Kerala cricket team
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| Captain: | Rohan Prem |
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| Coach: | Sairaj Bahutule |
| Owner: | Kerala Cricket Association |
| Founded: | 1950 |
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| Ranji Trophy wins: | 0 |
| Vijay Hazare Trophy wins: | 0 |
| Official website: | KCA |
The Kerala cricket team is a domestic cricket team based in the Indian state of Kerala. It is in the Plate Group of the Ranji Trophy, the premier first class cricket tournament in India. Kerala has produced two Indian Test cricketers, Tinu Yohannan and S. Sreesanth. The team also lined up ex-Indian International player Sadagoppan Ramesh for two years from 2005 to 2007. Kerala has also produced Krishna Chandran, who also plays at international level, not for India, but for United Arab Emirates.
Kerala began competing in the 1957-58 season, succeeding the Travancore-Cochin cricket team after the states were reorganized. It competed in the South Zone, against Madras/Tamil Nadu, Mysore/Karnataka, Andhra and Hyderabad. In 1957-58 Kerala lost all four matches, three of them by an innings.
At the end of the 2016-17 season, Kerala had played 302 first-class matches, and won 46, lost 140 and drawn 116. In List A cricket Kerala had played 120 matches, with 47 wins, 71 losses and two ties.
In the 1994-95 and 1996–97 Ranji Trophy, Kerala qualified from South Zone. They finished second in the Plate group in 2002-03 and played in the Elite group in 2003-04.
Players with an IPL contract are listed in bold.
Head Coach- Tinu Yohannan
Assistant Coach- Antony Sebastian
Team Physician(Sports Medicine Consultant) - Dr Shibu Varghese
Grounds listed in bold have hosted at least one international cricket match.
The players given below are the famous players who played for Kerala. This includes the players who played in the international level (in bold marks):
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