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Indian cricket stars S Sreesanth

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S Sreesanth Profile
Bowler
Born February 6, 1983, Kothamangalam, Kerala

Gopu

Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm fast-medium
Test debut: India v England at Nagpur - Mar 1-5, 2006
ODI debut: India v Sri Lanka at Nagpur - Oct 25, 2005

  • He was a break dancer, becoming a national champion whilst in eighth grade
Complete Profile of S Sreesanth

  • Shanthakumaran Sreesanth (born February 6, 1983), also known as Gopu, is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-arm medium-pace bowler. He was born in Kothamangalam in Kerala.
  • He is only the only Kerala bowler to have taken a Ranji Trophy hat-trick. He was selected for the Duleep Trophy in 2002/03 after taking 22 wickets in his first seven games of his first season.
  • He came back from a hamstring injury in 2004, with a good show in the Challenger Trophy, in 2005. That earned him a place in the one-day international team for the Sri Lankan series in the 2005-06 season, and he made his Test debut against England later in the same season.
  • His best ODI bowling figures are 4-58, which he gained in the 5th One Day International between India and Pakistan in the former's tour of Pakistan on February 19, 2006.

Full name: Shanthakumaran Sreesanth
Born: February 6, 1983, Kothamangalam, Kerala
Major teams: India, Kerala, Kerala Under-19s
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm fast-medium

  • Career statistics

Test debut: India v England at Nagpur - Mar 1-5, 2006
ODI debut: India v Sri Lanka at Nagpur - Oct 25, 2005
First-class span: 2002/03 - 2005/06
List A span: 2002/03 - 2005/06

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