Mahendra Nagamootoo

Mahendra Nagamootoo
Personal information
Full name
Mahendra Veeren Nagamootoo
Born (1975-10-09) 9 October 1975
Whim, Berbice, Guyana
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingLeg break
RelationsRohan Kanhai (uncle)
Alvin Kallicharran (uncle)
Vishal Nagamootoo (brother)
International information
National side
Test debut31 August 2000 v England
Last Test9 October 2002 v India
ODI debut16 July 2000 v Zimbabwe
Last ODI3 December 2002 v Bangladesh
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1994–2009Guyana
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODIs FC LA
Matches 5 24 102 107
Runs scored 185 162 2,587 719
Batting average 26.42 13.50 19.02 17.53
100s/50s 0/1 0/0 1/7 0/1
Top score 68 33 100 63
Balls bowled 1,494 1,189 24,801 5,382
Wickets 12 18 370 142
Bowling average 53.08 55.44 29.22 25.11
5 wickets in innings 0 0 13 1
10 wickets in match 0 0 2 0
Best bowling 3/119 4/32 7/76 5/23
Catches/stumpings 2/– 6/– 79/– 36/–
Source: Cricket Archive, 24 October 2010

Mahendra Veeren Nagamootoo (மகேந்திர வீரன் நாகமுத்து) (born October 9, 1975) is a former cricketer for Guyana and the West Indies and of Tamil Indo-Guyanese ethnicity.

In 2005, Nagamootoo took the most wickets (12) for Guyana, winning a regional 50-over title against Barbados at Bourda.

He and his brother have sponsored cricket tournaments in their hometown of Whim, Guyana. In 2019, he was inducted into the Berbice Cricket Board's hall of fame.