Raju takes 350th Ranji Trophy wicket by Atul Kahate

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Player:

SLV Raju

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SL Venkatapathy Raju became the 12th bowler in the history of Ranji Trophy cricket to take 350 wickets on 10 November in the match between Hyderabad and Gujarat at Ahmedabad. The record for the most number of wickets in Ranji Trophy is held by Rajinder Goel (636).

 

Following is a summary of Raju’s career in Ranji Trophy.

Season Matches Balls   Mdns   Runs  Wkts     Ave   5wI  10wM
1985/86  5       648     19    313    13    24.07    -    -
1986/87  5       751     24    384    11    34.90    -    -
1987/88  3       729     38    276    20    13.80    2    -
1988/89  6      1385     65    555    23    24.13    -    -
1989/90  3       717     50    206    14    14.71    -    -
1990/91  5      1344     67    607    20    30.35    1    -
1991/92  1       138      5     63     4    15.75    -    -
1993/94  4       849     51    256    23    11.13    3    1
1994/95  2       451     32    104     4    26.00    -    -
1995/96  1       432     19    171    12    14.25    2    1
1996/97  7      1737     94    634    22    28.81    -    -
1997/98  9      2048    118    682    31    22.00    3    -
1998/99 11      3162    185   1099    45    24.42    1    -
1999/00 11      3606    200   1344    52    25.84    3    -
2000/01  5      1256     67    459    17    27.00    1    -
2001/02  7      1854    105    610    21    29.04    2    1
2002/03  7      1397     64    528    13    40.61    -    -
2003/04  1       187     14     41     7     5.85    -    -
TOTAL   93     22691   1217   8332   352    23.67   18    3

Following is the list of bowlers capturing most wickets in Ranji Trophy.

Name              Wickets
R Goel                636
S Venkataraghavan     530
BS Chandrasekhar      436
VV Kumar              418
BS Bedi               403
ND Hirwani            379
U Chatterjee          379
EAS Prasanna          371
PK Shivalkar          361
Madan Lal             359
SLV Raju              352
S Talwar              350

Note: Figures updated to 11 November 2003.

(Article: Copyright © 2003 Atul Kahate email:akahate@vsnl.net)