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Royal Challengers Bengaluru · Men's cricket

Varun Aaron stats

Data through 20 October 2022Last updated 20 October 2022

Coverage: matches in the Cricsheet data from 23 April 2011 to 20 October 2022. Older matches, and matches against Afghanistan, are not included, so totals can be lower than official career figures.

Varun Aaron played 9 Tests, 9 ODIs for India in the data, between 2011 and 2022. Varun Aaron took 70 T20 league wickets in the data (average 31.13, economy 9.01, best 3/16).

International matches

Tests 9 · ODIs 9

International wickets

0 five-wicket hauls

T20 league & domestic matches

64 runs

Best bowling

4/31

List A

Teams played for

Royal Challengers Bengaluru 2014–2016 · 24Jharkhand 2016–2021 · 18India 2011–2015 · 18Delhi Capitals 2011–2012 · 12Leicestershire 2018 · 8Rajasthan Royals 2019–2020 · 8Punjab Kings 2017 · 6Baroda 2022 · 4Gujarat Titans 2022 · 2Durham 2014 · 2

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Varun Aaron batting record by format

Batting by format
Format	M	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	0	4s	6s
Test	9	14	5	35	9	3.89	110	31.8	1	4	0
ODI	9	3	2	8	6*	8.00	15	53.3	1	1	0
T20 (leagues & domestic)	74	21	12	64	17*	7.11	115	55.7	4	2	3
First-class	4	6	1	28	13	5.60	64	43.8	1	5	0
List A	6	3	2	25	14*	25.00	30	83.3	0	4	0

Runs per year

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Varun Aaron: runs per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Runs
2011	12
2012	1
2014	79
2015	12
2016	2
2017	4
2018	37
2019	3
2020	1
2021	0
2022	9

Year-by-year batting (18 rows)

Batting by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS
2011	ODI	1	6	–	54.5	6
2011	T20 (leagues & domestic)	1	0	–	0.0	0
2011	Test	2	6	6.00	31.6	4
2012	T20 (leagues & domestic)	2	1	0.50	33.3	1
2014	First-class	3	19	9.50	59.4	13
2014	ODI	2	2	2.00	50.0	2
2014	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	35	–	102.9	17
2014	Test	8	23	3.83	33.8	9
2015	T20 (leagues & domestic)	1	6	6.00	200.0	6
2015	Test	4	6	3.00	26.1	4
2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	2	2	–	40.0	2
2017	T20 (leagues & domestic)	2	4	4.00	40.0	4
2018	First-class	3	9	3.00	28.1	8
2018	List A	3	25	25.00	83.3	14
2018	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	3	1.00	9.7	3
2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	3	–	42.9	3
2020	T20 (leagues & domestic)	2	1	1.00	10.0	1
2022	T20 (leagues & domestic)	2	9	9.00	128.6	9

Varun Aaron bowling record by format

Bowling by format
Format	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	Mdns
Test	14	1,189	947	18	3/97	3/97	52.61	4.78	66.1	0	12
ODI	9	380	419	11	3/24	–	38.09	6.62	34.5	0	1
T20 (leagues & domestic)	72	1,451	2,179	70	3/16	–	31.13	9.01	20.7	0	3
First-class	6	531	336	6	2/72	2/81	56.00	3.80	88.5	0	14
List A	6	306	326	7	4/31	–	46.57	6.39	43.7	1	1

Wickets per year

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Varun Aaron: wickets per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Wickets
2011	11
2012	8
2014	34
2015	8
2016	5
2017	7
2018	17
2019	17
2020	0
2021	0
2022	5

Year-by-year bowling (19 rows)

Bowling by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
2011	ODI	4	6	26.00	5.54	3/24
2011	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	2	41.00	6.83	1/20
2011	Test	2	3	43.00	4.03	3/106
2012	T20 (leagues & domestic)	8	8	33.88	8.74	2/19
2014	First-class	3	3	36.00	3.32	2/81
2014	ODI	5	5	52.60	7.48	2/60
2014	T20 (leagues & domestic)	10	16	18.69	8.15	3/16
2014	Test	6	10	61.20	5.14	3/97
2015	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	3	59.00	10.21	2/24
2015	Test	6	5	41.20	4.38	1/3
2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	9	5	50.80	9.18	3/27
2017	T20 (leagues & domestic)	6	7	23.29	8.15	2/3
2018	First-class	3	3	76.00	4.07	2/72
2018	List A	6	7	46.57	6.39	4/31
2018	T20 (leagues & domestic)	7	7	37.86	10.06	2/24
2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	14	17	23.76	9.66	3/17
2020	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	0	–	11.75	0/22
2021	T20 (leagues & domestic)	1	0	–	9.00	0/27
2022	T20 (leagues & domestic)	6	5	28.60	7.94	2/16

Batting against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS
England	Test	4	12	4.00	29.3	9
Australia	Test	4	11	3.67	40.7	4
Punjab Kings	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	28	–	90.3	17
Kolkata Knight Riders	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	5	2.50	35.7	4

Bowling against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
Australia	Test	4	5	72.40	5.64	2/136
South Africa	Test	3	2	36.00	3.60	1/3
New Zealand	ODI	3	4	40.75	7.04	2/60
Kolkata Knight Riders	T20 (leagues & domestic)	9	8	31.25	8.43	3/16
Delhi Capitals	T20 (leagues & domestic)	7	7	19.14	7.44	2/3
Punjab Kings	T20 (leagues & domestic)	9	6	43.17	8.14	2/19
Sunrisers Hyderabad	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	6	28.00	9.16	2/33
Mumbai Indians	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	5	39.00	9.92	2/30
Chennai Super Kings	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	5	28.00	9.77	2/29
Nagaland	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	4	12.25	4.45	3/17
Royal Challengers Bengaluru	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	3	42.00	9.00	2/21

Top grounds (batting)

Most runs by ground
Ground	Inns	Runs	Avg	HS
M Chinnaswamy Stadium	4	23	23.00	17
Riverside Ground	3	21	7.00	13
Grace Road	3	16	8.00	14
Wankhede Stadium	3	13	13.00	7
Dubai International Cricket Stadium	2	11	–	11
Oakham School Ground	1	10	–	10
Old Trafford	2	10	10.00	9
Holkar Cricket Stadium	3	9	9.00	9
The Gabba	2	7	3.50	4
Eden Gardens	2	7	3.50	4

Top grounds (bowling)

Most wickets by ground
Ground	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ
Arun Jaitley Stadium	7	9	22.56	7.91
Wankhede Stadium	6	9	30.67	5.50
Holkar Cricket Stadium	6	7	19.43	6.80
Eden Gardens	6	6	28.17	8.45
M Chinnaswamy Stadium	14	6	77.33	9.70
JSCA International Stadium Complex	5	5	36.20	9.87
County Ground, Derby	1	4	7.75	4.43
Sharjah Cricket Stadium	3	4	12.50	5.56
Dubai International Cricket Stadium	3	4	20.25	8.24
Dr Gokaraju Laila Ganga Raju ACA Cricket Complex -DVR Ground	2	4	21.00	12.29

Batting and bowling by phase (limited overs)

T20 phases: overs 1–6, 7–15, 16–20. ODI phases: overs 1–10, 11–40, 41–50.
Format	Phase	Runs	Balls	SR	Outs	Bowl balls	Wkts	Econ
T20	Powerplay	0	3	0.0	0	588	22	8.45
T20	Middle	3	28	10.7	1	540	24	8.31
T20	Death	61	84	72.6	8	323	24	11.20
ODI	Powerplay	–	–	–	–	54	2	4.89
ODI	Middle	–	–	–	–	234	5	6.69
ODI	Death	8	15	53.3	1	92	4	7.43

How Varun Aaron was dismissed

Caught8 (32%)
Bowled7 (28%)
Run out5 (20%)
Lbw4 (16%)
Caught and bowled1 (4%)

How Varun Aaron took wickets

Caught81
Bowled25
Lbw5
Caught and bowled1

Last 20 innings

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Varun Aaron: runs in the last 20 innings
Innings	Runs
16 Jan 2016	2
2 May 2016	0
13 Apr 2017	4
5 May 2017	0
12 Jan 2018	0
21 Jan 2018	0
24 Jan 2018	3
27 Apr 2018	1
4 May 2018	8
4 May 2018	0
23 May 2018	1
27 May 2018	14
31 May 2018	10
28 Feb 2019	0
10 Mar 2019	0
4 May 2019	3
9 Oct 2020	1
1 Nov 2020	0
14 Oct 2022	0
20 Oct 2022	9

Most recent batting innings in the data
Date	Format	Against	Score	Balls	How out	Ground
20 Oct 2022	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Himachal Pradesh	9*	6	not out	Holkar Cricket Stadium
14 Oct 2022	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Gujarat	0	1	run out	Holkar Cricket Stadium
1 Nov 2020	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Kolkata Knight Riders	0*	8	not out	Dubai International Cricket Stadium
9 Oct 2020	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Delhi Capitals	1	2	caught	Sharjah Cricket Stadium
4 May 2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Delhi Capitals	3*	7	not out	Arun Jaitley Stadium
10 Mar 2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Bengal	0*	0	not out	Holkar Cricket Stadium
28 Feb 2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Andhra	0*	0	not out	Dr Gokaraju Laila Ganga Raju ACA Cricket Complex -DVR Ground
31 May 2018	List A	Lancashire	10*	18	not out	Oakham School Ground
27 May 2018	List A	Yorkshire	14*	8	not out	Grace Road
23 May 2018	List A	Nottinghamshire	1	4	bowled	Grace Road
4 May 2018	First-class	Durham	0	1	lbw	Riverside Ground
4 May 2018	First-class	Durham	8	25	lbw	Riverside Ground
27 Apr 2018	First-class	Derbyshire	1	6	lbw	Grace Road
24 Jan 2018	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Karnataka	3	30	caught	Eden Gardens
21 Jan 2018	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Mumbai	0	0	run out	JU Second Campus
12 Jan 2018	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Bengal	0	1	bowled	JSCA International Stadium Complex
5 May 2017	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	0*	5	not out	M Chinnaswamy Stadium
13 Apr 2017	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Kolkata Knight Riders	4	5	caught	Eden Gardens
2 May 2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Kolkata Knight Riders	0*	0	not out	M Chinnaswamy Stadium
16 Jan 2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Delhi	2*	5	not out	Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy BKC

Last 20 bowling innings

Most recent bowling innings in the data
Date	Format	Against	Figures	Overs	Mdns	Ground
20 Oct 2022	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Himachal Pradesh	0/18	3	0	Holkar Cricket Stadium
14 Oct 2022	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Gujarat	2/16	4	0	Holkar Cricket Stadium
12 Oct 2022	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Saurashtra	1/38	3	0	Holkar Cricket Stadium
11 Oct 2022	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Nagaland	0/19	3	0	Holkar Cricket Stadium
2 Apr 2022	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Delhi Capitals	0/7	1	0	Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium
28 Mar 2022	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Lucknow Super Giants	2/45	4	0	Wankhede Stadium
10 Jan 2021	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Tamil Nadu	0/27	3	0	Eden Gardens
1 Nov 2020	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Kolkata Knight Riders	0/22	2	0	Dubai International Cricket Stadium
30 Oct 2020	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Punjab Kings	0/47	4	0	Zayed Cricket Stadium
9 Oct 2020	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Delhi Capitals	0/25	2	0	Sharjah Cricket Stadium
24 Nov 2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Mumbai	1/46	4	0	Lalbhai Contractor Stadium
22 Nov 2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Karnataka	0/31	2	0	Lalbhai Contractor Stadium
15 Nov 2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Delhi	0/36	2	0	C B Patel Ground
14 Nov 2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Nagaland	3/17	4	1	C B Patel Ground
9 Nov 2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Saurashtra	2/37	4	0	Lalbhai Contractor Stadium
4 May 2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Delhi Capitals	0/21	2	0	Arun Jaitley Stadium
30 Apr 2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	0/23	1	0	M Chinnaswamy Stadium
27 Apr 2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Sunrisers Hyderabad	2/36	4	0	Sawai Mansingh Stadium
25 Apr 2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Kolkata Knight Riders	2/20	4	1	Eden Gardens
2 Apr 2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	0/16	1	0	Sawai Mansingh Stadium

Frequently asked questions

How many wickets has Varun Aaron taken in Tests?

18 wickets in 14 innings at an average of 52.61, economy 4.78, best figures 3/97.

How many wickets has Varun Aaron taken in ODIs?

11 wickets in 9 innings at an average of 38.09, economy 6.62, best figures 3/24.

How many runs has Varun Aaron scored in Tests?

35 runs in 14 innings (9 matches) at an average of 3.89 and a strike rate of 31.8, in the data from 2011 to 2015.

How many runs has Varun Aaron scored in ODIs?

8 runs in 3 innings (9 matches) at an average of 8.00 and a strike rate of 53.3, in the data from 2011 to 2014.

How many runs has Varun Aaron scored in T20 leagues?

64 runs in 21 innings (74 matches) at an average of 7.11 and a strike rate of 55.7, in the data from 2011 to 2022.

Source: computed by CricketWise from Cricsheet ball-by-ball data (ODC-BY). Career totals cover only matches in the Cricsheet data. Definitions: methodology.