Adwai Raghuram Bhat pronunciationⓘ (born 16 April 1958) is a former Indian cricketer who played in two Test matches in 1983.
He was born in Puttur, Dakshina Kannada to a family of Havyaka Brahmins Raghuram Bhat dominated school and junior level games.
After some fine performances, he made his Ranji trophy debut in the 1979–80 season against Tamil Nadu at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.
Raghuram Bhat is chiefly remembered for the role he played in Karnataka's victory in the semifinal against Bombay.
Bombay had at their disposal some of the then current stars of the Indian cricket team, including Sunil Gavaskar, Dilip Vengsarkar, Ashok Mankad, Sandeep Patil, Ravi Shastri and Balwinder Sandhu.
A fine century from Sudhakar Rao and a knock of 78 from Brijesh Patel ensured Karnataka overhauled Bombay's first innings total.
Some fine late order batting from Syed Kirmani and Raghuram Bhat ensured Karnataka reached 470.
Sunil Gavaskar unusually walked to bat at number 8 and soon faced trouble from the spin of Raghuram Bhat.
Gavaskar had earlier decided to bat left handed against Bhat, but was talked out of it by Bombay team manager Sharad Diwadkar.
Raghuram Bhat played his first test against Pakistan at Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur.
[12] A reference is made to the incident where Sunil Gavaskar batted left handed against Raghuram Bhat in the Kannada movie Ganeshana Maduve.