He was part of the Indian team in England in 1990, but his tour ended prematurely when a ball by Courtney Walsh broke the knuckle of his left hand in the match against Gloucestershire.

On the second day, he ran through the Lankan middle order with a spell of 5 wickets for two runs in 39 balls.

He last played a Test match against Australia in Calcutta, where he captured the wicket of Mark Waugh.

[4] Earlier, he was the selector for Indian Cricket Team from the south zone during 2007–2008, when India won the ICC World T20 under MS Dhoni's captaincy.

Left-arm orthodox spinner Pragyan Ojha said in an interview that it was Raju that inspired him to play for India.