Full Name

Venkatswamy Suryaprakash Thilak Naidu

Born

January 27, 1978, Bangalore, Karnataka

Age

46y 61d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Fielding Position

Wicketkeeper

Thilak Naidu, a hard-hitting wicketkeeper batsman, played first-class cricket for Karnataka between 1998-99 and 2009-10. Naidu was not a natural wicketkeeper, although he had 220 catches and 18 stumpings after 93 first-class matches. However, Naidu was a powerful batsman - he scored 4386 first-class runs with eight centuries and 24 fifties.

He played his last first-class match in the 2009 Ranji season, after which he was replaced by Muralidharen Gautam in the Karnataka team. He continued to play in the Karnataka Premier League, the state-level twenty20 tournament. Naidu announced his retirement from all forms of cricket in 2012.

Thilak Naidu Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
FC93140144386167*34.80--824--22018
List A5344911087731.65--07--5914
T20s110444444.0033133.33004100

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
FC93-000-----000
List A53-140---24.00-000
T20s1------------

Recent Matches of Thilak Naidu

Photos of Thilak Naidu

Former Karnataka wicketkeeper Thilak Naidu talks to Rahul Dravid
Wicketkeeper VST Naidu drops this chance offered by S Oasis off Prasad
VST Naidu walks back after being caught at first slip off RamPrakash
Naidu and Ganesh walk back happily after reaching victory
Naidu plays the sweep against Vatekar
Thilak Naidu, Portrait