Some call him a batsman. No, Ravikumar alias Cycle Ravi doesn’t wield a willow. He gets his reputation from swinging ‘longs’, as machetes are called in the Bengaluru underworld. Known for meticulously planned crimes, Cycle Ravi once faced 35 cases. He has since been acquitted in 25 cases, including 10 in which he was accused of murder. Ravi had evaded arrest for three years.