Full Name

Rahul Laxman Sanghvi

Born

September 03, 1974, Surat, Gujarat

Age

49y 207d

Batting Style

Left hand Bat

Bowling Style

Slow Left arm Orthodox

Playing Role

Bowler

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.
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Rahul Sanghvi Career Stats

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests12747822/672/7839.006.3237.0000
ODIs1010498399103/293/2939.904.8049.8000
FC95-1903491912717/42-33.912.8970.2-122
List A68-33572448978/158/1525.234.3734.6130

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests120221.00229.09000000
ODIs1020884.001172.72000140
FC95108259095010.95--01--580
List A6828921244*11.15--00--210
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Recent Matches of Rahul Sanghvi

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
Ind Masters vs Eng Masters--1/2909-Nov-2010BridgetownOTHERT20
Ind Masters vs Eng Masters0*2/3107-Nov-2010BridgetownOTHERT20
Delhi vs UP0*0/5401-Dec-2006DelhiFC
Delhi vs Tamil Nadu--2/76 & 0/3523-Nov-2006DelhiFC
Delhi vs Bengal0 & 41/29 & 0/1601-Dec-2005DelhiFC

Photos of Rahul Sanghvi

[L to R] Mahela Jayawardene, Charlotte Edwards and Rahul Sanghvi look pretty relaxed
Rahul Sanghvi and Robin Singh keep an eye on proceedings
Rahul Sanghvi (left), RS Sodhi and Ashish Nehra at the Bangalore camp
First Test wicket for Sanghvi, they don't come better than Steve Waugh
Nayan Mongia runs across to greet the bowler Sanghvi after snapping up a catch from Yuvraj
Badani lifts Sanghvi for a six on his way to an unbeaten 64