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Maturi Venkat Sridhar (2 August 1965 – 30 October 2017) was an Indian first-class cricketer.[1] He represented Hyderabad between 1988/89 and 1999/00, making 6701 runs at 48.91 with 21 hundreds. His highest score of 366 was the cornerstone for Hyderabad when they posted the record breaking total of 944/6 (declared) against Andhra in the 1993–94 Ranji Trophy; Noel David and Vivek Jaisimha scored double centuries.[2][3] While Sridhar was batting, 850 runs were scored - the most runs added during a batsman's innings in first-class history.[4] He was the secretary of MVSR Engineering College in Hyderabad.[5]

M. V. Sridhar

Personal information
Full name	Maturi Venkat Sridhar
Born	9 November 1965 Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh
Died	30 October 2017(2017-10-30) (aged 51)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off break
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1988/89–1999/00	Hyderabad
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A Matches 97 35 Runs scored 6,701 930 Batting average 48.91 29.06 100s/50s 21/27 0/5 Top score 366 78* Balls bowled 27 16 Wickets 0 1 Bowling average – 14.00 5 wickets in innings – 0 10 wickets in match – 0 Best bowling – 1/8 Catches/stumpings 87/– 10/–
Source: Cricinfo, 1 September 2019

Death

On 30 October 2017, Sridhar suffered a heart attack at his home. He was declared dead upon arrival at the hospital. He is survived by his wife, a son and a daughter.[6]

References

External links

• M. V. Sridhar at ESPNcricinfo

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