Balachandra Akhil (born 7 October 1977) is an Indian former cricketer and cricket commentator who played for Karnataka . He is a right-handed middle-order batsman a medium-fast bowler . he was a part of the Karnataka Under-19 team for the 1995 Cooch Behar Trophy and became a part of the Karnataka State cricket team in 1998. He was a part of Royal Challengers Bangalore for the first three seasons of the Indian Premier League and played for Kochi Tuskers Kerala in the fourth season.
| Format | Matches | Runs | Avg | 100s/50s | Top Score | Wickets | Bowl Avg | Best Bowling | Catches/St |
| FC | 51 | 1,810 | 28.73 | 1/14 | 135 | 49 | 37.48 | 5/58 | 79/– |
| LA | 69 | 1,382 | 27.64 | 0/8 | 91 | 57 | 34.38 | 4/31 | 34/– |
| T20 | 35 | 321 | 17.83 | 0/0 | 35 | 24 | 26.58 | 3/16 | 6/– |
