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Full name Rudra Pratap Singh
Born December 6, 1985, Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh
Current age 22 years 314 days
Major teams India, Deccan Chargers, India A, India Under-19s, Leicestershire, Rajasthan Cricket Association President's XI, Uttar Pradesh
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Left-arm fast-medium

Batting and fielding averages

Mat

Inns

Runs

Ave

100

Tests

6.50

250

36.40

ODIs

12*

8.00

131

42.74

T20Is

100.00

First-class

389

41*

8.84

List A

283

11.32

416

68.02

Twenty20

7.00

109.37

Bowling averages

Mat

Inns

Balls

Runs

Wkts

BBI

BBM

Ave

Econ

Tests

2330

1564

5/59

7/117

39.10

4.02

58.2

ODIs

2109

1861

4/35

31.54

5.29

35.7

T20Is

168

191

4/13

14.69

6.82

12.9

First-class

7204

4069

143

5/33

28.45

3.38

50.3

List A

4039

3411

122

5/30

27.95

5.06

33.1

Twenty20

548

732

4/13

25.24

8.01

18.8

Career statistics

Test debut

Pakistan v India at Faisalabad, Jan 21-25, 2006 scorecard

Last Test

India v South Africa at Ahmedabad, Apr 3-5, 2008 scorecard

Test statistics

ODI debut

Zimbabwe v India at Harare, Sep 4, 2005 scorecard

Last ODI

Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (RPS), Aug 29, 2008 scorecard

ODI statistics

T20I debut

India v Scotland at Durban, Sep 13, 2007 scorecard

Last T20I

India v Australia at Mumbai (BS), Oct 20, 2007 scorecard

T20I statistics

First-class debut

2003/04

Last First-class

India A v New Zealand A at Chennai, Oct 3-6, 2008 scorecard

List A debut

2004/05

Last List A

Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (RPS), Aug 29, 2008 scorecard

Twenty20 debut

Railways v Uttar Pradesh at Jaipur, Apr 3, 2007 scorecard

Last Twenty20

Deccan Chargers v Chennai Super Kings at Hyderabad (Decc), May 27, 2008 scorecard

Rudra Pratap Singh first made the headlines in the Under-19 World Cup in Bangladesh in 2004, taking eight wickets at 24.75 apiece and bowling well in the slog overs at the end of the innings. Later that year he joined the conveyor belt of Indian left-arm seamers, taking 34 wickets in six Ranji Trophy games for Uttar Pradesh, the joint-highest for the summer. He made the national one-day squad at the end of 2005, and took two wickets in his second over of international cricket, against Zimbabwe at Harare in September. He took four wickets (and the match award) against Sri Lanka in his third game, and three more in his fourth, before a run of four wicketless matches cost him his place after the first match of the West Indies tour in May 2006. He also won a couple of Test caps, winning the match award on his debut for some persistent bowling on a shirtfront at Faisalabad, where Pakistan ran up 588. He drifted out of contention after that, but he is still young, and well respected in the Indian set-up, as Virender Sehwag confirmed: "RP is a very talented bowler - his specialty is that he can bring the ball into the right-handers and swing it both ways." He was recalled for the tours of Bangladesh and England in 2007. It was the start of his most prolific season, which included a five-wicket haul at Lord's, crucial strikes in the victorious ICC World Twenty20 and a four-wicket haul in Perth which shut Australia out of the match. However, his bowling lacked bite after the tour of Australia and went wicket-less in the home Tests against South Africa.

Siddhartha Vaidyanathan (June 1, 2008)

Aug 29, 2008

RP Singh converges with his team-mates after taking a wicket © AFP

Jul 21, 2008

RP Singh takes in some liquids © AFP

Jul 6, 2008

RP Singh looks back at his stumps after being bowled by Ajantha Mendis © AFP

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