Pochiah Krishnamurthy

Pallemoni Krishnamurthy, also known as Pochiah Krishnamurthy, pronunciation  (12 July 1947, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh – 28 January 1999, Hyderabad) was an Indian cricketer who played in 5 Tests in 1971 against West Indies and one One Day International in 1976 against New Zealand.

Pochiah Krishnamurthy
Cricket information
BattingRight-hand bat
BowlingLegbreak
RoleWicket-keeper
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODIs FC List A
Matches 5 1 108 4
Runs scored 33 6 1558 44
Batting average 5.50 6.00 14.98 14.66
100s/50s -/- -/- -/8 -/-
Top score 20 6 82 22
Balls bowled - - 36 -
Wickets - - 0 -
Bowling average - - - -
5 wickets in innings - - - -
10 wickets in match - n/a - n/a
Best bowling - - - -
Catches/stumpings 7/1 1/1 150/68 2/2
Source: , 13 March 2014

He toured England in 1971 as Farokh Engineer's backup, and New Zealand and West Indies in 1976 as Kirmani's deputy. He played first class cricket for Hyderabad for most of 1970s, after making debut in 1967. He batted at all 11 slots in Ranji Trophy. He is also the only batsman to be associated in a century partnership batting as number 1 and as number 11.[1] He worked for State Bank of India and was part of their star studded side in local cricket.

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