Karnataka Speedster R Vinaykumar in India squad for ICC World Twenty20
Indian selectors today named the Indian Squad for the ICC World Twenty20 to be held in Caribbean islands from April 30, 2010. Karnataka speedster R Vinay Kumar is the only new face in the squad who has been rewarded for his consistent performance in the domestic matches. R Vinay Kumar represents Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL.
Indian squad read thus : MS Dhoni (capt & wk), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Yusuf Pathan, Dinesh Karthik, Ravindra Jadeja, Zaheer Khan, Praveen Kumar, Ashish Nehra, Harbhajan Singh, Piyush Chawla, Vinay Kumar, Rohit Sharma
The following table shows the performance of the talented Karnataka speedster in Twenty20 games from the second edition of Indian Premier League held in South Africa upto the match against Mumbai on 20.03.10
| R VINAY KUMAR | ||||||
| No | O | M | R | W | Match | Date |
| 1 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 0 | RCB v Rajasthan Royals | 18 Apr 2009 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | RCB v Chennai Super Kings | 20 Apr 2009 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | RCB v Kings XI Punjab | 24 Apr 2009 |
| 4 | 3.2 | 0 | 28 | 0 | RCB v Delhi Daredevils | 26 Apr 2009 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 0 | RCB v Mumbai Indians | 03 May 2009 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | RCB v Rajasthan Royals | 07 May 2009 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 1 | RCB v Mumbai Indians | 10 May 2009 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 2 | RCB v Kolkata Knight Riders | 12 May 2009 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 2 | RCB v Chennai Super Kings | 14 May 2009 |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | 38 | 2 | RCB v Chennai Super Kings | 23 May 2009 |
| 11 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 2 | RCB v Deccan Chargers | 24 May 2009 |
| 12 | 3.4 | 0 | 40 | 1 | RCB v Cape Cobras | 08 Oct 2009 |
| 13 | 2.5 | 0 | 20 | 2 | RCB v Otago | 12 Oct 2009 |
| 14 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 | RCB v Kings XI Punjab | 16 Mar 2010 |
| 15 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 0 | RCB v Rajasthan Royals | 18 Mar 2010 |
| 16 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 3 | RCB v Mumbai Indians | 20 Mar 2010 |