Venugopal Rao

India·Batter·Age 44

Right-hand bat · Right-arm offbreak

IPL runs: 985
Average: 22.39
Strike rate: 117.8
Highest: 71

Overview

What the figures show

Six IPL seasons and 985 runs is the summary for Venugopal Rao, spread between 2008 and 2014. The biggest return came in 2011: 336 runs struck at 120.0 for Delhi Capitals. No IPL innings has beaten the 71 scored in 2008. Fifty has been passed three times. Measured against the 182 batters here who have faced 300 IPL balls or more, 117.8 is slower than the 135.37 median by 17.6. Fours and sixes account for roughly 54% of the total — 77 and 37 of them.

Club by club, the record reads Sunrisers Hyderabad (2008–2010), Delhi Capitals (2011–2012) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (2014). Most of the runs, 468 of them, came in the Delhi Capitals years. There is no IPL cricket on the record in 2013.

Indian Premier League

Season by season

Season	Team	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	4s	6s
2008	SRH	10	2	288	71	36.00	137.1	22	15
2009	SRH	12	1	124	32	11.30	108.8	6	3
2010	SRH	4	0	34	24	8.50	79.1	3	1
2011	DC	14	2	336	60	28.00	120.0	30	13
2012	DC	7	1	132	36	22.00	104.8	8	5
2014	SRH	5	2	71	27	23.70	112.7	8	0
Total	6 seasons	52	8	985	71	22.39	117.8	77	37

Questions

About Venugopal Rao

How many IPL runs has Venugopal Rao scored?

Venugopal Rao has scored 985 runs in the IPL across 6 seasons, averaging 22.39 at a strike rate of 117.82. The highest score is 71.

Which IPL teams has Venugopal Rao played for?

Venugopal Rao has appeared for Sunrisers Hyderabad and Delhi Capitals in the IPL.

What is Venugopal Rao's playing style?

Venugopal Rao is a right-hand bat who bowls right-arm offbreak, listed as a batter.

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How this page was worked out

Where these figures come from

Sources for this profile

IPL figures computed from ball-by-ball records of 1,243 IPL matches.
Date of birth, playing style and photograph come from a third-party player feed, matched by name.

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