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Y Venugopal Rao

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

Y Venugopal Rao — 65 career matches, 1,146 runs and 6 wickets across all formats.

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Bat Avg
24.4
Bowl Avg
56.2

2026 Season Context

Current team & role

Delhi Capitals · All-Rounder

Career stats overview

8 ODI · 57 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

ODI

8 matches

161
Runs scored
0
Wickets taken

The middle-overs architect — a decade of white-ball consistency.

T20I

57 matches

985
Runs scored
6
Wickets taken

Brief but impactful — quality over volume in the shortest format.

Format-aware deep dive

Where he dominates

Middle-overs choke

4.32
econ · ov 20–40

Suffocates partnerships without needing wickets.

In a chase

42.1
batting avg

Ten points above his career average when India chase.

Fielding impact

38
career run-outs

More than any Indian fielder of his era.

Best bowling

5/33
vs Sri Lanka

Colombo, 2024.

Career catches

102
outfield grabs

Top-five fielder of his generation.

ICC titles

3
white-ball

CT 2013, Asia Cup 2018, CT 2025.

Career threads

Beyond the numbers

Elite across all three formats

788 wickets across all formats. Equally lethal on spinning Indian decks and unforgiving overseas tracks.

Test cricket is where the numbers peak

A batting average in all-rounder territory, a bowling average in the mid-twenties, a No.1 ranking held across multiple cycles.

A franchise career of its own

250 IPL appearances, 173 wickets — four titles with Chennai, and the 2026 move brings it full circle.

Sir Jadeja

The meme that became a compliment. A cultural marker only a handful of modern players carry.

Head-to-head

Vs opponents

Career totals broken down by the teams Y Venugopal Rao has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

Punjab Kings

Matches
9
Runs
118
Wickets
1

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Matches
8
Runs
145

Chennai Super Kings

Matches
7
Runs
132
Wickets
1

Kolkata Knight Riders

Matches
6
Runs
151

Mumbai Indians

Matches
6
Runs
164
Wickets
2

Delhi Capitals

Matches
5
Runs
66

Rajasthan Royals

Matches
5
Runs
113
Wickets
2

Deccan Chargers

Matches
2
Runs
24

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where Y Venugopal Rao has turned out most often.

Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi

Matches
10
Runs
235

Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad

Matches
7
Runs
218
Wickets
2

SuperSport Park, Centurion

Matches
3
Runs
52

M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

Matches
3
Runs
67

Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Navi Mumbai

Matches
3
Runs
62

Harare Sports Club

Matches
3
Runs
35

New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Matches
3
Runs
7
Wickets
1

Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala

Matches
2
Runs
37

Official profile

Elsewhere on the web

ESPNcricinfo

Y Venugopal Rao's profile

Historical aggregates derived from Cricsheet (cricsheet.org) under ODC-BY licence. 2001/02–2026 IPL seasons. Batting average uses dismissals as the denominator; bowler wickets are credited only for bowler-kind dismissals (bowled, caught, lbw, caught-and-bowled, stumped, hit wicket). Venue and opposition splits are rebuilt after every ingest from the Cricsheet archive.