Yaleeka Gnaneswara Rao

Yalaka Gnaneswara Rao

Personal information
Born	25 August 1984 Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right arm off spin
Role	All-rounder
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2000/01–present	Andhra
First-class debut	1 November 2000 Andhra v Kerala
Last First-class	25 December 2007 Andhra v Bengal
List A debut	7 January 2004 Andhra v Goa
Last List A	26 March 2008 South Zone v West Zone
Career statistics
Competition FC List A T20 Youth Test Matches 34 25 5 5 Runs scored 1304 679 142 108 Batting average 25.07 30.86 28.40 13.50 100s/50s 1/10 1/4 0/1 0/0 Top score 111 159 67 30 Balls bowled 772 360 0 18 Wickets 17 11 – 0 Bowling average 20.29 25.90 – – 5 wickets in innings 1 0 – 0 10 wickets in match 0 n/a n/a 0 Best bowling 5/16 3/42 – 0/4 Catches/stumpings 18/– 20/– 2/– 1/–
Source: CricketArchive, 25 September 2008

Yaleeka Gnaneswara Rao (born 25 August 1984 in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh), is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off break bowler. Rao is a middle order batsman and was selected to represent the India U-19 cricket team in 2000/01 and was part of the India squad during the 2000/01 U-19 Cricket World Cup. Rao was selected as the captain for the tour of England (2002 season) though he was unable to play the first Test and Maninder Bisla was the stand-in captain for the match. The series was lost in the third Test as India lost by 185 runs.

Rao made his debut in Ranji Trophy domestic cricket in the 2000/01 cricket season for his home state - AP and currently represents the AP team in Indian domestic cricket.

External links

• Player profile: Yaleeka Gnaneswara Rao from ESPNcricinfo
• Player profile: Yaleeka Gnaneswara Rao from CricketArchive