Lungi Ngidi (Lungisani True-man Ngidi) is a South African right-arm fast bowler known for his explosive pace, representing South Africa internationally and teams like the Titans (domestic), Chennai Super Kings (IPL), and Delhi Capitals (IPL) in franchise leagues, earning awards like CSA's ODI & T20I Cricketer of the Year and a 2025 World Test Championship medal with the Proteas, notable for impressive debut performances, especially his 6/39 in his Test debut against India.
| Match | Format | Date | Runs | BF | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Delhi Capitals · Match 31 | T20 | April 21, 2026 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals · Match 18 | T20 | April 11, 2026 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 60.00 |
| Pretoria Capitals vs Paarl Royals · Match 25 | T20 | January 15, 2026 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Paarl Royals vs Pretoria Capitals · Match 19 | T20 | January 10, 2026 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Sunrisers Eastern Cape vs Pretoria Capitals · Match 5 | T20 | December 29, 2025 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
| Pretoria Capitals vs Joburg Super Kings · Match 2 | T20 | December 27, 2025 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 400.00 |
| Match | Format | Date | Over | M | R | W | NB | WD | ECO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delhi Capitals vs Chennai Super Kings · Match 48 | T20 | May 5, 2026 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7.50 |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Delhi Capitals · Match 31 | T20 | April 21, 2026 | 4 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10.25 |
| Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals · Match 26 | T20 | April 18, 2026 | 4 | 0 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9.75 |
| Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals · Match 18 | T20 | April 11, 2026 | 4 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.25 |
| Delhi Capitals vs Gujarat Titans · Match 14 | T20 | April 8, 2026 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6.00 |
| Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians · Match 8 | T20 | April 4, 2026 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8.50 |
| Series | Format | Date | Runs | BF | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Premier League 2026 | T20 | Mar 28, 2026 - May 31, 2026 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
| ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026 | T20I | Feb 7, 2026 - Mar 8, 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| ICC Men's T20 World Cup Warm up Matches 2026 | T20 | Feb 2, 2026 - Feb 6, 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| West Indies tour of South Africa 2026 | T20I | Jan 27, 2026 - Jan 31, 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| SA20 2025 | T20 | Dec 26, 2025 - Jan 25, 2026 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 83.33 |
| South Africa Tour of India 2025 | T20I | Nov 14, 2025 - Dec 19, 2025 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 68.75 |
| Series | Format | Date | Over | M | R | W | BBi | ECO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Premier League 2026 | T20 | Mar 28, 2026 - May 31, 2026 | 27.4 | 0 | 236 | 8 | 3/27 | 8.53 |
| ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026 | T20I | Feb 7, 2026 - Mar 8, 2026 | 26 | 0 | 187 | 12 | 4/31 | 7.19 |
| West Indies tour of South Africa 2026 | T20I | Jan 27, 2026 - Jan 31, 2026 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 1/19 | 9.50 |
| SA20 2025 | T20 | Dec 26, 2025 - Jan 25, 2026 | 39 | 0 | 322 | 8 | 3/39 | 8.26 |
| South Africa Tour of India 2025 | T20I | Nov 14, 2025 - Dec 19, 2025 | 14.1 | 0 | 109 | 6 | 3/31 | 7.69 |
| Format | Matches | Innings | Runs | BF | HS | AVG | SR | Not Out | 4s | 6s | 50s | 100s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPL | 10 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1.5 | 37.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TEST | 20 | 31 | 97 | 230 | 19 | 4.8500 | 42.1700 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| ODI | 75 | 31 | 126 | 258 | 20 | 9.0000 | 48.8300 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| T20 | 182 | 42 | 106 | 136 | 13 | 6.2300 | 77.9400 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| T20I | 64 | 18 | 59 | 72 | 13 | 11.8000 | 81.9400 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| List A | 102 | 42 | 172 | 319 | 20 | 9.5500 | 53.9100 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| First Class | 34 | 46 | 150 | 370 | 19 | 5.5500 | 40.5400 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Format | Matches | Innings | Overs | Balls | Runs | Wkts | AVG | Econ | SR | Bbi | Bbm | 4w | 5w | 10w |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPL | 10 | 9 | 35.4 | 214 | 317 | 12 | 26.42 | 8.95 | 17.83 | 3/27 | 3/27 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TEST | 20 | 35 | 429.40 | 2578 | 1356 | 58 | 23.3700 | 3.1500 | 44.4000 | 6/39 | 8/102 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| ODI | 75 | 74 | 576.50 | 3461 | 3350 | 115 | 29.1300 | 5.8000 | 30.0000 | 6/58 | 6/58 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| T20 | 182 | 177 | 599.20 | 3596 | 4986 | 227 | 21.9600 | 8.3100 | 15.8000 | 5/39 | 5/39 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| T20I | 64 | 64 | 216.30 | 1299 | 1866 | 90 | 20.7300 | 8.6100 | 14.4000 | 5/39 | 5/39 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| List A | 102 | 100 | 772.50 | 4637 | 4379 | 149 | 29.3800 | 5.6600 | 31.1000 | 6/58 | 6/58 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| First Class | 34 | 59 | 720.50 | 4325 | 2332 | 97 | 24.0400 | 3.2300 | 44.5000 | 6/37 | 9/82 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Match | Format | Date | Runs | BF | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia vs South Africa · 2nd ODI | ODI | August 22, 2025 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16.67 |
Right-arm fast-medium.
A tall, imposing paceman, Lungi Ngidi can reach speeds in the 140s kph.
In July 2020, Ngidi was named both ODI and T20I cricketer of the year at Cricket South Africa’s annual awards ceremony
Ngidi enrolled in a Bachelor of Social Sciences degree in Industrial Sociology at the University of Pretoria.
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