Lakshmipathy Balaji

Lakshmipathy Balaji

Balaji (left) in 2016
Personal information
Born	(1981-09-27) 27 September 1981 (age 42) Madras, Tamil Nadu, India
Height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm) [1]
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast medium
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	India (2002–2012)
Test debut (cap 245)	8 October 2003 v New Zealand
Last Test	24 March 2005 v Pakistan
ODI debut (cap 147)	18 November 2002 v West Indies
Last ODI	8 February 2009 v Sri Lanka
ODI shirt no.	55 (formerly 7)
T20I debut (cap 43)	11 September 2012 v New Zealand
Last T20I	2 October 2012 v South Africa
T20I shirt no.	55
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2001–2016	Tamil Nadu
2008–2010	Chennai Super Kings (squad no. 55)
2009	Wellington Firebirds
2011–2013	Kolkata Knight Riders (squad no. 55)
2014	Kings XI Punjab (squad no. 55)
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC Matches 8 30 5 106 Runs scored 51 120 – 1202 Batting average 5.66 12.00 – 12.14 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 – 0/0 Top score 35 21* – 49* Balls bowled 1,756 1,447 96 18299 Wickets 27 34 10 330 Bowling average 37.18 39.52 12.10 26.10 5 wickets in innings 1 0 0 16 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 4 Best bowling 5/76 4/48 3/19 7/42 Catches/stumpings 1/– 11/– 0/– 38/–
Medal record Men's Cricket Representing  India ACC Asia Cup Runner-up 2004 Sri Lanka
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 5 May 2024

Lakshmipathy Balaji (born 27 September 1981) is an Indian cricket coach and former international cricketer. He was a right-arm fast medium bowler. He represented the Indian cricket team and was part of the Indian team that finished as runners-up in the 2004 Asia Cup. He played for Tamil Nadu and South Zone in domestic cricket.

In November 2002, he made his ODI debut against West Indies. He made his Test debut against New Zealand in October 2003. He played the last of his eight test matches against Pakistan in March 2005, finishing with 27 wickets. He played 30 ODIs for India till 2009, taking 34 wickets. Later, he played five T20Is in 2012.

He played for the Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League from 2008 to 2010, winning the 2010 Indian Premier League and Champions League Twenty20. He also played for Kolkata Knight Riders from 2011 to 2013, winning the 2012 Indian Premier League and Kings XI Punjab (2014) later. After his retirement from all forms of cricket in 2016, he served as the bowling coach of the Knight Riders in 2017 and the Super Kings from 2018 to 2022.