(1969-07-09) 9 July 1969 (age 54) Alamuru, West Godavari, Andhra Pradesh, India
Nickname
Muscles, Lacchi
Batting
Right-handed
Bowling
Slow left-arm orthodox
Role
Bowler
International information
National side
India
Test debut (cap 189)
2 February 1990 v New Zealand
Last Test
11 March 2001 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 75)
1 March 1990 v New Zealand
Last ODI
26 May 1996 v England
Career statistics
Competition
Test
ODIs
FC
LA
Matches
28
53
177
124
Runs scored
240
32
1,952
109
Batting average
10.00
4.00
13.18
5.45
100s/50s
0/0
0/0
0/2
0/0
Top score
31
8
54
22
Balls bowled
7,602
2,770
42,710
6430
Wickets
93
63
589
152
Bowling average
30.72
31.96
27.72
29.98
5 wickets in innings
5
0
31
1
10 wickets in match
1
0
5
0
Best bowling
6/12
4/46
7/82
6/39
Catches/stumpings
6/–
8/–
71/–
26/–
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing India
ACC Asia Cup
Winner
1990-91 India
Source: CricInfo, 4 February 2006
Sagi Lakshmi Venkatapathy Raju, better known as Venkatapathy Raju[1] (born 9 July 1969), is a former Indian cricketer, cricket administrators and cricket coach. He came into the Indian side in 1989–90 after capturing 32 wickets in the domestic season. He made his Test and One Day International debut on the tour of New Zealand. When sent in as a night-watchman in his first Test innings, he batted for more than two hours for 31 runs while six wickets fell at the other end. He was part of the Indian team in England in 1990, but his tour ended prematurely when a ball by Courtney Walsh broke the knuckle of his left hand in the match against Gloucestershire. He was a part of the Indian squad which won the 1990-91 Asia Cup.
Back home in India, he helped India win the one-off Test against Sri Lanka in the only Test match played at the Sector 16 Stadium in Chandigarh. Raju was a last-minute selection on a wicket that afforded turn and kept low. On the second day, he ran through the Lankan middle order with a spell of 5 wickets for two runs in 39 balls. He took one more wicket on the next day to finish with 6 for 12 in 17.5 overs, four of the batsmen failed to score. His match figures of 8 for 37 in 53 overs won him the only Man of the Match award of his international career.[2] He has played two World Cups for India in 1992 and 1996.
He last played a Test match against Australia in Calcutta, where he captured the wicket of Mark Waugh.
He continued playing for Hyderabad for many years, making the final of the 1999–2000 Ranji Trophy. He retired from first-class cricket in December 2004, after a domestic match against Uttar Pradesh.
^Vijay Lokapally (3 November 1993). "India in Sri Lanka, 1993-94 – Sri Lanka". Sportstar. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
^Wisden reports of Sri Lanka's tour of India, 1990–91
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