Balachandra Akhil

Balachandra Akhil (born 7 October 1977) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Karnataka. He is a right-handed middle-order batsman and medium-fast bowler.[1] He was a part of the Karnataka Under-19 team for the 1995 Cooch Behar Trophy and became a part of the senior team in 1998. He was a part of Royal Challengers Bangalore for the first three seasons of the Indian Premier League and played for Kochi Tuskers Kerala in the fifth season.[2]

Balachandra Akhil

Personal information
Born	7 October 1977 Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium-fast
Role	All-rounder
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1998–2009	Karnataka
2008–2010	Royal Challengers Bangalore
2011	Kochi Tuskers Kerala
Last First-class	24 November 2009 Karnataka v Maharashtra
Last List A	21 February 2009 Karnataka v Tamil Nadu
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A Twenty20 Matches 51 69 35 Runs scored 1810 1382 321 Batting average 28.73 27.64 17.83 100s/50s 1/14 0/8 0/0 Top score 135 91 35 Balls bowled 4283 2653 535 Wickets 49 57 24 Bowling average 37.48 34.38 26.58 5 wickets in innings 1 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 Best bowling 5/58 4/31 3/16 Catches/stumpings 79/0 34/0 6/0
Source: ESPNCricinfo, 23 July 2012

He captained the Provident Bangalore in 2010 Karnataka Premier League.[3]

References

1. "Balachandra Akhil". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
2. "Teams Balachandra Akhil played for". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
3. "Mangalore, Provident march into final". ESPNCricinfo. 29 September 2010. Retrieved 24 July 2012. After the duo were dismissed, B Akhil, the captain, hammered three sixes in his unbeaten 45 off only 22 deliveries as Provident sealed the victory with ease.