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S Sreesanth

India

Player profile

Full name Shanthakumaran Sreesanth
Born February 6, 1983, Kothamangalam, Kerala
Current age 24 years 242 days
Major teams India, Asia XI, Kerala, Kerala Under-19s
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 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
Tests 11 17 6 167 35 15.18 259 64.47 0 0 22 3 2 0
ODIs 32 11 5 15 7* 2.50 65 23.07 0 0 0 0 5 0
T20Is 8 2 2 20 19* - 13 153.84 0 0 4 0 2 0
First-class 39 53 18 338 35 9.65 754 44.82 0 0 7 0
List A 50 20 10 81 33 8.10 181 44.75 0 0 7 0
Twenty20 11 5 2 39 19* 13.00 39 100.00 0 0 7 0 3 0

Bowling averages Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
Tests 11 22 2387 1299 46 5/40 8/99 28.23 3.26 51.8 4 1 0
ODIs 32 32 1575 1508 46 6/55 6/55 32.78 5.74 34.2 1 1 0
T20Is 8 7 162 216 7 2/12 2/12 30.85 8.00 23.1 0 0 0
First-class 39 7163 3891 124 5/40 31.37 3.25 57.7 7 3 0
List A 50 2499 2299 65 6/55 6/55 35.36 5.51 38.4 2 1 0
Twenty20 11 10 222 300 10 2/12 2/12 30.00 8.10 22.2 0 0 0

Career statistics Statistics Statsguru Tests | Statsguru ODIs | Statsguru T20Is
Test debut India v England at Nagpur, Mar 1-5, 2006 scorecard
Last Test England v India at The Oval, Aug 9-13, 2007 scorecard
ODI debut India v Sri Lanka at Nagpur, Oct 25, 2005 scorecard
Last ODI India v Australia at Hyderabad (Decc), Oct 5, 2007 scorecard
T20I debut South Africa v India at Johannesburg, Dec 1, 2006 scorecard
Last T20I India v Pakistan at Johannesburg, Sep 24, 2007 scorecard
First-class debut 2002/03
Last First-class England v India at The Oval, Aug 9-13, 2007 scorecard
List A debut 2002/03
Last List A India v Australia at Hyderabad (Decc), Oct 5, 2007 scorecard
Twenty20 debut South Africa v India at Johannesburg, Dec 1, 2006 scorecard
Last Twenty20 India v Pakistan at Johannesburg, Sep 24, 2007 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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