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 31 "First-class" matches with an average of 22.33. He has made a total score of 871 runs in these matches. 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 60 wickets by losing 2123 runs out of 5339 balls in these matches. His bowling average is 35.38 and economy is 2.38 in the "First-class" matches. His latest "First-class" match was against Madhya Pradesh at Indore, Dec 15-18, 2010.

The "List A" match debut of Gorrela Shankara Rao was in 2003-04. He has played in altogether 36 "List A" matches with an average of 21.23. His total score in these matches is 637 runs. The maximum score made by G Shankara Rao in any of the "List A" matches is 50 runs and his striking rate is 75.47. While with ball in hand, he has taken total 21 wickets by giving 1126 runs from the 1445 balls in the "List A" matches. His bowling average is 53.61 and economy is 4.67 in these matches. The latest "List A" match of Gorrela Shankara Rao was against Goa at Malappuram, from February 17, 2011. He dismissed Sunil Joshi, Amit Dani, Chandrashekhar Atram, Ranadeb Bose, Rajat Bhatia, Mithun Beerala, Robin D`Souza, Nikhil Sanat Doru, Sanjib Sanyal and Rahul Naresh 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 15 "Twetnty20" matches with an average of 9.66. Gorrela Shankara Rao has scored total 87 runs in these matches and his striking rate is 97.75 in the "Twetnty20" matches. The highest score of his 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 17 wickets by losing 309 runs from 270 balls in the "Twetnty20" matches. His bowling average is 18.17 and economy is 6.86. He caught Sunny Sohel, Viswajit Solanki, Debasis Mohanty, Rashmi Das, Amit Deshpande, Siddharth Trivedi and H Das mostly in the "Twetnty20" matches. The latest "Twetnty20" match played by Gorrela Shankara Rao was against Tamil Nadu at Hyderabad, Oct 19, 2010.