Tuesday 2 August 2011 | | By: tipu

Seamer Sreesanth Biography and Photos a Indian Cricketer

Seamer Sreesanth Biography and Photos a Indian Cricketer
Full name     Sreesanth
Born     6 February 1983 (age 28)
Kothamangalam, Kerala, India
Nickname     Sree, Gopu
Batting style     Right-handed
Bowling style     Right-arm fast-medium
Role     Bowler
International information
National side     India
Test debut (cap 253)     1 March 2006 v England
Last Test     2 January 2011 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 162)     25 October 2005 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI     2 April 2011 v Sri Lanka
Domestic team information
Years     Team
2002-present     Kerala
2008-2010     Kings XI Punjab
2009     Warwickshire
2011-present     Kochi Tuskers Kerala
Career statistics
Competition     Tests     ODIs     FC     List A
Matches     24     53     64     80
Runs scored     263     44     573     127
Batting average     11.43     4.00     9.71     6.04
100s/50s     0/0     0/0     0/0     0/0
Top score     35     10*     35     33
Balls bowled     4,753     2,476     11,364     3,796
Wickets     79     75     191     104
Bowling average     35.16     33.44     34.02     34.47
5 wickets in innings     3     1     6     1
10 wickets in match     0     0     0     0
Best bowling     5/40     6/55     5/40     6/55
Catches/stumpings     5/–     7/–     12/–     9/–
Sreesanth (Malayalam About this sound pronunciation (help·info) (born February 6, 1983 in Kothamangalam, Kerala, India), is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-arm fast-medium-pace bowler and a right-handed tail-ender batsman. In first class cricket, he plays for Kerala and in the Indian Premier League, he plays for Kochi Tuskers Kerala. He is the first Kerala Ranji player to play Twenty20 cricket for India.

Sreesanth was a national breakdancing champion when he was in eighth grade.[1]
Early years

Sreesanth was born to Shanthakumaran Nair and Savithri Devi. He has one elder brother and a sister.[2] His brother Dipu Santhan owns a music company in Kochi and his sister Nivedita is a television actress in Kerala. His brother in law, Madhu Balakrishnan is a famous South Indian playback singer.

Sreesanth initially was a leg-spinner in his childhood, modelling his action on India's leading Test wicket-taker Anil Kumble, who was to become his Test captain. However, his habit of bowling yorkers led him to convert to fast bowling, after being encouraged by his elder brother.[3] Following in the footsteps of fellow Kerala fast bowler Tinu Yohannan, who earned selection to the National Cricket Academy in 2000, Sreesanth was selected for the MRF Pace foundation in Chennai. He then made his first-class debut against Goa in the 2002-03 domestic season, claiming 22 wickets in seven matches in the Ranji Trophy[4] and winning selection for South Zone in the Duleep Trophy squad in the same season.[5]

He was selected for India-A side in a tour match against the visiting New Zealand side at Rajkot. He claimed one wicket in twelve overs after being restricted with a hamstring injury. He also missed five Ranji Trophy games in that season, although he still travelled with the side for away games. This led to rumours that an astrologer convinced him to take a break from competition to preserve his longevity in the sport, which Sreesanth categorically denied, maintaining that he was training only to regain his fitness.[3]

In November 2004, Sreesanth entered the record books when he took a hat-trick against Himachal Pradesh in a Ranji trophy game, the first time it was achieved by a Kerala bowler, earning him the nickname The Prince of hat-tricks[citation needed] amongst Keralites. He was selected to represent India B in the Challenger Trophy in October 2005, a domestic limited-overs tournament.[6] He performed impressively in that tournament, earning the Man of the Series award and being the leading wicket taker (7) with the third best bowling average.[7] This led to his selection to Indian team for the home ODI series against Sri Lanka.[8]
Sreesanth
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