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Full name Rahul Laxman Sanghvi
Born September 3, 1974, Surat, Gujarat
Current age 34 years 3 days
Major teams India,Delhi,Railways
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
1
2
0
2
2
1.00
22
9.09
0
0
0
0
0
0
ODIs
10
2
0
8
8
4.00
11
72.72
0
0
0
1
4
0
First-class
95
108
25
909
50
10.95
0
1
58
0
List A
68
28
9
212
44*
11.15
0
0
21
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
1
2
74
78
2
2/67
2/78
39.00
6.32
37.0
0
0
0
ODIs
10
10
498
399
10
3/29
3/29
39.90
4.80
49.8
0
0
0
First-class
95
19034
9191
271
7/42
33.91
2.89
70.2
12
2
List A
68
3357
2448
97
8/15
8/15
25.23
4.37
34.6
1
3
0
Career statistics
Only Test
India v Australia at Mumbai, Feb 27-Mar 1, 2001 scorecard
Zimbabwe v India at Harare, Sep 30, 1998 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut
1994/95
Last First-class
Delhi v Uttar Pradesh at Delhi, Dec 1-4, 2006 scorecard
List A span
1994/95 - 2003/04
Profile
In a little under two years, Rahul Sanghvi played in 10 ODIs. He did reasonably well too, and his best bowling figures were notched up against Zimbabwe in the tri-series in India in 1998. He kept the run hungry Australian batsmen on a leash in the Coca Cola Cup final at Sharjah the same year. Then, as suddenly as he made it to the national side, he was dropped and forgotten for more than two years. However, the left-arm spinner has always adopted a never say die approach. A string of notable performances for Delhi and North Zone saw him
make his debut in the first Test against Australia in 2000-01, but he was immediately dropped in the aftermath of the defeat.
An orthodox spinner of the ball, Sanghvi has come up through the ranks having toured England in 1994 with the Indian Under-19 side. He is particularly impressive on batsman friendly pitches. Sanghvi, who learnt the finer points of the art from Bishen Singh Bedi, has all the attributes - line, length, control of turn and flight and enough variety - to command a regular place in the national side.
Partab Ramchand
