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Full name Ramesh Rajaram Powar
Born May 20, 1978, Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra
Current age 30 years 233 days
Major teams India, India Blue, Indian Board President's XI, Kings XI Punjab, Mumbai, Rajasthan Cricket Association President's XI, Reebok XI
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Relations Brother - KR Powar

Batting and fielding averages

Mat

Inns

Runs

Ave

100

Tests

6.50

72.22

ODIs

163

11.64

260

62.69

First-class

123

3133

131

29.55

List A

107

1045

80*

17.71

Twenty20

28*

33.00

122.22

Bowling averages

Mat

Inns

Balls

Runs

Wkts

BBI

BBM

Ave

Econ

Tests

252

118

3/33

3/36

19.66

2.80

42.0

ODIs

1536

1191

3/24

35.02

4.65

45.1

First-class

20045

9592

342

7/44

28.04

2.87

58.6

List A

107

5271

4156

133

5/53

31.24

4.73

39.6

Twenty20

126

2/22

31.50

7.87

24.0

Career statistics

Test debut

Bangladesh v India at Chittagong (CDS), May 18-22, 2007 scorecard

Last Test

Bangladesh v India at Dhaka (SBNS), May 25-27, 2007 scorecard

Test statistics

ODI debut

Pakistan v India at Rawalpindi, Mar 16, 2004 scorecard

Last ODI

India v Australia at Kochi, Oct 2, 2007 scorecard

ODI statistics

First-class debut

1999/00

Last First-class

Mumbai v Saurashtra at Chennai, Jan 4-7, 2009 scorecard

List A debut

2000/01

Last List A

Bengal v Mumbai at Visakhapatnam, Apr 7, 2008 scorecard

Twenty20 debut

Tamil Nadu v Mumbai at Ahmedabad, Apr 16, 2007 scorecard

Last Twenty20

Chennai Super Kings v Kings XI Punjab at Mumbai, May 31, 2008 scorecard

A stocky offspinner who is more than handy with the bat, Ramesh Powar has been a consistent performer in domestic cricket for the last four seasons, and was crucial to Mumbai's Ranji Trophy success in the 2002-03 season. His 20 wickets with his flighted stuff was useful enough, but even more crucial was the runs he contributed. He never batted higher than No. 7 - sometimes going in as low as No. 10 - but ended up with the second-highest aggregate for Mumbai in the tournament, scoring 418 runs at more than 46, with most of those runs coming when his team was in strife. His domestic exploits soon caught the selectors' notice, and he made to the Indian squad for the tour to Pakistan. Both his offspin and his batting stood the test in the couple of one-day internationals he played, but even more impressive was his combative attitude, as he bravely tossed the ball up on batting shirtfronts, and didn't bat an eyelid while striking some lusty blows against the pace of Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Sami. An ideal bits-and-pieces player, Powar returned to the one-day side early in 2006, now armed with a new delivery - a drifter - which helped him to 63 domestic wickets in 2005-06, after 54 the previous season. Again he impressed with both bat and ball, although some critics made disparaging remarks about his waistline, causing him to tempt fate: "I've never missed a game owing to fitness problems." Almost inevitably, he then twisted an ankle and missed the first two ODIs in the West Indies in June 2006.
S Rajesh July 2006

Jan 7, 2009

Ramesh Powar took 4 for 108 to seal a spot in the final for Mumbai © K Sivaraman

Jan 6, 2009

Ramesh Powar is congratulated for dismissing Cheteshwar Pujara © K Sivaraman

Dec 19, 2007

Ramesh Powar instructs a fielder to move © Cricinfo Ltd

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