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Venkatapathy Raju
International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis
VR
81Internationals
272Career runs
0Centuries
156Wickets
Career records by format
Test
Official international careerBatting
- Matches
- 28
- Innings
- 34
- Runs
- 240
- Average
- 10.00
- Strike rate
- —
- Highest score
- 31
- Not outs
- 10
- 100s
- 0
- 50s
- 0
- Ducks
- 3
- 4s
- —
- 6s
- 0
- Balls faced
- —
Bowling
- Matches
- 28
- Innings
- 51
- Balls
- 7,602
- Maidens
- 362
- Runs conceded
- 2,857
- Wickets
- 93
- Average
- 30.72
- Economy
- 2.25
- Strike rate
- 81.74
- Best innings
- 6/12
- Best match
- 11/125
- 4 wickets
- 1
- 5 wickets
- 5
- 10 wickets
- 1
Fielding
- Matches
- 28
- Innings
- 52
- Catches
- 6
- Stumpings
- 0
- Dismissals
- 6
- Keeper catches
- 0
- Fielder catches
- 6
- Dismissals / inns
- 0.115
- Best innings
- 1 (1ct 0st)
ODI
Official international careerBatting
- Matches
- 53
- Innings
- 16
- Runs
- 32
- Average
- 4.00
- Strike rate
- 47.76
- Highest score
- 8
- Not outs
- 8
- 100s
- 0
- 50s
- 0
- Ducks
- 4
- 4s
- 1
- 6s
- 0
- Balls faced
- 67
Bowling
- Matches
- 53
- Innings
- 52
- Balls
- 2,770
- Maidens
- 16
- Runs conceded
- 2,014
- Wickets
- 63
- Average
- 31.96
- Economy
- 4.36
- Strike rate
- 43.96
- Best innings
- 4/46
- Best match
- 4/46
- 4 wickets
- 2
- 5 wickets
- 0
- 10 wickets
- —
Fielding
- Matches
- 53
- Innings
- 52
- Catches
- 8
- Stumpings
- 0
- Dismissals
- 8
- Keeper catches
- 0
- Fielder catches
- 8
- Dismissals / inns
- 0.153
- 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
79 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters below apply to this archive only.
Recent available appearances
| Date | Match | Format | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001-03-11 | Australia v India | Test | India won by 171 runs |
| 1998-03-25 | Australia v India | Test | Australia won by 8 wickets |
| 1998-03-18 | Australia v India | Test | India won by inns & 219 runs |
| 1998-03-06 | Australia v India | Test | India won by 179 runs |
| 1996-07-04 | England v India | Test | Match drawn |
| 1996-05-26 | England v India | ODI | England won by 4 wickets |
| 1996-04-19 | India v South Africa | ODI | South Africa won by 38 runs |
| 1996-04-17 | India v South Africa | ODI | South Africa won by 5 wickets |
| 1996-04-14 | India v South Africa | ODI | South Africa won by 80 runs |
| 1996-04-12 | India v Pakistan | ODI | Pakistan won by 38 runs |
| 1996-04-05 | India v Pakistan | ODI | Pakistan won by 8 wickets |
| 1996-04-03 | India v Sri Lanka | ODI | India won by 12 runs |
THE SHAPE OF A CAREER
Available scorecardsPerformance by year
Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.
Test
Exact yearly figures · 9 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4.00 | 26.66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 116.00 | 3.31 | 210.00 |
| 1998 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 2.33 | 22.58 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 6 | 7 | 43.14 | 2.28 | 113.14 |
| 1996 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 8.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 76.00 | 1.76 | 258.00 |
| 1995 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 30.00 | 3.00 | 60.00 |
| 1994 | 7 | 8 | 48 | 16 | 9.60 | 34.04 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 141 | 14 | 39 | 19.43 | 2.39 | 48.69 |
| 1993 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 6.66 | 20.61 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 97 | 10 | 19 | 37.26 | 2.15 | 103.89 |
| 1992 | 4 | 7 | 45 | 19 | 15.00 | 28.30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159 | 8 | 10 | 48.50 | 2.15 | 134.80 |
| 1991 | 2 | 4 | 46 | 31 | 11.50 | 32.85 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 140 | 4 | 2 | 86.00 | 3.01 | 171.00 |
| 1990 | 3 | 4 | 69 | 31 | 23.00 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 4 | 11 | 13.63 | 1.50 | 54.45 |
ODI
Exact yearly figures · 7 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3.00 | 33.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 16 | 30.18 | 5.20 | 34.81 |
| 1995 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 81.00 | 5.78 | 84.00 |
| 1994 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | N/A | 100.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 21.37 | 4.46 | 28.75 |
| 1993 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | N/A | 33.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 47.00 | 3.43 | 82.00 |
| 1992 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 8 | 6.00 | 72.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 11 | 12 | 33.41 | 4.21 | 47.58 |
| 1991 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5.00 | 45.45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 39.40 | 4.23 | 55.80 |
| 1990 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2.00 | 26.66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 53.50 | 3.68 | 87.00 |
Career timeline
Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.
- First available scorecard
Test v New Zealand · Christchurch
- Highest recorded innings · 31 runs
Test v New Zealand · Christchurch
- Best recorded bowling · 6/12
Test v Sri Lanka · Chandigarh
- Latest available scorecard
Test v Australia · Eden Gardens