India- IPL runs
- 2,955
- Average
- 27.88
- Strike rate
- 146.3
- Highest
- 91
Career
Hardik Pandya is the seam-bowling allrounder India spent two decades looking for: a lower-middle-order batter with the range to clear the boundary from the first ball he faces, and a bowler quick enough to be a genuine fourth or fifth option rather than a part-timer.
That combination is what allows India to play five bowlers in white-ball cricket without weakening the batting, and his availability has repeatedly determined the balance of the side. Back surgery in 2019 forced a period bowling little or not at all, and the gradual restoration of his bowling workload was a significant part of India's planning.
He captained Gujarat Titans to the IPL title in their debut season in 2022 and has led India in T20 internationals.
Highlights
- Captained Gujarat Titans to the IPL title in their debut season, 2022
- Key allrounder in India's 2024 T20 World Cup winning side
- Enables India to field five bowling options without weakening the batting
- Returned to full bowling duties after 2019 back surgery
Overview
What the figures show
Twelve IPL seasons, from 2015 to 2026, stand behind Hardik Pandya's 2,955 runs in the competition. The best of the seasons was 2022 — 487 runs, 85 more than the next-best campaign. 91 in 2019 remains the biggest single innings of it. Fifty has been passed ten times. That strike rate of 146.3 is 10.9 above the 135.37 median for the 182 batters with 300 or more IPL balls in this data. Fours and sixes account for roughly 62% of the total — 228 and 155 of them.
The clubs, in order: Mumbai Indians (2015–2021), Gujarat Titans (2022–2023) and Mumbai Indians (2024–2026). Most of the runs, 1,476 of them, came in the Mumbai Indians years. With the ball there are 82 IPL wickets from roughly 294 overs, each costing 33.56 runs. That is a wicket every 22 balls. Set against the 102 bowlers here with 300 IPL balls or more, an economy rate of 9.35 is costlier than their 8.17 median.
International
Career record
| Format | M | Inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 10 | 17 | 461 | 108 | 28.81 | 73.6 | 1 | 3 |
| ODI | 92 | 67 | 1,897 | 92* | 33.28 | 111.1 | 0 | 11 |
| T20I | 136 | 107 | 2,221 | 71* | 27.76 | 145.1 | 0 | 9 |
| IPL | 162 | 153 | 2,964 | 91 | 27.70 | 146.4 | 0 | 10 |
Indian Premier League
Season by season
| Season | Team | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | MI | 8 | 3 | 112 | 61 | 22.40 | 180.6 | 9 | 8 |
| 2016 | MI | 9 | 2 | 44 | 9 | 6.30 | 69.8 | 4 | 0 |
| 2017 | MI | 16 | 9 | 250 | 35 | 35.70 | 156.3 | 11 | 20 |
| 2018 | MI | 13 | 4 | 260 | 50 | 28.90 | 133.3 | 20 | 11 |
| 2019 | MI | 15 | 6 | 402 | 91 | 44.70 | 191.4 | 28 | 29 |
| 2020 | MI | 13 | 5 | 281 | 60 | 35.10 | 179.0 | 14 | 25 |
| 2021 | MI | 11 | 2 | 127 | 40 | 14.10 | 113.4 | 11 | 5 |
| 2022 | GT | 15 | 4 | 487 | 87 | 44.30 | 131.3 | 49 | 12 |
| 2023 | GT | 15 | 4 | 346 | 66 | 31.50 | 136.8 | 26 | 15 |
| 2024 | MI | 13 | 1 | 216 | 46 | 18.00 | 143.0 | 17 | 11 |
| 2025 | MI | 12 | 3 | 224 | 48 | 24.90 | 163.5 | 18 | 12 |
| 2026 | MI | 10 | 1 | 206 | 40 | 22.90 | 138.3 | 21 | 7 |
| Total | 12 seasons | 150 | 44 | 2,955 | 91 | 27.88 | 146.3 | 228 | 155 |
IPL bowling
- Wickets
- 82
- Economy
- 9.35
- Average
- 33.56
- Balls bowled
- 1,766
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About Hardik Pandya
How many IPL runs has Hardik Pandya scored?
Hardik Pandya has scored 2,955 runs in the IPL across 12 seasons, averaging 27.88 at a strike rate of 146.29. The highest score is 91.
How many IPL wickets has Hardik Pandya taken?
Hardik Pandya has taken 82 IPL wickets at an economy rate of 9.35 and an average of 33.56.
Which IPL teams has Hardik Pandya played for?
Hardik Pandya has appeared for Mumbai Indians and Gujarat Titans in the IPL.
What is Hardik Pandya's playing style?
Hardik Pandya is a right-hand bat who bowls right-arm fast medium, listed as a allrounder.
Why is Hardik Pandya important to India's team balance?
As a genuine seam-bowling allrounder he lets India field five bowling options while keeping batting depth, which is otherwise difficult to achieve in limited-overs cricket.
What is Hardik Pandya's bowling style?
Right-arm fast-medium. He operates as a fourth or fifth seam option and can bowl in the powerplay and at the death.
Has Hardik Pandya captained in the IPL?
Yes. He captained Gujarat Titans to the title in their inaugural 2022 season and later captained Mumbai Indians.
Did injury affect Hardik Pandya's career?
Yes. Back surgery in 2019 limited his bowling for an extended period, and managing his bowling workload has been a continuing consideration in his selection.
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How this page was worked out
Where these figures come from
Sources for this profile
- IPL figures computed from ball-by-ball records of 1,243 IPL matches.
- International figures computed from Cricsheet ball-by-ball data, used under the Open Data Commons Attribution License 1.0.
- Date of birth, playing style and photograph come from a third-party player feed, matched by name.
How the numbers are derived
- A wide is not a ball faced; a no ball is.
- Byes and leg byes are not charged to the bowler; wides and no balls are.
- Six kinds of dismissal are credited to a bowler. A run out is not one of them.
- An average is runs over dismissals, and is left blank rather than shown as infinite.
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What this page does not cover
- Only the competitions named above. A record elsewhere in this player’s career is not counted here and is not implied by these totals.
- Ball-by-ball coverage of Test cricket begins in 2001 and of ODIs in 2002.
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