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Yalaka Gnaneswar 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 also was member of Kochi Tuskers Kerala in 2011 IPL season. He also captain India Under-19 cricket team for tour of England which included future international cricketer like Ambati Rayudu, Suresh Raina, Irfan Pathan and Timil Patel.[1][2][3]

Gnaneswara Rao

Personal information
Full name	Yalaka Gnaneswara Rao
Born	(1984-08-25) 25 August 1984 (age 37) 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: CricketArchive, 22 May 2013

References

External links

• Gnaneshwara Rao at ESPNcricinfo

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