Personal information | |
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Full name | Venkatswamy Suryaprakash Thilak Naidu |
Born | Bangalore, Karnataka | 27 January 1978
Batting | Right-hand bat |
Bowling | Rn/a |
Role | Wicket-keeper |
Domestic team information | |
Years | Team |
1998–2009 | Karnataka |
2009–2011 | Provident Bangalore |
Source:ESPNcricinfo,5 May 2016 |
Venkatswamy Suryaprakash Thilak Naidu (born 27 January 1978 in Bangalore,Karnataka) is an Indian first-class cricketer who played for Karnataka cricket team. He was a right-handed wicket-keeper batsman. [1]
He played 93 first-class matches between 1998–99 and 2009–10 as wicket-keeper in which he took 220 catches and did 27 stumpings along with 4386 runs at an average of 34.80. [2] [3] [4] [5]
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