Rakesh Madhavan (born 23 February 1977) is a Malaysian

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er. A left-handed

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and right-arm

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bowler,CricketArchive profile
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since 1997.

Biography

Born in Negeri Sembilan in 1977, Madhavan made his debut for Malaysia in the annual

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match against

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in September 1997. The following year he played in the Stan Nagaiah Trophy against SingaporeOther matches played by Rakesh Madhavan
at CricketArchive before making his List A debut against

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in the Pakistan domestic one-day tournament.List A matches played by Rakesh Madhavan
at CricketArchive He played a second Saudara Cup match in August before representing

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in the cricket tournament at the

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, hosted in

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, playing against Sri Lanka,

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and

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. He finished the year playing in the

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, with Malaysia losing to

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in the final. Over the following years, he became almost an ever present for Malaysia, playing in every Stan Nagaiah Trophy and Saudara Cup match against Singapore until 2005, also playing in the ACC Trophy tournaments of 2000, 2002 and 2004 over the same time period, in addition to a match for Malaysia against the

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in February 2003. He also played in the 2001 ICC Trophy in Toronto. He made his first-class debut in 2004, playing against

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and the

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in the

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. He played ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament matches against

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in 2004 and against Singapore, Hong Kong and Nepal in 2005. He did not play in the Saudara Cup match of 2006,Scorecard
of 2006 Saudara Cup match at CricketArchive though he did play in that year's Stan Nagaiah Trophy and ACC Trophy, in addition to ACC Premier League matches against Hong Kong and Nepal. He most recently represented his country in the 2007 Saudara Cup.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Madhavan, Rakesh 1977 births Living people People from Negeri Sembilan Malaysian cricketers Malaysian people of Tamil descent Malaysian sportspeople of Indian descent Cricketers at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Malaysia Cricketers at the 2010 Asian Games Cricketers at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Malaysia