Venu Gopal
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 27 imported matches (+0.5)
Critical recommendations
Strike rate of 63.6 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.
Only 0.11 catches per match over 27 matches. Fielding is the first thing selectors compare when batting/bowling are close — make catching the priority: 30 high balls + 30 flat catches per session, and ask to field in the ring/slips where chances come.
Strengths
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 14 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 46 × 30%. 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 23). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 23 matches since 26 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 3 catches + 1 run outs (0 direct, 1 assisted) in 27 matches — 0.15 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 7 innings at 18.9 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 30 wickets in 23 matches bowled in (of 27 played) — 1.30 per match at 24.6, economy 5.23, strike rate 28.2.
Fielding — imported matches (27)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 27 imported |
| Batting | 84 runs in 7 inns @ 18.86 (SR 63.64) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 30, 0 ducks |
| Bowling | 30 wkts @ 24.6 (econ 5.23, SR 28.2) |
| Best / 5WI | 5-36 · 1 five-fors |
| Fielding | 3 ct, 1 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 4 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 4 | 2 | 42 | 30* | 15.75 | 79.25 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2* | 2 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021/22 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 58.14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 15* | 15 | 44.12 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 113.3 | 6 | 609 | 22 | 27.68 | 5.37 | 30.9 |
| 2024/25 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | — | 11 | — |
| 2021/22 | 7 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 38 | 5.43 | 42 |
| 2020/21 | 13.7 | 1 | 58 | 6 | 9.67 | 4.24 | 13.7 |
| 2019/20 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 22 | 3.67 | 36 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
How does Venu compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.