Bjorn Fortuin, South Africa

Bjorn Fortuin is an south african cricketer who plays for the team South Africa. Bjorn Fortuin was born on Oct 21, 1994; and as of 2026, is 32 years old. Bjorn Fortuin is a bowler from South Africa and bowls . In Test career to date, Bjorn Fortuin has played matches to date in Test career and took wickets, with an average of , conceding nearly runs per over with a best individual figure of . In Bjorn Fortuin's Odi career, has played 16 matches to date in Odi career and took 18 wickets, with an average of 33.94, conceding nearly 4.83 runs per over with a best individual figure of 2/22. Bjorn Fortuin has played 27 matches to date in T20 career and took 23 wickets, with an average of 28.26, conceding nearly 8.13 runs per over with a best individual figure of 3/16.

Bowler

South Africa

Bjorn Fortuin

Bjorn Carl Fortuin

Born Oct 21, 1994 (32)

Birth Place South Africa

Role Bowler

Batting Style Right Handed

Bowling Style Slow left-arm orthodox

Bjorn Fortuin ICC Rankings

ODI

Batting

#324 (113Pts)

Bowling

#85 (377Pts)

All Rounder

#169 (42Pts)

T20

Batting

#749 (56Pts)

Bowling

#216 (220Pts)

All Rounder

#281 (12Pts)

Recent Matches

ODI

South Africa vs Pakistan

Nov 8, 2025

Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad

T20I

South Africa vs Namibia

Oct 11, 2025

Namibia Cricket Ground, Windhoek

Batting Career Summary

	MAT	NO	Runs	HS	AVG	SR	100s	50	4s	6s	CT	ST
ODI	16	1	77	28	7.70	57.89	0	0	5	1	2	0
T20	27	8	127	32	12.70	116.51	0	0	14	2	6	0

Bowling Career Summary

	MAT	Wkts	AVG	ECON	Best	5w	10w
ODI	16	18	33.94	4.83	22/2	0	0
T20	27	23	28.26	8.13	16/3	0	0

Bjorn Fortuin's International Debut

ODI

Feb 7, 2020

For:South Africa

Vs:England

Venue:Kingsmead, Durban

T20

Sep 18, 2019

For:South Africa

Vs:India

Venue:I.S. Bindra Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali

Teams Represented

South Africa International

Hampshire Active North West Active South Africa A Active South African Invitation XI Active Lions Active South Africa Emerging Active Durban Qalandars Active Paarl Rocks Active Paarl Royals Active Seattle Orcas Active

Player Biography

Bjorn Fortuin is a Paarl born spin-bowling all-rounder. He owns the ability to bowl wicket-taking spells and can also contribute few runs with the bat down the order. With more than 100 wickets and 1500 runs to his name in First-class cricket, Fortuin has kept himself under the selector's radar. He played for the Highveld Lions team for the 2017-18 season.

Bjorn was promising in Mzansi Super League T20 tournament representing Paarl Rocks but the turning point of his life came in the 2018–19 CSA T20 Challenge tournament where he ended as the leading wicket-taker of the tournament with 15 scalps from 10 matches. A terrific tournament with the ball bagged him the CSA T20 Challenge Player of the Season award. Finally, in August 2019, his extraordinary performance was acknowledged by the selectors and he was named in South Africa's T20I squad for the series against India.

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