Raju takes 350th Ranji Trophy wicket
by Atul Kahate
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)
