Devraj Govindraj

Devraj Devendraraj Govindraj (born 2 January 1947) is a former fast bowler who played first-class cricket in India from 1964–65 to 1974–75.

[1] Govindraj began his career with Hyderabad in the Ranji Trophy in 1964–65, opening the bowling and batting in the tail.

In 1966–67 his 59 batting at number nine helped State Bank of India win the Moin-ud-Dowlah Gold Cup Tournament for the first time.

Although he was the only fast bowler in the team he did not play any of the Tests, the selectors preferring to open with the medium-paced all-rounders Eknath Solkar and Syed Abid Ali and rely on three specialist spinners to take most of the wickets.

[9] He played for an Indian XI against Rest of India in a match in aid of the Defence Fund in 1971–72, but took no wickets.