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Full name Shanthakumaran Sreesanth
Born February 6, 1983, Kothamangalam, Kerala
Current age 25 years 154 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
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
14
21
7
217
35
15.50
334
64.97
0
0
29
4
2
0
ODIs
41
16
8
34
10*
4.25
94
36.17
0
0
1
0
6
0
T20Is
10
3
2
20
19*
20.00
14
142.85
0
0
4
0
2
0
First-class
42
57
19
388
35
10.21
829
46.80
0
0
7
0
List A
60
26
13
100
33
7.69
210
47.61
0
0
8
0
Twenty20
28
9
4
39
19*
7.80
43
90.69
0
0
7
0
5
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
14
27
2873
1573
50
5/40
8/99
31.46
3.28
57.4
4
1
0
ODIs
41
40
1925
1856
59
6/55
6/55
31.45
5.78
32.6
1
1
0
T20Is
10
9
204
288
7
2/12
2/12
41.14
8.47
29.1
0
0
0
First-class
42
7649
4165
128
5/40
32.53
3.26
59.7
7
3
0
List A
60
2909
2708
78
6/55
6/55
34.71
5.58
37.2
2
1
0
Twenty20
28
27
571
814
29
3/29
3/29
28.06
8.55
19.6
0
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
India v South Africa at Kanpur, Apr 11-13, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
2002/03
Last List A
East Zone v South Zone at Hyderabad (Decc), Mar 14, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
South Africa v India at Johannesburg, Dec 1, 2006 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Chennai Super Kings v Kings XI Punjab at Mumbai, May 31, 2008 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
