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	Sudhakar Rao was selected for the Indian team on the tour of New Zealand in 1976. He started out with 32 and 25 against [[Northern Districts cricket team\|Northern Districts]] at [[Hamilton, New Zealand\|Hamilton]].<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/35/35847.html Scorecard of India vs Northern Districts]</ref> He followed that with 34 and 6 against [[Otago cricket team\|Otago]] at [[Dunedin]].<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/35/35869.html Scorecard of India vs Otago]</ref> He made his one-day international debut against [[New Zealand cricket team\|New Zealand]] at [[Eden Park]]. He was run out for 4 as India struggled to chase 236 in 35 overs and never played for India again.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/35/35907.html Scorecard of India vs New Zealand]</ref>		Sudhakar Rao was selected for the Indian team on the tour of New Zealand in 1976. He started out with 32 and 25 against [[Northern Districts men's cricket team\|Northern Districts]] at [[Hamilton, New Zealand\|Hamilton]].<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/35/35847.html Scorecard of India vs Northern Districts]</ref> He followed that with 34 and 6 against [[Otago cricket team\|Otago]] at [[Dunedin]].<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/35/35869.html Scorecard of India vs Otago]</ref> He made his one-day international debut against [[New Zealand cricket team\|New Zealand]] at [[Eden Park]]. He was run out for 4 as India struggled to chase 236 in 35 overs and never played for India again.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/35/35907.html Scorecard of India vs New Zealand]</ref>

	Sudhakar Rao was selected for the following tour of the [[West Indies cricket team\|West Indies]]. He struggled in the side games and did not score enough runs.		Sudhakar Rao was selected for the following tour of the [[West Indies cricket team\|West Indies]]. He struggled in the side games and did not score enough runs.

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{{short description|Indian cricketer}}
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'''Ramchandra Sudhakar Rao''' ({{lang-kn|ರಾಮಚಂದ್ರ ಸುಧಾಕರ ರಾವ್‌}}) {{Audio|Sudhakar_Rao.ogg|pronunciation}} (born 8 August 1952 in [[Bangalore]], [[India]]) is a former Indian [[cricket]]er. He played domestic cricket for [[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]] and played one [[One Day International]] for [[Indian cricket team|India]] against [[New Zealand cricket team|New Zealand]] in 1976.

==Early career==
Sudhakar Rao grew up in Basavanagudi and studied at the National School. He stayed close to the ground near his school and would play cricket with tennis ball regularly. The sports secretary of the school, Swamy, saw Sudhakar bat during one of the sessions. Sudhakar was immediately selected in the school team and ordered to play against a rival school. It was the first time Sudhakar was playing on a matting wicket and handling a cricket ball. He made the occasion memorable by scoring a hundred.<ref name="ReferenceA">Vedam Jaishankar, Casting a Spell, The story of Karnataka Cricket, UBS Publishers, 2005</ref>

Sudhakar Rao subconsciously modelled his batting on [[Gundappa Viswanath]]. He was a great admirer of [[Gundappa Viswanath]] from his school days and lot of Viswanath's mannerisms rubbed off on him. Sudhakar made his club debut for [[VV Puram Cricket Club]] before Viswanath's footsteps and joining him at the [[Spartans cricket club]]. Sudhakar scored well for State schools and made his way into the South Zone schools side.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

Sudhakar Rao joined APS college Bangalore and while in his final year at college he made his [[Ranji Trophy]] debut against [[Kerala cricket team|Kerala]] in 1972.

==Ranji career==
Sudhakar Rao enjoyed the 1975-76 season. He scored 449 runs in 5 innings. He had started the year with a hundred against [[Rest of India]] side that included [[Bishan Singh Bedi]] at [[Ahmedabad]]. The highlight of the season was a double century against [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]].<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/35/35725.html Scorecard of Karnataka vs Hyderabad]</ref> He had received the news that his mother was admitted in the hospital for a mild stroke, but he continued to play.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> This eventually got him selected to the Indian cricket team for the tour of [[New Zealand cricket team|New Zealand]].

==International career==
Sudhakar Rao was selected for the Indian team on the tour of New Zealand in 1976. He started out with 32 and 25 against [[Northern Districts cricket team|Northern Districts]] at [[Hamilton, New Zealand|Hamilton]].<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/35/35847.html Scorecard of India vs Northern Districts]</ref> He followed that with 34 and 6 against [[Otago cricket team|Otago]] at [[Dunedin]].<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/35/35869.html Scorecard of India vs Otago]</ref> He made his one-day international debut against [[New Zealand cricket team|New Zealand]] at [[Eden Park]]. He was run out for 4 as India struggled to chase 236 in 35 overs and never played for India again.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/35/35907.html Scorecard of India vs New Zealand]</ref>

Sudhakar Rao was selected for the following tour of the [[West Indies cricket team|West Indies]]. He struggled in the side games and did not score enough runs.

==Later career==
Sudhakar Rao continued to be a pillar of strength to [[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]] side and was a member of the state squad which won the Ranji Trophy in 1973-74, 1977–78 and 1982-83. When he retired, he had scored 3021 runs at an average of 40.82 in the national competition.

Sudhakar Rao was also the Secretary, Karnataka State Cricket Association.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{cricinfo|ref=india/content/player/34136.html}}
*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1/1483/1483.html]

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