Full Name

Balachandra Akhil

Born

October 07, 1977, Bangalore, Karnataka

Age

45y 167d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Medium fast

Playing Role

Bowler

Other

Referee

Balachandra Akhil is a useful allrounder - medium-pacer and middle-order bat - for Karnataka. He came into the spotlight in the Cooch Behar Trophy for the Under-19 side in 1995 before graduating in 1998 to the state senior side, where he has been a fixture since. Though he has a moderate record in first-class and List A games, he boasts a strike-rate hovering around 150 and enviable bowling figures in Twenty20s. That saw him picked for the Bangalore Royal Challengers in the Indian Premier League.

Cricinfo Staff April 2008

Career Averages
Bowling
FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
FC51-42831837495/58-37.482.5787.4-10
List A69-26531960574/314/3134.384.4346.5100
T203532535638243/163/1626.587.1522.2000
Batting & Fielding
FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
FC51729181013528.73--114--790
List A6956613829127.64--08--340
T20352683213517.83216148.6100301260
Umpire & Referee
FormatMatReferee
FC11
Photos
B Akhil drops M Vijay at deep midwicket
Balachandra Akhil in an aggressive mood
B Akhil is undone by Shane Warne's legspinner
Karnataka's B Akhil punches the ball through the off side
Karnataka's  B Akhil sweeps on his way to 56
AnanthaPadmanabhan and his team appeal for B Akhil's caught behind