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Vinay Kumar

Full Name
Ranganath Vinay Kumar
Born
12-02-1984 Davanagere, Karnataka, India
Current Age
37 years old
Major Teams
India, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Mumbai Indians, Kolkata Knight Riders, Kochi Tuskers Kerala
Batting Style
Right-hand bat
Bowling Style
Right-arm medium
Vinay Kumar

Photos: Vinay Kumar

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    Vinay Kumar and Richa: A Bangalore-Delhi union

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    India vs Australia, one-off T20I at Rajkot

  • Karnataka vs Maharashtra Ranji Trophy 2013-14 final

    Karnataka vs Maharashtra Ranji Trophy 2013-14 final

Videos: Vinay Kumar

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    CEAT Cricket Ratings Awards: Part 1 of 4

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    India eyes series win over Zimbabwe in 3rd ODI at Harare

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    Virat Kohli-led India departs for Zimbabwe

  • Vinay Kumar’s performance is a bright spot for RCB

    Vinay Kumar’s performance is a bright spot for RCB

Vinay Kumar Biography

Feisty and aggressive, Vinay Kumar relies on relentless accuracy and subtle variations of line, length, and pace, punctuated by the occasional leg-cutter. He can swing the new ball, which makes up for his lack of pace at domestic level.
 
Unfortunately, that did not work for him in Test cricket. He played a solitary one, at Perth in 2012-13. To be fair, the pitch had nothing for him, and David Warner shredded his bowling to ribbons. His 13 overs went for 73; he bowled 6 of these to Warner, who smashed 43 off them. There was some consolation when he had Michael Hussey caught at gully, but that was it.
 
Limited-overs cricket was not much better, either. Economy rates around 6 in ODIs and 8 in T20Is are certainly not glorious. Against Australia at Chinnaswamy (his home ground) he went for 102 in 9 overs. He has not played for India since.
 
At domestic level it is a different story altogether. It is no joke for a medium-paced bowler to take over 400 First-Class wickets for under 25 on mostly unhelpful pitches. Over 2,500 runs have simply added to the value he brings to Karnataka cricket.
 
But Vinay Kumar’s greatest legacy lies in captaincy and mentorship. He led Karnataka to Ranji titles in 2013-14 and 2014-15, and then to the corresponding Irani Cups. Karnataka did the hat-trick in both seasons, bagging the Vijay Hazare Trophy as well. Never has Karnataka cricket scaled such heights.
 
Probably his greatest performance came in the final of 2013-14, where he took 5 for 34 and 2 for 43; sandwiched between them was an unbeaten 105. He became the second cricketer to score a hundred and take a five-for in a Ranji Trophy final: to make it even more dramatic, he achieved this on the birthday of Vijay Hazare, the other man to have done this.
 
Of his protégé seamers, Abhimanyu Mithun and Sreenath Aravind have both played for India. There has also been a cohort of batsmen, including Robin Uthappa, KL Rahul, Manish Pandey, and Karun Nair.
 
He has also played IPL for four franchises — Royal Challengers Bangalore, Kochi Tuskers Kerala, Kolkata Knight Riders, and Mumbai Indians.
 
Abhishek Mukherjee

Vinay Kumar Batting & Fielding Averages

Career M In R NO HS Avg BF SR 100s 50s 4s 6s Ct St
Test 1 2 11 0 6* 5.500 24 45.83 0 0 2 0 -- --
ODIs 31 13 86 4 27* 9.555 146 58.90 0 0 5 2 6 0
T20s 9 1 2 1 2* -- 4 50.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
World Cup 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Vinay Kumar Bowling Averages

Career M B R W Avg EC SR 5WI 10WM BBI BBM
Test 1 78 73 1 73.00 5.615 78. 0 0 1/10 1/10
ODIs 31 1436 1423 38 37.44 5.945 37.78 0 0 4/30 4/30
T20s 9 189 247 10 24.70 7.841 18.90 0 0 3/18 3/18
World Cup 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 4/30

Vinay Kumar Career statistics

Test Debut

Australia v India at Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth, January 13, 2012

Last Test

Australia v India at Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth, January 13, 2012

ODI Debut

Zimbabwe v India at Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, May 28, 2010

Last ODI

India v Australia at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, November 2, 2013

T20 Debut

India v Sri Lanka at Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, May 11, 2010

Last T20

India v Australia at Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot, October 10, 2013

News ON Vinay Kumar

Vinay Kumar Becomes Highest Wicket-Taker Among Fast Bowlers in Ranji Trophy History

With his three-wicket haul, Vinay has now 412 wickets, going past Pankaj Singh (409 wickets).

When Karnataka captain Vinay Kumar motivated out-of-form Mayank Agarwal

Robin Uthappa says Karnataka captain Vinay Kumar's motivational talk triggered a turnaround for Mayank Agarwal.

It’s the right time to move on: Vinay Kumar on leaving Karnataka

Kumar made his first class debut in 2004 and leaves Karnataka as their highest wicket-taker in Ranji Trophy among pacers

Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, Super League: Karnataka beat Uttar Pradesh for second straight win

Bowlers led Karnataka to a second straight win in the Super League stage of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2019.

Syed Mushtaq Ali 2019, Super League: Karnataka thrash Mumbai by nine wickets

Opting to bat, Mumbai suffered a major batting collapse and were restricted to a paltry 97/9 in 20 overs.

Vinay, Mithun fireworks seal thrilling win as Karnataka maintain unbeaten run

Vinay Kumar and Abhimanyu Mithun fired Karnataka to a thrilling four-wicket win over Chhattisgarh.

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Features ON Vinay Kumar

    DRS in live domestic cricket games will be very helpful: Vinay Kumar

    Vinay reckons Decision Review System (DRS) should be introduced by the BCCI for live domestic matches.

    Ranji Trophy 2018-19 LIVE: Live Cricket Score, Round 2, Day 1

    Follow all the live updates from opening day of round two of the 2018-19 Ranji Trophy season.

    IPL 2018: Virat Kohli requests Ashish Nehra, Daniel Vettori to come out of retirement

    Nehra-ji has a smart-phone, he will surely respond to us once he reads this article. As for Vinay Kumar, we will wait for his tweet.

    Ranji Trophy 2017-18, quarter-finals, Day 1: Vinay Kumar, Mayank Agarwal hog limelight; Prithvi Shaw, Manoj Tiwary falter

    Karnataka's skipper Vinay Kumar, playing his 100th First-Class match, took his 22nd five-wicket haul and became the fourth bowler to ...

    Vinay Kumar: 9 must-know facts about one of Karnataka’s finest cricketers

    His talent was first spotted when he was just 13, and he got full backing of him family to pursuit cricket as a career despite their ...

    Karnataka in Ranji trophy 2015-16: Extremely hard to stop defending champions from hat-trick of titles

    Karnataka will be the first team after Mumbai to win Rajni Trophy thrice in a row.

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