PLAYER CAREER

Lakshmipathy Balaji

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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India2002–2012

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	8	9	9	9	2003-10-08	2005-03-24
ODI	29	16	16	16	2002-11-18	2009-02-08
T20I	5	0	0	0	2012-09-11	2012-10-02

43Internationals

—Career runs

—Centuries

71Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 8
Innings: 9
Runs: 51
Average: 5.66
Strike rate: 40.47
Highest score: 31
Not outs: 0
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 4
4s: 5
6s: 1
Balls faced: 126

Bowling

Matches: 8
Innings: 15
Balls: 1,756
Maidens: 64
Runs conceded: 1,004
Wickets: 27
Average: 37.18
Economy: 3.43
Strike rate: 65.03
Best innings: 5/76
Best match: 9/171
4 wickets: 2
5 wickets: 1
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 8
Innings: 15
Catches: 1
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 1
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 1
Dismissals / inns: 0.066
Best innings: 1 (1ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 30
Innings: 16
Runs: 120
Average: 12.00
Strike rate: 78.94
Highest score: 21*
Not outs: 6
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 2
4s: 8
6s: 3
Balls faced: 152

Bowling

Matches: 30
Innings: 30
Balls: 1,447
Maidens: 11
Runs conceded: 1,344
Wickets: 34
Average: 39.52
Economy: 5.57
Strike rate: 42.55
Best innings: 4/48
Best match: 4/48
4 wickets: 1
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 30
Innings: 30
Catches: 11
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 11
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 11
Dismissals / inns: 0.366
Best innings: 2 (2ct 0st)

T20I

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 5
Innings: —
Runs: —
Average: N/A
Strike rate: N/A
Highest score: -
Not outs: —
100s: —
50s: —
Ducks: —
4s: —
6s: —
Balls faced: —

Bowling

Matches: 5
Innings: 5
Balls: 96
Maidens: 0
Runs conceded: 121
Wickets: 10
Average: 12.10
Economy: 7.56
Strike rate: 9.60
Best innings: 3/19
Best match: 3/19
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 5
Innings: 5
Catches: 0
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 0
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 0
Dismissals / inns: 0.000
Best innings: 0

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

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

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
2012-10-02	India v South Africa	T20I	India won by 1 runs
2012-09-30	India v Pakistan	T20I	India won by 8 wickets
2012-09-23	England v India	T20I	India won by 90 runs
2012-09-19	Afghanistan v India	T20I	India won by 23 runs
2012-09-11	India v New Zealand	T20I	New Zealand won by 1 runs
2012-09-08	India v New Zealand	T20I	No result
2009-02-08	Sri Lanka v India	ODI	Sri Lanka won by 68 runs
2005-08-03	India v Sri Lanka	ODI	Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets
2005-04-15	India v Pakistan	ODI	Pakistan won by 5 wickets
2005-04-12	India v Pakistan	ODI	Pakistan won by 3 wickets
2005-04-05	India v Pakistan	ODI	India won by 58 runs
2005-04-02	India v Pakistan	ODI	India won by 87 runs

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

20034 runs
200411 runs
200536 runs

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

20031 wickets
200412 wickets
200514 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 3 seasons

Test archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
2005	3	5	36	31	7.20	40.00	4	0	90	6	14	32.28	3.77	51.28
2004	3	3	11	11	3.66	84.61	1	1	13	6	12	30.75	3.48	53.00
2003	2	1	4	4	4.00	17.39	0	0	23	3	1	183.00	2.73	402.00

ODI

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

200495 runs
200518 runs
20097 runs

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

20020 wickets
200428 wickets
20054 wickets
20090 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 4 seasons

ODI archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
2009	1	1	7	7	7.00	70.00	1	0	10	1	0	N/A	6.40	N/A
2005	5	3	18	17	18.00	112.50	0	1	16	5	4	53.75	6.14	52.50
2004	22	12	95	21	11.87	75.39	7	2	126	22	28	36.60	5.41	40.53
2002	1	0	0	—	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	1	0	N/A	11.00	N/A

T20I

T20I · Wickets by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact wickets at right

201210 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 1 seasons

T20I 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
2012	5	0	0	—	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	0	0	5	10	12.10	7.56	9.60

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

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

2002-11-18
First available scorecard
ODI v West Indies · Vadodara
2005-03-08
Best recorded bowling · 5/76
Test v Pakistan · Mohali
2005-03-08
Highest recorded innings · 31 runs
Test v Pakistan · Mohali
2012-10-02
Latest available scorecard
T20I v South Africa · R Premadasa Stadium