PLAYER CAREER

Gundappa Viswanath

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Men

India1969–1983

Scorecard coverage and data completeness

Career snapshots and available scorecards have different scopes. These counts describe recorded batting or bowling innings, not every international appearance.

Player archive coverage
Format	Matches	Bat inns	Balls recorded	Boundaries recorded	First scorecard	Latest scorecard
Test	90	155	99	129	1969-11-15	1983-01-30
ODI	23	23	23	20	1974-07-13	1982-06-02

116Internationals

6,519Career runs

14Centuries

—Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 91
Innings: 155
Runs: 6,080
Average: 41.93
Strike rate: —
Highest score: 222
Not outs: 10
100s: 14
50s: 35
Ducks: 10
4s: —
6s: 6
Balls faced: —

Bowling

Matches: 91
Innings: 7
Balls: 70
Maidens: 1
Runs conceded: 46
Wickets: 1
Average: 46.00
Economy: 3.94
Strike rate: 70.00
Best innings: 1/11
Best match: 1/11
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 91
Innings: 159
Catches: 63
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 63
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 63
Dismissals / inns: 0.396
Best innings: 3 (3ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 25
Innings: 23
Runs: 439
Average: 19.95
Strike rate: 52.89
Highest score: 75
Not outs: 1
100s: 0
50s: 2
Ducks: 1
4s: —
6s: —
Balls faced: 830

Bowling

Matches: 25
Innings: —
Balls: —
Maidens: —
Runs conceded: —
Wickets: —
Average: N/A
Economy: N/A
Strike rate: N/A
Best innings: -
Best match: -
4 wickets: —
5 wickets: —
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 25
Innings: 25
Catches: 3
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 3
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 3
Dismissals / inns: 0.120
Best innings: 1 (1ct 0st)

Career records checked: 2026-09-07. — means not recorded; N/A means the statistic does not apply. Career totals are independent of the scorecard archive.

Explore this player’s available match data

115 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters below apply to this archive only.

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
1983-01-30	India v Pakistan	Test	Match drawn
1983-01-23	India v Pakistan	Test	Match drawn
1983-01-14	India v Pakistan	Test	Pakistan won by inns & 119 runs
1983-01-03	India v Pakistan	Test	Pakistan won by 10 wickets
1982-12-23	India v Pakistan	Test	Pakistan won by inns & 86 runs
1982-12-10	India v Pakistan	Test	Match drawn
1982-09-17	India v Sri Lanka	Test	Match drawn
1982-07-08	England v India	Test	Match drawn
1982-06-24	England v India	Test	Match drawn
1982-06-10	England v India	Test	England won by 7 wickets
1982-06-02	England v India	ODI	England won by 9 wickets
1982-01-30	England v India	Test	Match drawn

India

THE SHAPE OF A CAREER

Performance by year

Available scorecards

Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.

Test

Test · Runs by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact runs at right

1969334 runs
1971263 runs
197267 runs
1973298 runs
1974513 runs
1975255 runs
1976797 runs
1977386 runs
1978644 runs
19791,388 runs
198058 runs
1981432 runs
1982536 runs
1983109 runs

Test · Wickets by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact wickets at right

19690 wickets
19730 wickets
19780 wickets
19791 wickets
19800 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 14 seasons

Test archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1983	3	5	109	53	21.80	41.44	0	1	14	0	263	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1982	9	14	536	222	41.23	—	1	4	—	0	—	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1981	9	15	432	114	28.80	46.65	2	0	51	0	926	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1980	3	5	58	16	11.60	38.15	0	0	7	0	152	1	0	N/A	8.00	N/A
1979	17	26	1,388	179	57.83	—	5	6	—	1	—	2	1	17.00	2.61	39.00
1978	8	11	644	145	58.54	—	1	6	—	0	—	1	0	N/A	10.50	N/A
1977	7	14	386	79	29.69	46.28	0	3	37	0	834	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1976	11	20	797	112	44.27	—	2	5	—	3	—	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1975	2	4	255	97	85.00	—	0	2	33	0	—	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1974	6	12	513	139	42.75	—	1	3	58	1	—	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1973	3	6	298	113	59.60	40.93	1	1	44	1	728	1	0	N/A	5.00	N/A
1972	2	4	67	34	16.75	30.87	0	0	9	0	217	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1971	6	11	263	68	26.30	—	0	2	—	0	—	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1969	4	8	334	137	47.71	—	1	2	—	0	—	2	0	N/A	4.00	N/A

ODI

ODI · Runs by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact runs at right

197436 runs
197539 runs
197656 runs
197817 runs
1979106 runs
198077 runs
198199 runs
19829 runs

Exact yearly figures · 8 seasons

ODI archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	4s	6s	BF	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1982	1	1	9	9	9.00	64.28	0	2	0	14	N/A	N/A	N/A
1981	7	7	99	33	14.14	51.83	0	—	—	191	N/A	N/A	N/A
1980	4	4	77	43	19.25	46.95	0	4	0	164	N/A	N/A	N/A
1979	3	3	106	75	35.33	51.45	1	7	0	206	N/A	N/A	N/A
1978	3	3	17	9	8.50	47.22	0	—	—	36	N/A	N/A	N/A
1976	1	1	56	56	56.00	63.63	1	5	0	88	N/A	N/A	N/A
1975	2	2	39	37	19.50	57.35	0	5	0	68	N/A	N/A	N/A
1974	2	2	36	32	18.00	57.14	0	2	0	63	N/A	N/A	N/A

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.

1969-11-15
First available scorecard
Test v Australia · Kanpur
1969-11-15
First century in this archive · 137 runs
Test v Australia · Kanpur
1979-10-13
Best recorded bowling · 1/11
Test v Australia · Delhi
1982-01-13
Highest recorded innings · 222 runs
Test v England · Chennai
1983-01-30
Latest available scorecard
Test v Pakistan · Karachi