Debutants under Greg Chappell: Where are they now?

#8 Venugopal Rao

Venugopal was a handy right-arm spinner too

Rao made his ODI debut against Sri Lanka on 30 July 2005. He was a crafty cricketer who could bowl a few right arm off-spinners and was quite handy with the willow towards the end of an innings. Rao played in 16 games for India, scoring 218 runs. But he was never a regular in the side.

He, however, was a huge hit in the Indian Premier League when he first played for the now defunct Deccan Chargers. He is presently 34 and plying his trade for the state of Gujarat in Ranji Trophy; he last played a first-class match on November 23, 2015.