Doddanarasiah Ganesh is a right-handed batsman of the Karnataka Cricket team. He was born on June 30, 1973 in Bangalore, Karnataka. Apart from playing for the Karnataka Cricket team, he has also played for the Plate Group A, south Zone, India A, Rest of India and the Indian Cricket team. He is also a right-arm medium pace bowler of the team.

Doddanarasiah Ganesh started playing in the "First-class" cricket matches in 1994/95. Till then, he has played in altogether 104 "First-class" matches with an average of 18.39. He has made his total score of 2023 runs, which includes one century and seven half-centuries. The maximum score made by Doddanarasiah Ganesh in any of the "First-class" matches is 119 runs and his striking rate is 49.5. Neil McGarrell, Lance Klusener and Narendra Hirwani dismissed him mostly in these matches.

While in bowling, Doddanarasiah Ganesh has picked up total 365 wickets by giving 10739 runs out of the 20355 balls he played in the "First-class" matches. His bowling average is 29.42 and economy is 3.16 in these matches. Doddanarasiah Ganesh dismissed Amit Pathak, Chandramouli Prasad, Deep Dasgupta, YS Ranganath, Narender Singh, Rahul Kanwat, Sridharan Sharath, Noel David, VVS Laxman, Parag Das and Daniel mostly in the "First-class" matches. The latest "First-class" match of Doddanarasiah Ganesh was played against Bengal team, which was held at Mysore from December 17 to 20 in 2005.

In the "List A" matches, Doddanarasiah Ganesh debuted in 1994/95 and it continued up to 2004/05. Till then, he has played in overall 89 "List A" matches with an average of 13.81.His total score in these matches is 525 runs. Rajesh Chauhan, Gangashetty, Arvind Kumar and Virender Sehwag dismissed Doddanarasiah Ganesh mostly in the "List A" matches.

Whereas with ball in hand, Doddanarasiah Ganesh has taken total 128 wickets by losing 3471 runs out of the 4346 balls he played in the "List A" matches. His bowling average is 27.11 and economy is 4.79 in these matches. Doddanarasiah Ganesh dismissed Hrishikesh Kanitkar and Ryan Campbell mostly in the "List A" matches.

The "Test match" debut of Doddanarasiah Ganesh was against South Africa team, which was held at Cape Town from January 2 to 6 in 1997. He has played in four "Test matches" in his cricket career with an average of 6.25. His total score in these matches is 25 runs, which includes one four. The maximum score of Doddanarasiah Ganesh in any of the "Test matches" is eight runs and his striking rate is 20.49. Allan Donald caught him mostly in these matches.

Whereas in bowling, Doddanarasiah Ganesh has captured total five wickets by losing 287 runs out of the 461 balls he played in the "Test matches". His bowling average is 57.40 and economy is 3.73 in these matches. He dismissed Carl Hooper mostly in the "Test matches". The latest "Test match" of Doddanarasiah Ganesh was against West Indies, which was held at Georgetown from April 17 to 21 in 1997.

In the "One Day International" (ODI) matches, Doddanarasiah Ganesh has played only one match. This match was against Zimbabwe, which was held at Bulawayo on February 15 in 1997. In this "One Day" match, Doddanarasiah Ganesh has scored 4 runs and his striking rate is 50.00. Heath Streak caught his wicket mostly in these matches.

Again with ball in hand, Doddanarasiah Ganesh has picked up one wicket in this "One Day" match by losing 20 runs out of the 30 balls he played. His bowling average is 20.00 and economy is 4.00 in these matches. Doddanarasiah Ganesh dismissed Andy Waller mostly in the "One Day" matches.