Woorkeri Raman

Woorkeri Raman
Personal information
Full name
Woorkeri Venkat Raman
Born23 May 1965 (1965-05-23) (age 59)
Madras, Madras State (present–day Chennai, Tamil Nadu), India
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
RoleOpening Batsman
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 181)11 January 1988 v West Indies
Last Test2 January 1997 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 63)2 January 1988 v West Indies
Last ODI14 December 1996 v South Africa
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1983–1999Tamil Nadu
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 11 27 132 87
Runs scored 448 617 7,939 2,892
Batting average 24.88 23.73 45.62 35.26
100s/50s 0/4 1/3 19/36 4/18
Top score 96 114 313 117*
Balls bowled 348 162 6,460 707
Wickets 2 2 85 18
Bowling average 64.50 85.00 37.36 33.61
5 wickets in innings 0 0 4 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 1 0
Best bowling 1/7 1/23 6/29 2/12
Catches/stumpings 6/– 2/– 91/– 22/–
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing  India
ACC Asia Cup
Winner 1990-91 India
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 15 September 2010

Woorkeri Venkat Raman (pronunciationⓘ; born 23 May 1965) is a former Indian cricketer and former coach of the India women's national cricket team, having been appointed to the role in December 2018.[1] Raman was replaced by Ramesh Powar in May 2021 as the national woman's team coach.[2] He played domestic cricket for Tamil Nadu, mainly as a left-handed batsman and a part-time left arm spinner. He was a part of the Indian squad which won the 1990-91 Asia Cup.

  1. ^ Woorkeri Raman at CricketArchive (subscription required)
  2. ^ Karhadkar, Amol (20 December 2018). "W.V. Raman is the new Indian women's cricket team coach". The Hindu. Retrieved 20 December 2018.