Full name Sreesanth
Born 6 February 1983
Kothamangalam, Kerala, India
Nickname Sree, Gopu
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Role Bowler
National side India
Test debut (cap 253) 1 March 2006 v England
Last Test 9 October 2010 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 162) 25 October 2005 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI 27 February 2010 v South Africa
Domestic team information
Years Team
2002-Present Kerala
2008-Present Kings XI Punjab
2009 Warwickshire
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODIs FC List A
Matches 18 49 58 78
Runs scored 226 40 536 123
Batting average 12.55 4.00 9.92 6.15
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 35 10* 35 33
Balls bowled 3,595 2,312 10,206 3,710
Wickets 62 68 174 97 Sreesanth 2
Bowling average 33.03 34.20 33.14 36.16
5 wickets in innings 2 1 5 1
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 5/40 6/55 5/40 6/55
Catches/stumpings 3/– 7/– 12/– 9/–
Sreesanth (Malayalam: ശരീശാനത) pronunciation (born February 6, 1983 in Kothamangalam, Kerala, India) (also
known as S. Sreesanth, or Kothamangalam Express Shanthakumaran Sreesanth, and Sreesunth for a brief period), is an Indian cricketer. He
is a right-arm fast-medium-pace bowler and a right-handed tail-ender batsman. In first class cricket, he plays for
Kerala and in the Indian Premier League, he plays for Kings XI Punjab. He is the first Kerala Ranji player to play
Twenty20 cricket for India. He is noted for his exuberant and emotional behaviour, especially whilst appealing for
and celebrating wickets. Such trademark behaviour has seen him frequently fined for violating the player conduct
guidelines of the International Cricket Council. In October 2009, the BCCI and Kerala Cricket Association issued
separate warnings to Sreesanth for indiscipline, failure of which could invite drastic actions such as ban from
domestic cricket.
Outside cricket, Sreesanth is a psychology student. In his childhood, he was a breakdancer, and had become a
national champion when he was in eighth grade.
