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Full name Chandrashekar Raghu
Born December 3, 1981, Bangalore, Karnataka
Current age 26 years 219 days
Playing role All-rounder
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
First-class
24
35
3
998
87
31.18
2614
38.17
0
10
19
0
List A
44
36
4
1096
117
34.25
1563
70.12
2
6
14
0
Twenty20
9
9
2
173
53*
24.71
150
115.33
0
1
15
2
2
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
First-class
24
1529
689
16
3/51
43.06
2.70
95.5
0
0
0
List A
44
1878
1326
37
4/33
4/33
35.83
4.23
50.7
1
0
0
Twenty20
9
9
172
221
7
3/15
3/15
31.57
7.70
24.5
0
0
0
Career statistics
First-class debut
2002/03
Last First-class
Maharashtra v Karnataka at Ratnagiri, Dec 25-28, 2007 scorecard
List A debut
2002/03
Last List A
Saurashtra v Karnataka at Visakhapatnam, Apr 2, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Karnataka v Kerala at Visakhapatnam, Apr 3, 2007 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Railways v Karnataka at Mumbai (BS), Apr 19, 2007 scorecard
Profile
C Raghu, known to the Karnataka faithful for having a first name synonymous with one of their greats, Chandrasekar, is a middle-order batsman who bowls offspin with the same felicity as one Virender Sehwag. For long, in South Zone circles he has been spoken of as the spin-bowling all-rounder India never had. He's unlikely to break into the squad and despite being among the best one-day cricketers this year, in the Challenger Series, he was picked, but not played. Raghu, however, to veteran talent spotters, is the hard-hitting lower-order bat who can bowl decent offspin. Whether he will be taken seriously enough or not remains to be seen.
