ஸ்ரீசாந்த்

Sreesanth      

India

Full name Shanthakumaran Sreesanth

Born February 6, 1983, Kothamangalam, Kerala

Current age 27 years 242 days

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

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	17	24	7	226	35	13.29	362	62.43	0	0	30	4	2	0
ODIs	49	20	10	40	10*	4.00	115	34.78	0	0	1	0	7	0
T20Is	10	3	2	20	19*	20.00	14	142.85	0	0	4	0	2	0
First-class	57	75	22	536	35	10.11	1151	46.56	0	0			11	0
List A	78	35	15	123	33	6.15	279	44.08	0	0			9	0
Twenty20	42	14	9	71	19*	14.20	82	86.58	0	0	13	0	5	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	17	33	3385	1921	60	5/40	8/99	32.01	3.40	56.4	4	2	0
ODIs	49	48	2312	2326	68	6/55	6/55	34.20	6.03	34.0	1	1	0
T20Is	10	9	204	288	7	2/12	2/12	41.14	8.47	29.1	0	0	0
First-class	57		9996	5641	172	5/40		32.79	3.38	58.1	8	5	0
List A	78		3710	3508	97	6/55	6/55	36.16	5.67	38.2	2	1	0
Twenty20	42	41	841	1234	38	3/29	3/29	32.47	8.80	22.1	0	0	0

Career statistics

Test debut	India v England at Nagpur, Mar 1-5, 2006 scorecard
Last Test	Bangladesh v India at Chittagong, Jan 17-21, 2010 scorecard
Test statistics	- Statsguru Test analysis -  Player analysis menu/filter  Test match list  ---------------------------------  Batting career summary  Batting innings list  High scores  Batting series averages  ---------------------------------  Bowling career summary  Bowling innings list  Bowling match list  Best innings bowling  Best match bowling  Bowling series averages  ---------------------------------  Fielding career summary  Fielding innings list  Most catches in an innings  Fielding series statistics
ODI debut	India v Sri Lanka at Nagpur, Oct 25, 2005 scorecard
Last ODI	India v South Africa at Ahmedabad, Feb 27, 2010 scorecard
ODI statistics	- Statsguru ODI analysis -  Player analysis menu/filter  ODI match list  ---------------------------------  Batting career summary  Batting innings list  High scores  Batting series averages  ---------------------------------  Bowling career summary  Bowling innings list  Best innings bowling  Bowling series averages  ---------------------------------  Fielding career summary  Fielding innings list  Most catches in an innings  Fielding series 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	- Statsguru T20I analysis -  Player analysis menu/filter  T20I match list  ---------------------------------  Batting career summary  Batting innings list  High scores  Batting series averages  ---------------------------------  Bowling career summary  Bowling innings list  Best innings bowling  Bowling series averages  ---------------------------------  Fielding career summary  Fielding innings list  Most catches in an innings  Fielding series statistics
First-class debut	2002/03
Last First-class	Indian Board President's XI v Australians at Chandigarh, Sep 25-27, 2010scorecard
List A debut	2002/03
Last List A	Central Zone v South Zone at Vadodara, Mar 6, 2010 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	South Africa v India at Johannesburg, Dec 1, 2006 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Rajasthan Royals v Kings XI Punjab at Jaipur, Apr 7, 2010 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. 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 bowling India to a historic triumph. The year was one of several highlights, including a haul of eight wickets against South Africa in Johannesburg, which helped India win their first Test in the country. However, things turned sour two years later in the inaugural IPL, when he was involved in a spat with Harbhajan Singh, who slapped him at the end of a match. Sreesanth signed with Warwickshire and enjoyed a satisfactory first season, but injuries and a steady decline in form kept him out of the national team. His problems with discipline are well documented; he was warned by the BCCI with suspension from domestic cricket if he violated the code of conduct. But his ability with the ball earned him a recall for the home Tests against Sri Lanka in November 2009.
Cricinfo staff November 2009. crickinfo.com