Tallest Cricketer in India: Who is the Tallest Cricketer in the Indian team?

Factors to Analyze Tallest Indian Cricketer

Multiple factors play a key role in determining the success of the tallest Indian cricketers. The most successful player among tall Indian players is Ishant Sharma. The right-arm fast bowler is the only Indian out-and-out fast bowler to have played 100 tests. It speaks volumes of his longevity in the red-ball format, where fast bowlers have to toil hard in Indian conditions. 

• Height

The height of a player plays a huge role in determining their success. For instance, Arshdeep Singh is the tallest cricketer in the Indian team currently. The left-arm pacer has showcased in limited opportunities how his height has made an impact on swing and seam bowling. 

• Effects on playing style

While having a tall body can help in different parts of the game, it can negatively impact the batting performance of a player. For instance, the taller a player is, the more difficult it is for them to play a yorker aimed at the base of the stumps or their toes. Similarly, playing against spin bowlers, often requires batters to have a low centre of gravity, which increases the balance of the player. 

• Fitness

Having a tall body structure can be a double-edged sword, especially for fast bowlers. These players often have to bend their backs to bowl a short-pitched bouncer, which can have an impact on their backbone. Abey Kuruvilla, the tallest Indian cricketer, had his career cut short due to injuries. It just goes on to show how much of an impact the height of a player can have on their bodies and careers.

• International career

Playing at the international level against the best players can have a detrimental effect on the player and their performance. The level of players at the international level is the highest, which can require players to be on their A game. How a player performs in these games goes on to define their career.

List of Top 10 Tallest Indian Cricketers as of 2025 - Updated

The following list ranks the top 10 tallest cricketer in India in terms of feet as of 2025, based on their heights and contributions to Indian cricket. The ranking factors include height and their contribution to Indian cricket while representing India internationally.

10. Shivam Dube - 6 feet (182 cm)

Shivam Dube has been one of the impactful players in the IPL for the last few seasons. His performance for the five-time champions, Chennai Super Kings, has earned him national call-ups as well. The all-rounder was part of the Indian team that won the T20 World Cup in 2024. 

Dube’s limited bowling skills and the presence of Hardik Pandya have meant that he has been unable to break into the ODI team. He is an emerging batter, honing his skills under the guidance of MS Dhoni while playing for the CSK in the IPL. Dube made his International ODIs and T20Is debut in 2019, while making headlines as a pacer who can hit boundaries at the lower order. His height adds extra push to this local talent from Mumbai in both his batting and bowling. 

In the IPL, he has been an aggressive batter, often hitting boundaries at will. In 79 matches, Dube has already scored more than 1,800 runs at a strike rate of more than 143 with an average of 30. He only has five wickets to his name in the league thanks to the impact player rule, due to which he spends most of his time on the bench during CSK’s bowling innings.

9. Axar Patel - 6 feet (182 cm) 

Axar Patel, aka Bapu, with a height of 6 feet ranks ninth on the list for tallest cricketers by height. Axar is a left-arm spin all-rounder and plays for Team India and represents Delhi Capitals in the IPL. In the last few years, he has represented the Indian team in all three formats of the game. In white-ball cricket, Patel played a crucial role in India winning the T20 World Cup in 2024 and Champions Trophy in 2025.

Axar Patel’s height significantly improves his bowling deliveries, maintaining a line and length that can be tough to deal with for the batters. His height enhances his overall batting skills by increasing his reach to play short-pitched deliveries or deliveries outside the off-stump. 

In the Indian Premier League, Axar is used as a bowling all-rounder. His height allows him to maintain a tight line and length helping him bowl in the power play without giving away extra runs. His economy of 7.34 is a great indicator of how he has managed to keep a lid on the scoring rate for the opposition batters. His batting skills have been on an upward curve for the last few years thanks to his improved batting against spin bowlers.

8. Hardik Pandya - 6 feet (182 cm) 

For long India has been in the market to search for the perfect replacement of Kapil Dev. A lot of players showed promise with the role but none have performed as well as Hardik Pandya has, especially in the limited-overs cricket. He won the ICC T20 World Cup in 2024 playing a crucial role in the final dismissing Heinrich Klaasen and David Miller. He played an equally important role in India winning the Champions Trophy in 2025. Many fans believed that he would have made a difference had he been fit for the ODI World Cup final in 2023. 

Pandya is a premier all-rounder who is 6 feet tall, which explains his bowling, batting, and athletic fielding on the ropes. He is a regular feature in the Team India across the two white-ball formats, scoring 4000-plus runs and 200-plus wickets. 

In the Indian Premier League, Pandya has won multiple titles including leading the Gujarat Titans to the trophy in 2022. The seam-bowling all-rounder provides an incredible amount of balance to every team he plays for. Since becoming the captain of the Mumbai Indians in the last couple of years, Pandya’s performance has been slightly on the downward curve.

7. Venkatesh Iyer - 6 feet (183 cm)  

Rising all-rounder Venkatesh Iyer is one of the key players of the IPL franchise Kolkata Knight Riders. The 30-year-old is a pace-bowling all rounder who is 6 feet (183 cm) tall. Venkatesh is one of those players who takes advantage of his height while bowling and batting. His height aids bounce when bowling and helps him to play some powerful shots. 

At the international level, his chances were limited. Venkatesh played only a handful of games, he batted for two innings in One-Day Cricket and seven times in T20Is. However, he has been an integral part of the Kolkata Knight Riders and Madhya Pradesh in the last few years. Ahead of the IPL 2025 Venkatesh was bought by KKR for ₹23.75 crores and became the 4th most expensive player.

6. KL Rahul - 6 feet 1 inch (185 cm)  

KL Rahul is one of the most prominent batters in the Indian cricket team with a height of 6 feet and 1 inch. Playing pull shots and cover drives comes naturally to the right-handed batter thanks to his height. Rahul has been showcasing his batting and fielding prowess for multiple years in International cricket. His height plays a major factor in those areas, making him one of the smoothest batters and fielders. 

He has scored 8000-plus runs in International cricket across various formats. The 33-year-old is one of the rare cricketers to have scored a century in each format of the game. Despite his low average in test cricket, Rahul has scored centuries in some of the toughest conditions to bat in. In countries like Australia and South Africa, where the pitches assist fast bowlers with bounce, Rahul has often produced better results than other Indian batters. 

He is one of the tallest Indian players in the Indian Premier League as well. Thanks to his height, Rahul remains one of the most successful batters in the T20 league. Having played for five teams, the right-handed batter has scored 5,222 runs at an average of 46.21. While there have been criticisms over his strike rate, the wicketkeeper batter has scored at a rate of 136.02. His consistency in the IPL is unmatched and no other batter has scored 2000 runs at a better average than him.

5. Washington Suddar - 6 feet 1 inch (185 cm) 

Washington Sundar, with a height of 6 feet and 1 inch, is one of the tallest players in Indian cricket team. Sundar’s height gives him an advantage to overshadow the batsman with his tight deliveries while maintaining a low economy rate. As a batsman, Washington Sundar has no problem playing sweep and pull shots. He showcased his abilities with the bat in hand with India’s historic win at the Gabba during the 2020/21 Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) in Australia. 

At the domestic level, Sundar’s appearances have been limited due to injuries and availability issues. However, whenever an opportunity has emerged for him to play for Tamil Nadu, Sundar has performed exceptionally well to justify his selection in the Indian team. Similarly to the domestic level, Sundar has played a limited number of matches in the Indian Premier League. He has failed to create a large impact in the T20 league, with only 39 wickets in 63 innings and 511 runs at an average of less than 16. However, given his skills and young age, Sundar will be expected to make a turnaround with his performances.      

4. Deepak Hooda - 6 feet 1 inch (185 cm)  

Deepak Hooda’s height in feet is 6'1", which makes him the 4th tallest Indian cricketer. Hailing from Rajasthan, Deepak Hooda is an all-rounder who has scored 300-plus runs in T20Is, including a century. 

His height allows him to play aggressive shots, particularly against spinners, and he is an effective fielder on the boundary due to his reach. As a bowler, he has a four-wicket haul next to his name in T20Is. 

In the IPL, Hooda remained one of the highly sought-after players before hitting a rough patch of form in the past three years. He has close to 1500 runs in the league at a strike rate of 127. The 30-year-old still has age on his side and can string a comeback with some performances in the T20 league.

3. Arshdeep Singh - 6 feet 1 inch (185 cm)  

An emerging bowler, Arshdeep Singh, is one of the tallest Indian cricketers with a height of 6 feet 1 inch. Arshdeep is a promising left-arm pacer, especially in the T20Is, with 99 wickets in 63 matches. His height plays an important role in his 140 kmph deliveries, including swing ball and slower bouncers in death overs, making him formidable in the T20 format. He has already impressed the experts with his ability to remain calm under pressure.

He played a pivotal role in India winning the T20 World Cup in 2024, which ended the drought for the men in blue in ICC events. The left-arm pacer picked up 17 wickets in the tournament, and was the highest wicket-taker for the Rohit Sharma-led unit in the tournament. 

In the Indian Premier League, Arshdeep Singh has already made a name for himself while playing for the Punjab Kings. But what sets him apart from many bowlers is his ability to bowl in two of the most important phases of the game. He takes the new ball and swings it in both directions. He bowls in the death overs as well, bowling crafty bouncers and slower deliveries.

2. Ravichandran Ashwin - 6 feet 2 inches (188 cm)  

Legendary spinner Ravichandran Ashwin is one of the top bowlers of India and has a height of 6 feet 2 inches. 38-year-old Ashwin has taken 700-plus wickets in his International career, including in Tests, ODIs, and T20Is. 

Throughout his career, Ashwin’s height has helped him generate extra spin and bounce and also benefited his batting. The right-arm off-spinner not only had an advantage with his height but was one of the sharpest minds in the history of the sport. Using his intelligence, Ashwin would create unorthodox plans for each batter to outfox them. He had the edge over some of the best batters from all over the world. Off-spinners generally enjoy bowling to left-handers; however, the Indian spinner retired with the greatest record against the southpaws. With the bat in hand, Ashwin often stood up for the Indian team whenever they found themselves in a tumultuous position. He scored six centuries and 14 fifties in tests and provided fight in the lower order. 

Having retired from international cricket, he still plays in the IPL, where he has picked up 187 wickets. Even though his wicket-taking ability has taken a hit in the last few years since the advent of the impact player rule, Ashwin has etched his name in the annals of the Indian Premier League.

1. Ishant Sharma - 6 feet 4 inches (193 cm)  

Ishant Sharma is the tallest cricketer in India and is a right-arm fast bowler known for his ability to generate steep bounce, largely due to his towering height. Sharma has scalped more than 300 wickets in Tests, 100-plus in ODIs, and 8 wickets in T20Is. 

He is one of the most successful bowlers of Indian cricket in the long format. His height enables him to deliver the ball at a high pace, and its high trajectory makes it difficult for batsmen to play. The Delhi-born pacer has delivered many memorable performances, including his outstanding contribution in Australia (2007-08) and at Lord’s in 2014.

For a long time, Ishant remained as the deputy to Zaheer Khan in the longest format. However, with his form dwindling, the 36-year-old often found himself out of the test team. Barring a few notable performances, Ishant remained toothless from 2010 to 2017. But a resurgence in form in 2018 meant that the right-arm pacer picked up 85 wickets in his last 26 tests at an average of 21.3. 

Having played his last international match in 2021, Sharma still remains a part of the Indian Premier League setup. He has played for seven teams in the marquee league with his latest stint coming with the Gujarat Titans in 2025. But the senior pacer lacked the zing required in modern-day T20 cricket and could only pick up four wickets in more than 18 overs he bowled during the season.

Who is the Tallest Batsman in India?

KL Raul is the tallest Indian batsman who has played in International cricket, standing at 6 feet 1 inch (185 cm). KL Rahul’s tall stature allows him to pull shots like short-pitched deliveries and pull and hook shots. His long reach is particularly effective for the spinners to play with ease. Apart from his batting, his towering body helps him take high catches and stop boundaries. His wicket-keeping skills are also impeccable. Due to his height, KL Rahul finds no difficulty in covering the stumps. 

Who is the Tallest Bowler in India?

Ishant Sharma is the tallest bowler in India as of 2025. Standing 6 feet 4 inches, Ishant Sharma is one of the world's tallest cricketers in India. Throughout his career, Ishant Sharma’s height played a significant role to excel his bowling in Test cricket. Due to his towering height, Ishant Sharma generates enough bounce to make it difficult for the batter to play. In his 105 Test matches, Ishant Sharma bagged 311 wickets while averaging 32.40 at an economy rate of 3.15, including his 10/108 best bowling figure. 

Conclusion

Ishant Sharma is the tallest cricketer in India and is one of the greatest fast bowlers in the history of the Indian team. The right-arm pacer is the only Indian fast bowler apart from Kapil Dev to have played over 100 tests for the Men in Blue. 

Ishant Sharma’s achievements in the longest format are testament to the fact that having a good height can help in performing at the highest level of the game. Apart from him other bowlers like Ravichandran Ashwin and Arshdeep Singh too have shown great skills while using their height to good effect. Some of the tallest Indian cricket players have gone on to have famous careers achieving multiple milestones.