Gnaneswara Rao (cricketer)

Gnaneswara Rao
Personal information
Full name
Yalaka Gnaneswara Rao
Born 25 August 1984
Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India
Batting Right-handed
Bowling Right arm medium
Role All-rounder
Relations Venugopal Rao (brother)
Domestic team information
Years Team
2000/01–present Andhra
FC debut 1 November 2000 Andhra v Kerala
Last FC 25 December 2007 Andhra v Bengal
LA debut 7 January 2004 Andhra v Goa
Last LA 26 March 2008 South Zone v West Zone
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 44 40 23
Runs scored 1592 994 429
Batting average 23.76 28.40 22.57
100s/50s 1/12 1/7 0/3
Top score 111 159* 71*
Balls bowled 1108 616 114
Wickets 22 18 1
Bowling average 23.18 28.33 162.00
5 wickets in innings 1 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 5/16 3/42 1/18
Catches/stumpings 27/– 25/– 9/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 22 May 2013

Yalaka Gnaneswara Rao (born 25 August 1984) is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler. He made his first-class debut in 2000/01 season and was also a member of Kochi Tuskers Kerala in 2011 IPL season. He also captained India Under-19 cricket team in its tour of England which included future international cricketers like Ambati Rayudu, Suresh Raina, Irfan Pathan, and Timil Patel. His older brother, Venugopal Rao played international cricket for India.