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Venugopal Rao
India
Player profile
Full name Yalaka Venugopal Rao
Born February 26, 1982, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
Current age 26 years 164 days
Major teams India, Andhra, Deccan Chargers, India A, Indian Board President's XI, Rajasthan Cricket Association President's XI
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Batting and fielding averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
NO |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
BF |
SR |
100 |
50 |
4s |
6s |
Ct |
St |
| ODIs |
16 |
11 |
2 |
218 |
61* |
24.22 |
363 |
60.05 |
0 |
1 |
16 |
3 |
6 |
0 |
| First-class |
78 |
129 |
17 |
5153 |
228* |
46.00 |
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13 |
23 |
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60 |
0 |
| List A |
114 |
99 |
13 |
3236 |
110* |
37.62 |
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9 |
20 |
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39 |
0 |
| Twenty20 |
16 |
14 |
3 |
365 |
71* |
33.18 |
293 |
124.57 |
0 |
3 |
26 |
16 |
2 |
0 |
Bowling averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
Balls |
Runs |
Wkts |
BBI |
BBM |
Ave |
Econ |
SR |
4w |
5w |
10 |
| ODIs |
16 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| First-class |
78 |
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4112 |
1859 |
51 |
4/34 |
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36.45 |
2.71 |
80.6 |
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0 |
0 |
| List A |
114 |
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2935 |
2383 |
51 |
5/20 |
5/20 |
46.72 |
4.87 |
57.5 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| Twenty20 |
16 |
11 |
168 |
239 |
4 |
2/23 |
2/23 |
59.75 |
8.53 |
42.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Career statistics
| ODI debut |
Sri Lanka v India at Dambulla, Jul 30, 2005 scorecard |
| Last ODI |
West Indies v India at Basseterre, May 23, 2006 scorecard |
| ODI statistics |
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| First-class debut |
1998/99 |
| Last First-class |
Maharashtra v Karnataka at Ratnagiri, Dec 25-28, 2007 scorecard |
| List A debut |
1998/99 |
| Last List A |
South Zone v West Zone at Bangalore, Mar 26, 2008 scorecard |
| Twenty20 debut |
Andhra v Tamil Nadu at Visakhapatnam, Apr 3, 2007 scorecard |
| Last Twenty20 |
Deccan Chargers v Chennai Super Kings at Hyderabad (Decc), May 27, 2008 scorecard |
Those who have seen him on the telly can say Venugopal Rao has done nothing to shatter the earth. But ask Matt Prior, Simon Jones, and Sajid Mahmood, and they will tell you 500 is not a safe target in the fourth innings of a four-day match when Venugopal is around. Two days before his 22nd birthday, he shot into national contention with an unbeaten 228 for South Zone to help them chase down England A's target of 501, the fourth-highest successful first-class chase. Venugopal had earlier been part of the Indian team that won the Under-19 World Cup in 2002. Prolific run-getting in domestic matches meant he was not far from national selection. Once into the national ODI team, Venugopal has not been quite at home amid the baseballesque hitting on flat subcontinent tracks. He has shown shades of the early Rahul Dravid and Robin Singh. His only half-century was a stodgy unbeaten 61 off 93 balls against Pakistan. With the team management open-minded about trying out a wide pool of talent, Venugopal is still very much in the reckoning despite an ordinary start to his international career. What's more, he has been captaining the A sides and Board Presidents' XIs.
Sidharth Monga (July 2006)
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Venugopal Rao raises the bat after reaching his hundred
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Nov 23, 2007 |
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Maharashtra captain Venugopal Rao plays the ball to the leg side during his 112
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Nov 21, 2007 |
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Venugopal Rao, the Maharashtra captain, practises in Dharamsala
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