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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 224 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
ODIs	16	11	2	218	61*	24.22	363	60.05	0	1	16	3	6
First-class	78	129	17	5153	228*	46.00			13	23			60
List A	114	99	13	3236	110*	37.62			9	20			39
Twenty20	16	14	3	365	71*	33.18	293	124.57	0	3	26	16	2

Bowling averages
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
ODIs	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
First-class	78		4112	1859	51	4/34		36.45	2.71	80.6		0	0
List A	114		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
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

Profile

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)