Rajesh Ramesh
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| Full name | Rajesh Ramesh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 July 1982 Karachi, Sind, Pakistan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Karachi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001/02–2002/03 | Public Works Department | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007/08–2015/16 | Sui Southern Gas Corporation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 1 May 2026 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rajesh Ramesh (born 2 July 1982) is a Pakistani former cricketer. Ramesh was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Karachi, Sind, and played domestic cricket in Pakistan for Karachi sides, the Public Works Department and Sui Southern Gas Corporation.[1][2]
Ramesh first appeared in Pakistan domestic cricket at the start of the 2000s and developed into a durable seam bowler for Karachi and Public Works Department.[1][2] In the 2002–03 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, playing for Public Works Department against Karachi Whites, he took 5 for 91 in the first innings at the National Stadium.[3]
His most notable bowling performance came for Karachi Whites against Lahore Blues in the 2004–05 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy. He took a career-best 6 for 48 in the first innings and then 4 for 58 in the second, finishing with match figures of 10 for 106 as Karachi Whites won by 166 runs at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore.[4]
Although primarily a bowler, Ramesh also produced one notable innings with the bat. In the 2005–06 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, playing for Karachi Harbour, he scored his only first-class century, making exactly 100 against Abbottabad at Islamabad. Batting at number ten, he shared a ninth-wicket partnership of 218 with Fawad Alam, who remained unbeaten on 128, helping Karachi Harbour to 351 in the first innings and eventually a 38-run victory.[5]
Later, representing Sui Southern Gas Corporation, Ramesh remained an effective new-ball bowler. In a Patron's Trophy Grade-II semi-final against Pakistan Television in November 2006, he took 5 for 83 in the first innings.[6] Earlier that month, he had also helped Sui Southern Gas to a nine-wicket win over Dewan Farooq Motors by taking 3 for 30 in the second innings.[7]
Overall, Ramesh played in 67 first-class matches, taking 242 wickets at a bowling average of 28.00, with ten five-wicket hauls and one ten-wicket match. He also scored 982 runs, including one century and two half-centuries. In List A cricket, he played 30 matches and took 25 wickets, while in three Twenty20 matches he took two wickets.[1]