Lakshmipathy Balaji

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Lakshmipathy Balaji
India
Personal information
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling style	Right-arm fast medium
Career statistics
	Tests	ODIs
Matches	8	29
Runs scored	51	113
Batting average	5.66	12.55
100s/50s	-/-	-/-
Top score	31	21*
Balls bowled	1756	1417
Wickets	27	34
Bowling average	37.18	38.58
5 wickets in innings	1	-
10 wickets in match	-	n/a
Best bowling	5/76	4/48
Catches/stumpings	1/-	11/-
As of 4 February 2006 Source: [1]

Lakshmipathy Balaji pronunciation (help·info) (born September 27, 1981, Madras, Tamil Nadu, India) is an Indian cricketer and member of the Indian cricket team since 2003. He is a right arm fast medium bowler. Playing for his state team since 2001, he made his Test debut against New Zealand at Ahmedabad in 2003. He was recognized after his performance in the 2004 India-Pakistan series. But after an injury, his international career was put on hold. He made a comeback in Pakistan's 2005 tour of India scalping 5 wickets in the first innings. Since then, injury has seen him left out of the Indian Cricket team.He is also currently picked for the Chennai Super Kings team in the Indian Premier League .He has recently expressed confidence about returning to the Indian Squad. He picked up the first hat-trick of the IPL tournament in the match against Punjab Kings XI at Chennai on May 10, 2008. His tournament was to end on a low as he bowled the final over to Shane Warne and Sohail Tanvir, with the latter hitting the winning runs off the final ball.

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Persondata
NAME	Balaji, Lakshmipathy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Cricketer
DATE OF BIRTH	September 27, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH	Chennai, Tamil Nadu
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH