Full name Ranganath Vinay Kumar
Born February 12, 1984, Davanagere, Karnataka
Current age 25 years 362 days
Major teams India A, Karnataka, Royal Challengers Bangalore
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-class | 54 | 71 | 15 | 818 | 51* | 14.60 | 1942 | 42.12 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | ||
| List A | 35 | 23 | 8 | 347 | 82 | 23.13 | 350 | 99.14 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Twenty20 | 30 | 19 | 7 | 143 | 25* | 11.91 | 104 | 137.50 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 0 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-class | 54 | 10172 | 4888 | 202 | 8/32 | 24.19 | 2.88 | 50.3 | 5 | 10 | 2 | ||
| List A | 35 | 1765 | 1293 | 58 | 4/24 | 4/24 | 22.29 | 4.39 | 30.4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Twenty20 | 30 | 30 | 556 | 736 | 26 | 3/27 | 3/27 | 28.30 | 7.94 | 21.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| First-class debut | 2004/05 |
| Last First-class | Central Zone v South Zone at Indore, Jan 26-29, 2010 scorecard |
| List A debut | 2004/05 |
| Last List A | India Blue v India Red at Cuttack, Oct 26, 2008 scorecard |
| Twenty20 debut | Karnataka v Kerala at Visakhapatnam, Apr 3, 2007 scorecard |
| Last Twenty20 | Royal Challengers Bangalore v Otago at Bangalore, Oct 12, 2009 scorecard |
R Vinay Kumar was given the responsibility of leading Karnataka's attack after the talented quartet - Javagal Srinath, Venkatesh Prasad, Dodda Ganesh and David Johnson - retired. A long apprenticeship was followed by his being picked for the Ranji Trophy in 2004-05. He quickly established himself, taking more than 20 wickets in each of his first three seasons. The 2007-08 season has been his best yet, finishing as the second-highest wicket-taker in the Ranji Trophy, with 40. That and a batting strike-rate hovering around 100 in the shorter versions of the game convinced the Bangalore Royal Challengers to get him on board for the Indian Premier League.
Cricinfo Staff (April 2008)
- Pace finds its voice through Salvi and Mithun (Jan 12, 2010)
- Vinay Kumar searches for route to the top (Jan 11, 2010)
- Seamers make it Karnataka's day (Jan 11, 2010)
- Karnataka drift towards semi-finals (Dec 26, 2009)
- Karnataka first to seal quarter-final berth (Dec 3, 2009)
Jan 11, 2010
Vinay Kumar is mobbed by his team-mates after getting rid of Wasim Jaffer
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Jan 11, 2010
Karnataka's Vinay Kumar celebrates an early strike
© Sportz Solutions
Jan 5, 2010
Karnataka's fast bowling trio of S Aravind, R Vinay Kumar and Abhimanyu Mithun pose for the cameras
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