Shanthakumaran Sreesanth

Sreesanth at an event in 2012.

Personal information

Full name

Born

6 February 1983 (age 34)
Kothamangalam, Kerala, India

Nickname

Sree, Gopu

Height

5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)

Batting style

Right-handed

Bowling style

Right-arm fast-medium

Role

Bowler

International information

National side

India

Test debut (cap 253)

1 March 2006 v England

Last Test

18 August 2011 v England

ODI debut (cap 162)

25 October 2005 v Sri Lanka

Last ODI

2 April 2011 v Sri Lanka

ODI shirt no.

T20I debut (cap 10)

1 December 2006 v South Africa

Last T20I

1 February 2008 v Australia

Domestic team information

Years

Team

2002–present

2008–2010

2009

2011

2008-2013

Career statistics

Competition	Tests	ODI	FC	List A
Matches	27	53	72	82
Runs scored	284	44	642	127
Batting average	10.40	4.00	9.44	6.04
100s/50s	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0
Top score	35	10*	35	33
Balls bowled	5,419	2,476	12,895	3,874
Wickets	87	75	210	104
Bowling average	37.59	33.44	35.55	35.48
5 wickets in innings	3	1	6	1
10 wickets in match	0	0	0	0
Best bowling	5/40	6/55	5/40	6/55
Catches/stumpings	5/–	7/–	16/–	9/–

Source: Cricinfo, 4 January 2013

S. Sreesanth

Constituency	Kerala

Personal details
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party (2016 - )

Shanthakumaran Sreesanth (Malayalam: ശ്രീശാന്ത്‌, Santakumaran Srisanth ( pronunciation ), born 6 February 1983) is a former Indian cricketer. He was a right-arm fast-medium-pace bowler and a right-handed tail-ender batsman. In first class cricket, he played for Kerala and in the Indian Premier League, he played for Rajasthan Royals. He is also the first Kerala Ranji player to have played Twenty20 cricket for India. In September 2013, he was banned for life from playing Cricket by the BCCI, for his involvement in spot-fixing in the 2013 IPL season. Sreesanth is making his debut as an actor in the upcoming movie Big Picture.

Sreesanth was born on February 6, 1983 to Santhakumaran Nair and Savithri Devi. He has one elder brother and two elder sisters. His brother Dipu Santhan owns a music company in Kochi and his eldest sister Nivedita is a television actress in Kerala. Sreesanth's elder sister Divya got married to Madhu Balakrishnan, a famous South Indian playback singer.

On 12 December 2013, Sreesanth married his girlfriend Bhuvneshwari Kumari of Jaipur's Shekhawat family at Guruvayur Sri Krishna temple in Kerala. Bhuvneshwari Kumari aka Nain Shekhawat is the daughter of Hirendra Singh Shekhawat and Muktha Singh.

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