India cricketer Venugopal Rao announces retirement from all forms

Venugopal Rao may want to amass only 218 runs with a lone fifty to his identify in the eleven innings he performed for India after making his debut towards Sri Lanka at Dambulla on July 30, 2005.
India cricketer and Andhra Pradesh skipper Venugopal Rao on Tuesday announced retirement from all varieties of the game.
“Y.Venugopala Rao, former captain of Andhra Ranji group and India international, who has represented India in 16 ODIs, and 65 IPL fits announced his retirement from all the varieties of cricket,” the Andhra Cricket Association stated in a statement.
The 37-year-old from Visakhapatnam ought to amass solely 218 runs with a lone fifty to his title in the eleven innings he performed for India after making his debut against Sri Lanka at Dambulla on July 30, 2005.
He played his final ODI in opposition to West Indies at Basseterre on May 23, 2006.
Rao performed 121 first-rate suits scoring 7,081 runs with 17 heaps and 30 fifties to his credit.
From 2008-2014 he performed for Deccan Chargers and Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL.
The ACA office-bearers recollected his valuable contribution to the game.
“The President, Hon. Gen. Secretary and the participants of the Andhra Cricket Association desire him all the first-rate of success for his future career and recollect his valuable contribution made with the aid of him for Andhra Cricket Association,” it added.
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