Javagal Srinath
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| Batting style | Right-handed batsman (RHB) | |
| Bowling type | Right-arm fast-medium (RHM) | |
| Tests | ODIs | |
| Matches | 67 | 229 |
| Runs scored | 1009 | 883 |
| Batting average | 14.21 | 10.63 |
| 100s/50s | 0/4 | 0/1 |
| Top score | 76 | 62 |
| Overs bowled | 2517.2 | 1989.1 |
| Wickets | 236 | 315 |
| Bowling average | 30.49 | 28.08 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 10 | 3 |
| 10 wickets in match | 1 | N/A |
| Best bowling | 8/86 | 5/23 |
| Catches/stumpings | 22/0 | 32/0 |
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Javagal Srinath(Kannada:ಜಾವಗಲ್ ಶ್ರೀನಾಥ್) pronunciation (born August 31, 1969 in Mysore, Karnataka) is an Indian cricketer. He was a frontline fast bowler for the Indian cricket team until his retirement in late 2003. He is remembered as one of India's few genuinely quick bowlers. Fairly strongly built and lightning-fast in his youth, there are reports that he clocked 157 km/h in 1996 against South Africa.
He was born in Mysore in Karnataka. He obtained a B.E. Degree from Mysore University pursuing education at Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering (SJCE), Mysore.
Srinath made his Test debut against Australia at Brisbane in 1991-92 and his one-day international debut in the Wills Trophy at Sharjah that year. In 67 Tests since then, he captured 236 wickets at 30.49 apiece with best figures of 8-86. Srinath claimed 5 wickets in a Test innings ten times. He has also scored 1009 runs with a highest score of 76. In 229 One-day Internationals, he claimed 315 wickets at 28.03 apiece and scored 883 runs with a highest score of 53.Srinath also took over 500 first class wickets playing for Karnataka.
For many years, Srinath was India's lone strike bowler, and had to bear an excessive burden; this is believed to have, in part, led him to undergo an operation on his right shoulder in 1997.
Some critics argue that Srinath's average and strike rate suffered as a result of bowling on the predominantly dry and spin-friendly wickets in India; however, his average at home was in fact superior to his average away from India. Srinath knew how to reverse swing the ball.
He has also played for Gloucestershire and Leicestershire in English county cricket.
He retired from international cricket after the 2003 World Cup in South Africa in which he gave a stellar performance until the final against Australia, where he appeared to be overwhelmed by the pressure of the occasion, conceding 87 off his 10 overs. He toured England with the famous Lashings team in the summer of 2005, and also became a commentator, including for the India-England Test series in 2006.
In April 2006, he was selected as a match referee by the International Cricket Council.
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| Bowlers who have taken 300 ODI wickets |
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Wasim Akram (PAK) | Anil Kumble (IND) | Glenn McGrath (AUS) | Shaun Pollock (SA) | Javagal Srinath (IND) | Chaminda Vaas (SL) |
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India squad - 2003 Cricket World Cup | |
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1 Ganguly | 2 Dravid | 3 Sehwag | 4 Tendulkar | 5 Kumble | 6 Harbhajan | 7 Srinath | 8 Zaheer | 9 Nehra | 10 Mongia | 11 P Patel | 12 Bangar | 13 Agarkar | 14 Yuvraj | 15 Kaif | Coach: Wright |
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