Lakshmipathy Balaji is a right-handed batsman of Tamil Nadu Cricket team since 2001. He was born on September 27, 1981 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He has also played for the Indian Cricket team since 2003. He is also known as Nadu. This right-arm medium-fast bowler of Tamil Nadu team got recognised after his performance in the 2004 India-Pakistan series.
Cricket statistics of Lakshmipathy Balaji
Batting and fielding averages
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
| Tests | 8 | 9 | 0 | 51 | 31 | 5.66 | 126 | 40.47 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| ODIs | 30 | 16 | 6 | 120 | 21* | 12.00 | 152 | 78.94 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 0 |
| First-class | 85 | 90 | 15 | 1063 | 49* | 14.17 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||||
| List A | 87 | 47 | 17 | 311 | 28* | 10.36 | 401 | 77.55 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Twenty20 | 59 | 12 | 5 | 27 | 15 | 3.85 | 40 | 67.50 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
| Tests | 8 | 15 | 1756 | 1004 | 27 | 5/76 | 9/171 | 37.18 | 3.43 | 65.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| ODIs | 30 | 30 | 1447 | 1344 | 34 | 4/48 | 4/48 | 39.52 | 5.57 | 42.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| First-class | 85 | 15423 | 7360 | 292 | 7/42 | 25.20 | 2.86 | 52.8 | 16 | 16 | 4 | ||
| List A | 87 | 4500 | 3827 | 124 | 5/36 | 5/36 | 30.86 | 5.10 | 36.2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
| Twenty20 | 59 | 59 | 1151 | 1524 | 61 | 5/24 | 5/24 | 24.98 | 7.94 | 18.8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Test debut | India v New Zealand at Ahmedabad, Oct 8-12, 2003 |
| Last Test | India v Pakistan at Bangalore, Mar 24-28, 2005 |
| Test statistics | - |
| ODI debut | India v West Indies at Vadodara, Nov 18, 2002 |
| Last ODI | Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (RPS), Feb 8, 2009 |
| ODI statistics | - |
| First-class debut | 2001/02 |
| Last First-class | Tamil Nadu v Rajasthan at Chennai, Jan 19-23, 2012 |
| List A debut | 2001/02 |
| Last List A | Kerala v Tamil Nadu at Bangalore, Feb 24, 2012 |
| Twenty20 debut | Delhi Daredevils v Chennai Super Kings at Delhi, May 8, 2008 |
| Last Twenty20 | Kolkata Knight Riders v Warriors at Bangalore, Oct 1, 2011 |