africa21.6 4PJ CumminsAustralia21.8 5DW SteynSouth Africa21.9 6RJ HarrisAustralia21.9 7OE RobinsonEngland22.3

Every bowler on one chart

Season by seasonBowling, as recorded

Year	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ
2018	48	1009	21.02	2.66
2019	14	184	13.14	2.55
2020	14	379	27.07	2.86
2021	30	796	26.53	2.58
2022	22	447	20.32	2.95
2023	4	69	17.25	2.59
2024	71	1060	14.93	2.97
2025	31	687	22.16	2.82
Career	234	4631	19.79	2.77

Percentile rankingsvs all Test players (2001–)

PoorAverageGreat

Bowling

Value

Adjusted avg

100

20.5

Volume

Wickets

234

5 wkts

Quality

Average

19.79

Strike rate

42.9

Economy

2.77

Conditions

Away average

20.01

Batting

Value

Adjusted avg

8.5

Value / inns

1.2

Volume

Runs

348

Average

6.57

Hundreds

Quality

Strike rate

41.3

Consistency

Conditions

Away average

Career arc

Batting by opposition

Opp	Inns	Runs	Avg
England	27	203	9.67
South Africa	19	56	4.67
Australia	15	52	4.73
New Zealand	10	25	3.57
Bangladesh	2	8	8.00
West Indies	2	4	—
Sri Lanka	1	0	—

Bowling by opposition

Opp	Wkts	Avg	Best	5w
England	74	22.89	6/45	5
Australia	64	17.16	6/33	4
South Africa	46	20.37	6/61	4
West Indies	20	13.10	6/27	2
Bangladesh	11	12.82	4/50	0
Sri Lanka	10	9.00	5/24	1
New Zealand	9	45.44	3/62	0

Home & away

Home

6.85bat avg

17.71bowl avg

Away

7bat avg

20.01bowl avg

Neutral

0bat avg

—bowl avg

Batting by innings

Inns	Bat	Runs	Avg
1st	26	152	8.94
2nd	20	78	4.88
3rd	19	90	6.43
4th	12	28	4.67

Recent formLast 10 Tests

v South Africa5 & 12/97Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati2025-11-22 v South Africa1 & 06/51Eden Gardens, Kolkata2025-11-14 v West Indies—4/84Arun Jaitley Stadium2025-10-10 v West Indies—3/58Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad2025-10-02 v England42/112Old Trafford2025-07-23 v England0 & 57/112Lord's2025-07-10 v England0 & 05/140Headingley2025-06-20 v Australia22 & 02/33Sydney Cricket Ground2025-01-03 v Australia0 & 09/156Melbourne Cricket Ground2024-12-26 v Australia109/94Brisbane Cricket Ground2024-12-14

Full recordAs recorded, 2001 to now

Innings: 77
Not outs: 24
Runs: 348
Average: 6.57
Strike rate: 41.3
Highest: 34*
Hundreds: 0
Fifties: 0
Ducks: 28

Wickets: 234
Average: 19.79
Economy: 2.77
Strike rate: 42.9
Best: 6/27
5 wickets: 16
10 wkt match: 0
Balls: 10031