S. Sreesanth

S. Sreesanth

Personal information
Full name	Shanthakumaran Nair Sreesanth
Born	(1983-02-06) 6 February 1983 (age 41)[1][2] Kothamangalam, Kerala, India
Nickname	Sree, Gopu
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
Role	Bowler
Relations	Madhu Balakrishnan (brother-in-law)
International information
National side	India (2005–2011)
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
2002/03-2021/22	Kerala
2008–2010	Kings XI Punjab
2009	Warwickshire
2011	Kochi Tuskers Kerala
2013	Rajasthan Royals
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I Matches 27 53 10 Runs scored 284 44 20 Batting average 10.40 4.00 20.00 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 Top score 35 10* 19* Balls bowled 5,419 2,476 204 Wickets 87 75 7 Bowling average 37.59 33.44 41.14 5 wickets in innings 3 1 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 Best bowling 5/40 6/55 2/12 Catches/stumpings 5/– 7/– 2/–
Medal record Men's Cricket Representing  India ICC Cricket World Cup Winner 2011 India-Bangladesh-Sri Lanka ICC T20 World Cup Winner 2007 South Africa ACC Asia Cup Runner-up 2008 Pakistan
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 22 February 2021

Shanthakumaran Nair Sreesanth (pronunciation^ⓘ, born 6 February 1983) is an Indian former cricketer and film actor who played all formats of the game for his country. He is a right-arm fast-medium-pace bowler and a right-handed tail-ender batsman. In first class cricket, he played for Kerala. In the Indian Premier League (IPL) he played for the Rajasthan Royals. He became the first Kerala Ranji player to play Twenty20 cricket for India. Sreesanth was initially banned for life after spot-fixing in the 2013 IPL, however, the ban was reduced to seven years in August 2019.^[3] In 2018, he participated in the popular reality show, Bigg Boss and became the runner up.^[4] In 2020 he was selected for the Kerala cricket team and resumed his career in national cricket. In March 2022, Sreesanth announced his retirement from domestic cricket. Sreesanth was a member of the Indian team that won both the 2007 T20 World Cup and the 2011 Cricket World Cup, where in the 2007 final, he took the winning catch.