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{{Infobox cricketer
| name = P. M. K. Raghunath
| image =
| country = India
| fullname = Ponnambath Mambally Krishnan Raghunath
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1950|10|10|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Mahé, India|Mahé]], [[French India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2016|1|14|1950|10|10|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Thiruvananthapuram]], [[Kerala]], [[India]]
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm medium
| family = [[P. M. K. Mohandas]] (brother)<br/>[[A. P. M. Gopalakrishnan]] (cousin)<br/>[[P. M. Raghavan]] (uncle)<br/>[[P. M. Anandan]] (uncle)
| role =
| club1 = [[Kerala cricket team|Kerala]]
| year1 = 1973–1978
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
| matches1 = 9
| runs1 = 31
| bat avg1 = 3.10
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0
| top score1 = 8
| deliveries1 = 822
| wickets1 = 11
| bowl avg1 = 52.54
| fivefor1 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 3/66
| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–
| date = 22 February
| year = 2015
| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/35/35743/35743.html CricketArchive
}}
'''Ponnambath Mambally Krishnan Raghunath''' (10 October 1950 – 14 January 2016) was an Indian [[cricket]]er who played at [[first-class cricket|first-class]] level for [[Kerala cricket team|Kerala]] during the 1970s. He was a right-arm medium-pace [[Bowler (cricket)|bowler]] and right-handed [[batsman]].

Raghunath was born in [[Mahé, India|Mahé]], in what was then part of [[French India]] but is now a district of the [[Union Territory]] of [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]].<ref name="prof">[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/35/35743/35743.html Krishnan Raghunath] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 July 2015.</ref> While attending the [[University of Kerala]] in the early 1970s, he played several seasons in the inter-university competition,<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/35/35743/Miscellaneous_Matches.html Miscellaneous matches played by Krishnan Raghunath] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 July 2015.</ref> notably taking 6/61 against [[Karnatak University]] during the 1970–71 season.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/139/139340.html Karnatak University v Kerala University], Rohinton Baria Trophy 1970/71 (South Zone) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 July 2015.</ref> Raghunath made his [[Ranji Trophy]] debut for Kerala in November 1973, and went on to play three more matches during the 1973–74 season.<ref name="fc">[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/35/35743/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Krishnan Raghunath] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 July 2015.</ref> In his first match, against [[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]], he opened the bowling with [[Madhavan Amarnath]], but took only a single wicket as his team lost by an innings, having [[B. Vijayakrishna|Vijayakrishna]] out [[hit wicket]].<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/33/33808.html Karnataka v Kerala], Ranji Trophy 1973/74 (South Zone) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 July 2015.</ref> Raghunath finished the season as Kerala's leading wicket-taker, with his best figures being 3/72 against [[Andhra cricket team|Andhra]] and 3/66 against [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]].<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1973-74/Kerala_Bowling.html Bowling for Kerala, Ranji Trophy 1973/74] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 July 2015.</ref>

During the 1974–75 season, Raghunath only appeared in two matches, against Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, and took only a single wicket.<ref name="fc"/> After that, his Ranji Trophy appearances were limited to one match in September 1976 and two matches in December 1978, with only the 1976 match (against Tamil Nadu) yielding multiple wickets.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/35/35743/Ranji_Trophy_Matches.html Ranji Trophy matches played by Krishnan Raghunath] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 July 2015.</ref> Raghunath died in [[Thiruvananthapuram]] in January 2016, after a long illness.<ref>(15 January 2016). [http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/kerala-roundup/article8110028.ece "KERALA ROUND-UP"] – ''[[The Hindu]]''. Retrieved 24 February 2016.</ref> His older brother, [[P. M. K. Mohandas]], also played first-class cricket for Kerala, playing three matches during the 1972–73 season.<ref name="prof"/> Their father, P. M. Krishnan, had had a longstanding involvement with what is now the [[Kerala Cricket Association]].<ref>A. S. Balakrishnan (2000). [http://audio.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/NATIONAL/IND/FC_TEAMS/KERALA/HISTORY/KERALA-HISTORY.html "History of Kerala cricket"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140504153620/http://audio.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/NATIONAL/IND/FC_TEAMS/KERALA/HISTORY/KERALA-HISTORY.html |date=4 May 2014 }} – Kerala Cricket Association. Retrieved 21 July 2015.</ref> Two of the brothers' uncles, [[P. M. Raghavan]] and [[P. M. Anandan]], each played at first-class level for [[Travancore-Cochin cricket team|Travancore-Cochin]], Kerala's predecessor, as did a cousin, [[A. P. M. Gopalakrishnan]].<ref name="prof"/> Outside of cricket, the family's business was baking.<ref>[http://bestotelkottayam.com/About.aspx The History of Bestotel & Best Bakers] – Bestotel Best Bakers. Retrieved 21 July 2015.</ref>

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[[Category:University of Kerala alumni]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Puducherry]]

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