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Full name Venkatswamy Suryaprakash Thilak Naidu
Born January 27, 1978, Bangalore, Karnataka
Current age 31 years 302 days
Major teams Karnataka
Batting style Right-hand bat
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-class | 93 | 140 | 14 | 4386 | 167* | 34.80 | 8 | 24 | 220 | 18 | ||||
| List A | 53 | 44 | 9 | 1108 | 77 | 31.65 | 0 | 7 | 59 | 14 | ||||
| Twenty20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 44 | 44.00 | 33 | 133.33 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-class | 93 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| List A | 53 | 1 | 4 | 0 | - | - | - | 24.00 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Twenty20 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| First-class debut | 1998/99 |
| Last First-class | Delhi v Karnataka at Delhi, Nov 10-13, 2009 scorecard |
| List A debut | 1999/00 |
| Last List A | Karnataka v Rajasthan at Delhi, Mar 21, 2007 scorecard |
| Only Twenty20 | Railways v Karnataka at Mumbai (BS), Apr 19, 2007 scorecard |
Thilak Naidu, by all accounts, is a case of nurture triumphing over nature. His sense of wicketkeeping is academic rather than spontaneous, so although he effects routine catches and stumpings well enough, his glovework is not likely to pull off the difficult chance that turns a Test. Naidu's batting is powerful and hard-hitting; he has a very respectable first-class average, and if he does make it into the national side, more runs will be expected of him than of most other wicketkeepers in India. But Naidu must still push his wicketkeeping skills that extra distance to be serious competition to Parthiv Patel and Ajay Ratra. (Samanth Subramanian)
- Spinners help Bangalore Provident to KPL title (Sep 23, 2009)
- Bangalore Provident make it to semis (Sep 21, 2009)
- Manjunath, Naidu shine for Bangalore Provident (Sep 9, 2009)
- Thilak Naidu and Dravid put Karnataka on top (Nov 24, 2008)
- Make up or drop out (Nov 30, 2007)
Dec 9, 2000
VST Naidu walks back after being caught at first slip off RamPrakash
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Dec 9, 2000
Wicketkeeper VST Naidu drops this chance offered by S Oasis off Prasad
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Nov 18, 2000
Naidu plays the sweep against Vatekar
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