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{{Short description|Pakistani cricketer (born 1982)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}}
{{Infobox cricketer
|name = Rajesh Ramesh
|image =
|country = Pakistan
|full_name = Rajesh Ramesh
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|7|2|df=yes}}
|birth_place = [[Karachi]], [[Sind]], Pakistan
|batting = Right-handed
|bowling = Right-arm fast-medium
|role = Bowler
|club3 = [[Sui Southern Gas Corporation cricket team|Sui Southern Gas Corporation]]
|year3 = 2007/08–2015/16
|club2 = [[Public Works Department cricket team|Public Works Department]]
|year2 = 2001/02–2002/03
|club1 = [[Karachi cricket team|Karachi]]
|columns = 3
|column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
|matches1 = 67
|runs1 = 982
|bat avg1 = 12.75
|100s/50s1 = 1/2
|top score1 = 100
|deliveries1 = 11,512
|wickets1 = 242
|bowl avg1 = 28.00
|fivefor1 = 10
|tenfor1 = 1
|best bowling1 = 6/48
|catches/stumpings1 = 21/–
|column2 = [[List A cricket|List A]]
|matches2 = 30
|runs2 = 130
|bat avg2 = 8.12
|100s/50s2 = 0/0
|top score2 = 29[[not out|*]]
|deliveries2 = 1,263
|wickets2 = 25
|bowl avg2 = 50.60
|fivefor2 = 0
|tenfor2 = 0
|best bowling2 = 4/36
|catches/stumpings2 = 7/–
|column3 = [[Twenty20]]
|matches3 = 3
|runs3 = 11
|bat avg3 = –
|100s/50s3 = 0/0
|top score3 = 8[[not out|*]]
|deliveries3 = 54
|wickets3 = 2
|bowl avg3 = 50.50
|fivefor3 = 0
|tenfor3 = 0
|best bowling3 = 2/35
|catches/stumpings3 = 1/–
|date = 1 May
|year = 2026
|source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/rajesh-ramesh-42497 Cricinfo
}}

'''Rajesh Ramesh''' (born 2 July 1982) is a Pakistani former [[cricket]]er. Ramesh was a right-handed [[batsman (cricket)|batsman]] who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in [[Karachi]], [[Sind]], and played domestic cricket in Pakistan for Karachi sides, the [[Public Works Department cricket team|Public Works Department]] and [[Sui Southern Gas Corporation cricket team|Sui Southern Gas Corporation]].<ref name="PRO">{{cite web |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/rajesh-ramesh-42497 |title=Rajesh Ramesh profile and biography, stats, records, videos |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |accessdate=1 May 2026}}</ref><ref name="PCB">{{cite web |url=https://www.pcb.com.pk/player-detail.php?action=view_profile&player_id=17501 |title=Rajesh Ramesh |publisher=Pakistan Cricket Board |accessdate=1 May 2026}}</ref>

Ramesh first appeared in Pakistan domestic cricket at the start of the 2000s and developed into a durable seam bowler for Karachi and Public Works Department.<ref name="PRO" /><ref name="PCB" /> In the [[2002–03 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy]], playing for Public Works Department against [[Karachi Whites]], he took 5 for 91 in the first innings at the [[National Stadium, Karachi|National Stadium]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/75233 |title=Arshad bags 15 wickets |work=Dawn |date=30 December 2002 |accessdate=1 May 2026}}</ref>

His most notable bowling performance came for Karachi Whites against [[Lahore Blues]] in the [[2004–05 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy]]. He took a career-best 6 for 48 in the first innings and then 4 for 58 in the second, finishing with match figures of 10 for 106 as Karachi Whites won by 166 runs at [[Gaddafi Stadium]], Lahore.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/375721/ramesh-bowls-kw-to-easy-success |title=Ramesh bowls KW to easy success |work=Dawn |date=1 December 2004 |accessdate=1 May 2026}}</ref>

Although primarily a bowler, Ramesh also produced one notable innings with the bat. In the [[2005–06 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy]], playing for [[Karachi Harbour]], he scored his only first-class century, making exactly 100 against [[Abbottabad cricket team|Abbottabad]] at Islamabad. Batting at number ten, he shared a ninth-wicket partnership of 218 with [[Fawad Alam]], who remained unbeaten on 128, helping Karachi Harbour to 351 in the first innings and eventually a 38-run victory.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/quaid-e-azam-trophy-2005-06-222594/abbottabad-vs-karachi-harbour-265111/full-scorecard |title=Abbottabad v Karachi Harbour, Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2005/06 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |accessdate=1 May 2026}}</ref>

Later, representing Sui Southern Gas Corporation, Ramesh remained an effective new-ball bowler. In a Patron's Trophy Grade-II semi-final against [[Pakistan Television cricket team|Pakistan Television]] in November 2006, he took 5 for 83 in the first innings.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/221191/ramesh-grabs-five-wickets |title=Ramesh grabs five wickets |work=Dawn |date=30 November 2006 |accessdate=1 May 2026}}</ref> Earlier that month, he had also helped Sui Southern Gas to a nine-wicket win over Dewan Farooq Motors by taking 3 for 30 in the second innings.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/219176/adnan-rajesh-lead-ssgc-to-win-in-patron-s-trophy |title=Adnan, Rajesh lead SSGC to win in Patron's Trophy |work=Dawn |date=16 November 2006 |accessdate=1 May 2026}}</ref>

Overall, Ramesh played in 67 [[first-class cricket|first-class]] matches, taking 242 wickets at a [[bowling average]] of 28.00, with ten five-wicket hauls and one ten-wicket match. He also scored 982 runs, including one century and two [[half century|half-centuries]]. In [[List A cricket|List A]] cricket, he played 30 matches and took 25 wickets, while in three [[Twenty20]] matches he took two wickets.<ref name="PRO" />

==References==
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==External links==
* {{cricinfo|id=42497}}
* [https://www.pcb.com.pk/player-detail.php?action=view_profile&player_id=17501 Rajesh Ramesh] at [[Pakistan Cricket Board]]

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[[Category:Sindh cricketers]]
[[Category:Karachi Urban cricketers]]
[[Category:Sui Southern Gas Company cricketers]]
[[Category:Karachi Dolphins cricketers]]
[[Category:Karachi Zebras cricketers]]
[[Category:Defence Housing Authority cricketers]]
[[Category:21st-century Pakistani sportsmen]]

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