Venkatakrishnan Balakrishnan
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 42 imported matches (+0.8)
Critical recommendations
Adjusted average of 13.3 over 43 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
Out for 0 in 16% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
0.19 dismissals per match across 42 matches. Add direct-hit and ground-fielding reps to turn half-chances into run outs.
Strengths
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 17 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling not rated (weight redistributed). Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.30 for the level played (Club 25). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 25 matches since 26 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 8 catches + 0 run outs (0 direct, 0 assisted) in 42 matches — 0.19 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 43 innings at 13.3 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- Not rated: 3 wickets from 13.0 overs across 7 matches bowled in (of 42 played) — 0.07 per match, under the 0.25 floor. Bowls too rarely to judge.
Fielding — imported matches (42)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 42 imported |
| Batting | 536 runs in 43 inns @ 13.33 (SR 43.07) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 43, 7 ducks |
| Bowling | 3 wkts @ 32 (econ 7.38, SR 26) |
| Best / 5WI | 1-7 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 8 ct, 0 RO, 0 st |
Further analysis
Batting form
Running not-out-adjusted average across innings (chronological).
Score distribution
How often each scoring band is reached — a read on consistency.
Scoring tempo
Runs vs balls faced per innings; line = a strike rate of 100.
Bowling form
Economy per spell (chronological) with the career economy as a baseline.
Wicket accumulation
Cumulative wickets across spells — the shape of their wicket-taking.
Fielding contribution
Breakdown of the 8 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 42 imported match(es).
Season by season
Seasons run 1 September – 31 August. Imported scorecards only.
Batting
| Season | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50 | 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 11 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025/26 | 11 | 1 | 145 | 31 | 14.38 | 337.21 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 15 | 1 | 282 | 43 | 20.05 | 300 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 7 | 0 | 42 | 19 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 7 | 1 | 49 | 29 | 8 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | — | 16 | — |
| 2025/26 | 5 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 36 | 7.2 | 30 |
| 2024/25 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 28 | 7 | 24 |
| 2022/23 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 16 | 5.33 | 18 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025/26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024/25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2023/24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022/23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
How does Venkatakrishnan compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.