Praveen Kumar

India · PACE · 2007 to 2012 · on scorecards: P Kumar

BATTING

Matches: 68
Innings: 33
Runs: 292
Average: 13.9
Strike rate: 88.21
High score: 54*
100s / 50s: 0 / 1

BOWLING & FIELDING

Wickets: 77
Average: 36.02
Economy: 5.13
Strike rate: 42.1
Best figures: 4/31
4w / 5w: 3 / 0
Catches / Stumpings: 11 / 0
Run-outs effected: 7

CAREER IN BRIEF

Praveen Kumar played 68 ODIs for India in CricArcade's archive, from 2007 to 2012. The first came against Pakistan at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, with a score of 12, and the last against Pakistan at Shere Bangla National Stadium in 2012.

The most productive decade was the 2010s: 39 wickets at 36.2 in 34 ODIs. The best bowling is 4 for 31 against Sri Lanka at Bellerive Oval in 2008. With the ball: 13 wickets at 62.5 at home and 39 wickets at 32.5 away.

The most wickets came against Sri Lanka: 22 wickets at 37.0 in 19 ODIs. Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium was the most frequent ground, with 10 ODIs and 18 wickets at 22.1. The scorecards record 2 player-of-the-match awards. India won 44 of the ODIs Praveen Kumar played and lost 20.

The career totals above are the official figures; everything below is computed from the 68 ODI scorecards in CricArcade's archive, each linked.

BEST INNINGS

Runs	Balls	Against	Ground	Year	Result
54*	51	Australia	Nehru Stadium	2009	Lost
40*	32	Australia	Reliance Stadium	2009	Lost
25*	15	West Indies	Sir Vivian Richards Stadium	2011	Won
16	19	Australia	Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium	2009	Lost
16	12	England	Eden Gardens	2011	Won

BEST BOWLING

Figures	Overs	Against	Ground	Year	Result
4/31	10	Sri Lanka	Bellerive Oval	2008	Won
4/46	10	Australia	Brisbane Cricket Ground	2008	Won
4/53	9	Pakistan	Shere Bangla National Stadium	2008	Won
3/22	9	West Indies	Wanderers Stadium	2009	Won
3/34	10	Sri Lanka	Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium	2008	Won

RECORD BY OPPONENT

Against	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
Sri Lanka	19	44	7.33	0/0	22	36.95
Australia	12	143	23.83	0/1	12	41.75
England	9	20	20.00	0/0	7	45.14
New Zealand	9	13	4.33	0/0	11	27.27
Pakistan	7	27	13.50	0/0	9	43.00
West Indies	6	32	16.00	0/0	8	29.13
Bangladesh	3	0	–	0/0	5	25.20
South Africa	2	13	13.00	0/0	3	25.67
Hong Kong	1	0	–	0/0	0	–

HOME, AWAY AND NEUTRAL

Where	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	19	167	27.83	0/1	13	62.54
Away	33	98	8.91	0/0	39	32.51
Neutral	16	27	6.75	0/0	25	27.72

BY DECADE

Decade	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
2000s	34	188	17.09	0/1	38	35.82
2010s	34	104	10.40	0/0	39	36.23

GROUNDS

Ground	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium	10	24	4.80	0/0	18	22.06
Shere Bangla National Stadium	6	11	11.00	0/0	10	30.20
R Premadasa Stadium	5	19	9.50	0/0	7	26.86
National Stadium	4	1	–	0/0	1	174.00
Sir Vivian Richards Stadium	2	31	31.00	0/0	3	27.67
Sawai Mansingh Stadium	2	25	12.50	0/0	2	48.00

FIRST AND LAST

Debut: v Pakistan, 2007 at Sawai Mansingh Stadium
Latest in the archive: v Pakistan, 2012 at Shere Bangla National Stadium

PLAYER DETAILS

Born: 2 October 1986
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm medium
Balls faced (career): 331
Ducks: 2
Four-wicket hauls: 3
Most common batting position: 9th
Strike rate, overs 11 to 40: 57.5
Strike rate, overs 41 to 50: 104.8
Balls per dismissal against pace: 16.6

Position, phase strike rates and the pace and spin split come from ball-by-ball records (Cricsheet), which cover ODIs from 2002 onwards: 328 balls faced in that period.

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