Sreesanth

Shanthakumaran Sreesanth

Sreesanth at an event in 2012.
Personal information
Full name	Shanthakumaran Sreesanth
Born	(1983-02-06) 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.	36
T20I debut (cap 10)	1 December 2006 v South Africa
Last T20I	1 February 2008 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2002–present	Kerala
2008–2010	Kings XI Punjab
2009	Warwickshire
2011	Kochi Tuskers Kerala
2008-2013	Rajasthan Royals
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

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.