M. V. Sridhar

M. V. Sridhar

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M. V. Sridhar Profile

  • Name:
  • M. V. Sridhar
  • Other Name:
  • Maturi Venkat Sridhar
  • Born:
  • August 2, 1966
  • Died:
  • October 30, 2017

M. V. Sridhar Biography

M. V. Sridhar was an Indian cricketer who played first class cricket and Ranji matches. He represented Hyderabad between 1988-89 and 1999-2000 seasons, and played more than 10 years. In his FC career, he scored 6701 runs at an average of 48.91 with 21 hundreds, and has served as Hyderabad team captain too. His highest score of 366 was a record score when he made it in 1993–94 Ranji Trophy against Andhra Pradesh. 850 runs were scored in this memorable innings when Sridhar was bating, which itself is a record. His daughter Rema is married to Shankar Melkote, an entrepreneur and a well-known comedian of Telugu cinema. Sridhar has served as BCCI general manager, and died at a comparatively young age of 51 in October 2017.

 

A prolific right-hand batsman, Sridhar had 21 first-class centuries in his illustrious career of 10 years since late 1980s. His full name is Maturi Venkat Sridhar. He was born on 2 August 1966. He served as the team of Hyderabad domestic team for several years. He has the distinction of scoring the third-highest individual score in the history of the Ranji Trophy. His highest - 366 runs was hit against Andhra in January 1994. That innings was part of a Hyderabad total of 944 for 6 declared, still the highest ever in Ranji history. Only two cricketers, BB Nimbalkar, who hit 443 not out for Maharashtra against Kathiawar in 1948-49 and Sanjay Manjrekar, who made 377 for Bombay against Hyderabad in 1990-91 have individual scores higher than him.

 

Sridhar played in 97 first-class matches. He served Board of Control for Cricket in India’s General Manager – Cricket Operations, since 2013. He stepped down the post one month prior to his death in October 2017 following a massive heart attack. He had been involved in administration in various capacities for a number of years.

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Updated: May 10, 2018

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