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India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

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Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

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Karnataka cricket team

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Ramakrishnappa made his first-class debut in the 1961-62 Ranji Trophy, against Hyderabad

Hyderabad cricket team

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Ramakrishnappa's top score of 50 not out, his only half century, came in his first of two games in the 1963-64 season, against Andhra - a game which finished in an innings victory for Mysore. After making one further appearance for the team during the 1963-64 season, Ramakrishnappa did not make another first-class appearance.

External links

• A. Ramakrishnappa at Cricket Archive