Woorkeri Venkat Raman (born 23 May 1965) is a former Indian

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er and former coach of the

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, having been appointed to the role in December 2018. W.V. Raman was replaced by Ramesh Powar in May 2021 as the coach of the India women's national cricket team. He played domestic cricket for

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, mainly as a left-handed

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and a part-time left arm spinner.

Career

Raman made his

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debut in his home town Chennai against

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in 1987–88, top scoring in the second innings with 83 and taking a wicket in the first over that he bowled in Test cricket. India were bowled to victory in that match by

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, who took 16 wickets (8/61 and 8/75). He played in 10 further Tests for

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, until 1997. He also played in 27 One Day Internationals in the same period. However, he was relatively unsuccessful on the international stage. His only international century, 114, came in an ODI where he marshalled a tricky chase and led India to victory against

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in the

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series. Between November 1988 to December 1992, India played 25 tests, out of which only one test was played in India, this impacted many players' careers as there were not any 'A' tours in the outside conditions, Raman was one of those Players. Raman began his first-class career as a left-arm spinner but eventually turned into a batsman. He was a successful batsman in domestic cricket scoring three double centuries, including 313 against Goa, in the 1988–89 season of the Ranji Trophy. His run aggregate, 1,018, beat the record set by Rusi Modi in 1944–45. He retired from all forms of cricket in 1999 after being axed from TN Ranji Team.

Coaching career

After retirement, Raman took to a career in coaching. He was appointed Tamil Nadu coach in 2006. His contract was renewed after two years and was signed for another two seasons with the team. With the

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too showing interest in signing him to coach their side, he chose to continue with Tamil Nadu. The side won the 2008–09 edition of the domestic one-day tournament. In July 2010, he was appointed the Bengal coach replacing

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. He was their fourth coach in four years. In 2013, he was named the assistant coach of

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, ahead of the sixth season of the

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(IPL). Later that year, he returned from Bengal to coach the Tamil Nadu side. The following year, he was appointed batting coach of the IPL side

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. His side went on to win the title that season. In 2015, Raman was appointed by the

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to the coaching panel as the batting coach at the

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in Bengaluru. In December 2018, he was appointed the head coach of the India women's national team.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Raman, Wookeri 1965 births Cricketers from Chennai Indian cricketers India One Day International cricketers India Test cricketers Tamil Nadu cricketers South Zone cricketers Living people Indian cricket coaches Coaches of the India women's national cricket team