Gorrela Shankara Rao is a left-handed batsman of Andhra Pradesh Cricket team. He was born on April 10 in 1984 in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. Apart from Andhra Pradesh Cricket team, he has also played for Andhra Pradesh Under-16 and Andhra Pradesh Under-19 Cricket team. He has also played for the Railways Cricket team.

This slow left-arm orthodox bowler started his "First-class" Cricket career in 2002/03. Gorrela Shankara Rao has played in overall 22 "First-class" matches with an average of 21.03. He has made a total score of 610 runs in these matches, which includes four half-centuries. The highest score of G Shankara Rao in any of the "First-class" matches is 91 runs. S Tyagi and Robin Morris caught him mostly in these matches.

Whereas in bowling, Gorrela Shankara Rao has picked up total 47 wickets by losing 1369 runs out of 3752 balls he played in these matches. His bowling average is 29.12 and economy is 2.18 in the "First-class" matches. His latest "First-class" match was against Bengal team from December 25 to 27 in 2007, which was held at Kolkata.

The "List A" match debut of Gorrela Shankara Rao was in 2003/04. He has played in altogether 23 "List A" matches with an average of 24.36. His total score in these matches is 463 runs, which includes a half-century. The maximum score made by G Shankara Rao in any of the "List A" matches is 50 runs and his striking rate is 79.96. While with ball in hand, he has taken total 11 wickets by giving 570 runs from the 730 balls he played in the "List A" matches. His bowling average is 51.81 and economy is 4.68 in these matches. The latest "List A" match of Gorrela Shankara Rao was against Uttar Pradesh on Februray 22 in 2007, which was held at Indore. He dismissed Sunil Joshi, Amit Dani, Chandrashekhar Atram, Ranadeb Bose, Rajat Bhatia, Devendra Bundela, Mithun Beerala, Robin D`Souza, Madhusudan Acharya, Nikhil Doru, Sanjib Sanyal and Rahul Bakshi mostly in these matches.

In "Twetnty20" matches, he debuted against Uttar Pradesh team on April 3 in 2007, which was held at Jaipur. He has played in overall eight "Twetnty20" matches with an average of 10.25. Gorrela Shankara Rao has scored total 41 runs in these matches and his striking rate is 97.61 in the "Twetnty20" matches. The highest score of him in these matches 15 runs. Robin Bist and Niranjan Behera dismissed Gorrela Shankara Rao mostly in the "Twetnty20" matches.

Whereas with ball in hand, Gorrela Shankara Rao has picked up eight wickets by losing 146 runs from 150 balls he played in the "Twetnty20" matches. His bowling average is 18.25 and economy is 5.84. He caught Sunny Sohel, Viswajit Solanki, Debasis Mohanty, Rashmi Das, Amit Deshpande, Siddharth Trivedi, H Das and Devendra Bundela mostly in the "Twetnty20" matches. The latest "Twetnty20" match played by Gorrela Shankara Rao was against Karnataka on April 19 in 2007, which was held at Mumbai.