Rakesh Madhavan

Rakesh Madhavan (born 23 February 1977) is a Malaysian cricketer. A left-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler, he has played for the Malaysia national cricket team since 1997.

Biography Born in Negeri Sembilan in 1977, before making his List A debut against Pakistan International Airlines in the Pakistan domestic one-day tournament.

He played a second Saudara Cup match in August

Over the following years, he became almost an ever present for Malaysia, playing in every Stan Nagaiah Trophy and Saudara Cup match against Singapore until 2005, also playing in the ACC Trophy tournaments of 2000, 2002 and 2004 over the same time period, in addition to a match for Malaysia against the ECB National Academy in February 2003.

He made his first-class debut in 2004, playing against Nepal and the UAE in the ICC Intercontinental Cup. He played ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament matches against Hong Kong in 2004 and against Singapore, Hong Kong and Nepal in 2005. though he did play in that year's Stan Nagaiah Trophy and ACC Trophy, in addition to ACC Premier League matches against Hong Kong and Nepal. He most recently represented his country in the 2007 Saudara Cup.