PLAYER CAREER

Murali Vijay

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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India2008–2018

Scorecard coverage and data completeness

Career snapshots and available scorecards have different scopes. These counts describe recorded batting or bowling innings, not every international appearance.

Player archive coverage
Format	Matches	Bat inns	Balls recorded	Boundaries recorded	First scorecard	Latest scorecard
Test	60	105	105	105	2008-11-06	2018-12-14
ODI	16	16	16	16	2010-02-27	2015-07-14
T20I	9	9	9	9	2010-05-01	2015-07-19

87Internationals

4,490Career runs

12Centuries

2Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 61
Innings: 105
Runs: 3,982
Average: 38.28
Strike rate: 46.29
Highest score: 167
Not outs: 1
100s: 12
50s: 15
Ducks: 8
4s: 467
6s: 33
Balls faced: 8,601

Bowling

Matches: 61
Innings: 18
Balls: 384
Maidens: 6
Runs conceded: 198
Wickets: 1
Average: 198.00
Economy: 3.09
Strike rate: 384.00
Best innings: 1/12
Best match: 1/23
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 61
Innings: 115
Catches: 49
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 49
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 49
Dismissals / inns: 0.426
Best innings: 2 (2ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 17
Innings: 16
Runs: 339
Average: 21.18
Strike rate: 66.99
Highest score: 72
Not outs: 0
100s: 0
50s: 1
Ducks: 0
4s: 33
6s: 3
Balls faced: 506

Bowling

Matches: 17
Innings: 2
Balls: 36
Maidens: 0
Runs conceded: 37
Wickets: 1
Average: 37.00
Economy: 6.16
Strike rate: 36.00
Best innings: 1/19
Best match: 1/19
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 17
Innings: 17
Catches: 9
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 9
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 9
Dismissals / inns: 0.529
Best innings: 2 (2ct 0st)

T20I

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 9
Innings: 9
Runs: 169
Average: 18.77
Strike rate: 109.74
Highest score: 48
Not outs: 0
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 1
4s: 13
6s: 8
Balls faced: 154

Bowling

Matches: 9
Innings: 1
Balls: 12
Maidens: 0
Runs conceded: 9
Wickets: 0
Average: N/A
Economy: 4.50
Strike rate: N/A
Best innings: -
Best match: -
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 9
Innings: 9
Catches: 3
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 3
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 3
Dismissals / inns: 0.333
Best innings: 1 (1ct 0st)

Career records checked: 2026-09-07. — means not recorded; N/A means the statistic does not apply. Career totals are independent of the scorecard archive.

Explore this player’s available match data

93 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters below apply to this archive only.

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
2018-12-14	Australia v India	Test	Australia won by 146 runs
2018-12-06	India v Australia	Test	India won by 31 runs
2018-08-09	India v England	Test	England won by an innings and 159 runs
2018-08-01	England v India	Test	England won by 31 runs
2018-06-14	Afghanistan v India	Test	India won by inns & 262 runs
2018-01-24	India v South Africa	Test	India won by 63 runs
2018-01-13	South Africa v India	Test	South Africa won by 135 runs
2018-01-05	South Africa v India	Test	South Africa won by 72 runs
2017-12-02	India v Sri Lanka	Test	Match drawn
2017-11-24	Sri Lanka v India	Test	India won by an innings and 239 runs
2017-03-25	India v Australia	Test	India won by 8 wickets
2017-03-16	India v Australia	Test	Match drawn

India

THE SHAPE OF A CAREER

Performance by year

Available scorecards

Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.

Test

Test · Runs by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact runs at right

200874 runs
200987 runs
2010376 runs
201172 runs
2013647 runs
2014852 runs
2015522 runs
2016550 runs
2017520 runs
2018282 runs

Test · Wickets by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact wickets at right

20130 wickets
20141 wickets
20150 wickets
20160 wickets
20170 wickets
20180 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 10 seasons

Test archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
2018	8	15	282	105	18.80	38.05	1	0	34	1	741	3	0	N/A	3.44	N/A
2017	6	10	520	155	52.00	53.60	3	1	52	3	970	2	0	N/A	5.00	N/A
2016	9	15	550	136	36.66	42.56	2	2	59	8	1,292	3	0	N/A	3.07	N/A
2015	7	12	522	150	47.45	49.06	1	3	50	6	1,064	2	0	N/A	0.66	N/A
2014	10	20	852	146	42.60	44.84	2	5	110	6	1,900	7	1	102.00	3.00	204.00
2013	8	13	647	167	49.76	46.95	2	2	94	6	1,378	1	0	N/A	3.00	N/A
2011	3	6	72	45	12.00	36.36	0	0	6	0	198	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
2010	7	11	376	139	34.18	46.82	1	1	45	2	803	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
2009	1	1	87	87	87.00	71.90	0	1	10	1	121	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
2008	1	2	74	41	37.00	55.22	0	0	7	0	134	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A

ODI

ODI · Runs by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact runs at right

2010178 runs
201118 runs
201357 runs
201586 runs

ODI · Wickets by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact wickets at right

20151 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 4 seasons

ODI archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
2015	3	3	86	72	28.66	68.80	1	3	2	125	2	1	37.00	6.16	36.00
2013	2	2	57	30	28.50	89.06	0	7	0	64	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
2011	3	3	18	16	6.00	41.86	0	3	0	43	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
2010	8	8	178	33	22.25	64.96	0	20	1	274	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A

T20I

T20I · Runs by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact runs at right

2010108 runs
201114 runs
201547 runs

T20I · Wickets by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact wickets at right

20150 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 3 seasons

T20I archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
2015	2	2	47	34	23.50	156.66	5	2	30	1	N/A	4.50	N/A
2011	1	1	14	14	14.00	116.66	3	0	12	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
2010	6	6	108	48	18.00	96.42	5	6	112	0	N/A	N/A	N/A

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.

2008-11-06
First available scorecard
Test v Australia · Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha
2010-10-09
First century in this archive · 139 runs
Test v Australia · M Chinnaswamy Stadium
2013-03-02
Highest recorded innings · 167 runs
Test v Australia · Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal
2014-07-17
Best recorded bowling · 1/12
Test v England · Lord's
2018-12-14
Latest available scorecard
Test v Australia · Perth Stadium