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Full name Ranganath Vinay Kumar
Born February 12, 1984, Davanagere, Karnataka
Current age 24 years 192 days
Major teams Bangalore Royal Challengers,Karnataka
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
First-class
34
46
11
408
48
11.65
1099
37.12
0
0
14
0
List A
33
21
7
335
82
23.92
315
106.34
0
2
12
0
Twenty20
15
10
4
96
25*
16.00
59
162.71
0
0
6
6
3
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
First-class
34
6507
3092
125
6/38
24.73
2.85
52.0
4
7
1
List A
33
1693
1229
57
4/24
4/24
21.56
4.35
29.7
3
0
0
Twenty20
15
15
293
368
14
3/27
3/27
26.28
7.53
20.9
0
0
0
Career statistics
First-class debut
2004/05
Last First-class
East Zone v South Zone at Mumbai, Feb 3-6, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
2004/05
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
Bangalore Royal Challengers v Mumbai Indians at Bangalore, May 28, 2008 scorecard
Profile
R Vinay Kumar was given the responsibility of leading Karnataka's attack after the talented quartet - Javagal Srinath, Venkatesh Prasad, Dodda Ganesh and David Johnson - retired. A long apprenticeship was followed by his being picked for the Ranji Trophy in 2004-05. He quickly established himself, taking more than 20 wickets in each of his first three seasons. The 2007-08 season has been his best yet, finishing as the second-highest wicket-taker in the Ranji Trophy, with 40. That and a batting strike-rate hovering around 100 in the shorter versions of the game convinced the Bangalore Royal Challengers to get him on board for the Indian Premier League.
Cricinfo Staff (April 2008)
