Venkatraman Ganesan
Venkatraman Ganesan (born 21 May 1985) is an Indian-born German cricketer.[1] He was named in Germany's squad for the 2017 ICC World Cricket League Division Five tournament in South Africa. He has represented Tamilnadu cricket team at age group levels and Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) first division. He played an important role in Germany winning its last two games on 2017 ICC World Cricket League Division Five tournament and got Man of the match in both the games he played.
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Born | Chennai | 21 May 1985
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T20I debut (cap 6) | 11 May 2019 v Belgium |
Last T20I | 8 March 2020 v Spain |
Source: Cricinfo, 8 March 2020 |
In May 2019, he was named in Germany's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their three-match series against Belgium. The matches were the first T20Is to be played by the German cricket team.[2] He made his T20I debut for Germany against Belgium on 11 May 2019.[3] Later the same month, he was named in Germany's squad for the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier tournament in Guernsey.[4][5] However, he was later ruled out of the tournament, after suffering a broken finger in the match against Italy.[6]
References
- "Venkatraman Ganesan". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- "Germany announce dates for first T20Is". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- "1st T20I, Germany tour of Belgium at Waterloo, May 11 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- "Squads announced for ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Final 2019". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
- "ICC Men's T20 World Cup – wir fahren nach Guernsey!". Deutscher Cricket Bund. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
- "Denmark remain in contention". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
External links
- "Road to ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 starts in South Africa".
- "The Times Group". epaperbeta.timesofindia.com.
- Staff, CricketCountry (7 June 2017). "Chennai cricketer moves to Germany; joins national team".
- "Jersey roll over Vanuatu's batting to take title".
- "5th Place Play-off, ICC World Cricket League Division Five at Benoni, Sep 9 2017 - Match Summary - ESPNCricinfo". ESPNcricinfo.