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Sreesanth

India

Full name Shanthakumaran Sreesanth

Born February 6, 1983, Kothamangalam, Kerala

Current age 26 years 153 days

Major teams India, Asia XI, Kerala, Kerala Under-19s, Kings XI Punjab

Also known as Gopu

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	14	21	7	217	35	15.50	334	64.97	29	4	2
ODIs	41	16	8	34	10*	4.25	94	36.17	1	0	6
T20Is	10	3	2	20	19*	20.00	14	142.85	4	0	2
First-class	45	62	19	403	35	9.37	873	46.16			7
List A	61	27	13	101	33	7.21	215	46.97			8
Twenty20	35	11	6	44	19*	8.80	61	72.13	8	0	5

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Tests	14	27	2873	1573	50	5/40	8/99	31.46	3.28	57.4	4	1
ODIs	41	40	1925	1856	59	6/55	6/55	31.45	5.78	32.6	1	1
T20Is	10	9	204	288	7	2/12	2/12	41.14	8.47	29.1	0	0
First-class	45		8335	4607	143	5/40		32.21	3.31	58.2	8	3
List A	61		2924	2718	78	6/55	6/55	34.84	5.57	37.4	2	1
Twenty20	35	34	709	1006	35	3/29	3/29	28.74	8.51	20.2	0	0

Career statistics

Test debut	India v England at Nagpur, Mar 1-5, 2006 scorecard
Last Test	India v South Africa at Kanpur, Apr 11-13, 2008 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	India v Sri Lanka at Nagpur, Oct 25, 2005 scorecard
Last ODI	Australia v India at Brisbane, Mar 4, 2008 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut	South Africa v India at Johannesburg, Dec 1, 2006 scorecard
Last T20I	Australia v India at Melbourne, Feb 1, 2008 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut	2002/03
Last First-class	South Zone v West Zone at Chennai, Feb 5-9, 2009 scorecard
List A debut	2002/03
Last List A	Hyderabad (India) v Kerala at Visakhapatnam, Feb 15, 2009 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	South Africa v India at Johannesburg, Dec 1, 2006 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Chennai Super Kings v Kings XI Punjab at Durban, May 20, 2009 scorecard

Profile

For three seasons, Sreesanth was hardly anything more than an answer to a trivia question - who is the only Kerala bowler to have taken a Ranji Trophy hat-trick ? His rise, though, was rapid, and since he played for a weak side, unnoticed. Not too many bowlers get selected for the Duleep Trophy in their first season, like Sreesanth did in 2002-03 after snapping up 22 wickets in his first seven games. His progress was halted owing to a hamstring injury in the following year, but he returned stronger, with a more side-on action and increased pace and a superb display in the Challenger Trophy, in 2005, propelled him to the national squad for the Sri Lanka series. In the last game of his impressive debut season, he snapped up 6 for 55 against England, the best figures by an Indian fast bowler at home. Idiosyncratic, with an aggressive approach - to the stumps and the game - he can be expensive in one-dayers, but is also a wicket-taking bowler. He does it in Tests, too - in Antigua in June 2006 he fired out Ramnaresh Sarwan and Brian Lara (for 0) in successive overs, and then took five wickets in Jamaica and played a key role in firing India to a historic triumph. "People think I am high-strung," he says of his whole-hearted approach. "I keep saying things to calm myself and perk myself up, but I don't see it or feel it as draining at all. In fact, it's been a habit with me for a long time, this constant revving-up, something like brushing my teeth."
Siddhartha Vaidyanathan July 2006

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