Kerala cricket team

Kerala cricket team
Captain: Sanju Samson
Coach: Sairaj Bahutule
Owner: Kerala Cricket Association
Founded: 1950
Home ground:
Ranji Trophy wins: 0
Vijay Hazare Trophy wins: 0
Official website: KCA

The Kerala cricket team is a domestic cricket team based in the Indian state of Kerala. It is in the Plate Group of the Ranji Trophy, the premier first class cricket tournament in India. Kerala has produced two Indian test cricketers, Tinu Yohannan and S. Sreesanth. The team also lined up ex-Indian International player Sadagoppan Ramesh for two years from 2005 to 2007. Kerala has also produced Krishna Chandran, who also plays at international level, not for India, but for United Arab Emirates.

Competition History

Before the 2013-14 season, Kerala has played 271 Ranji matches, won 40, lost 133, drew 98 and three matches were abandoned. In 1994-95 and 1996–97, Kerala qualified from South Zone. They finished second in the Plate group in 2002-03 and played in the Elite group in 2003-04.

Current squad

Players with an IPL contract are listed in bold.

No. Name Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Notes
Batsmen
66 Antony Sebastian 17 September 1978 Left-handed -
Sambasiva Sarma 13 October 1984 Left-handed Left-arm medium
Robert Fernandez 29 September 1986 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Rohan Prem 13 September 1986 Left-handed Right-arm off break Middle-order Batsmen
Sachin Baby 18 December 1988 Right-handed Right-arm off-break
Abhishek Hedge 1 July 1987 Right-handed Right-arm leg break
Pallam Anfal 4 November 1990 Right-handed Right-arm leg break
KB Pawan 19 December 1987 Right-handed
All-rounders
VA Jagadeesh 25 May 1983 Right-handed Right-arm medium Vice-Captain
Raiphi Gomez 16 October 1986 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Sreekumar Nair 9 November 1978 Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Sony Cheruvathur 26 August 1978 Left-handed Right-arm medium
Fabid Ahmed 27 July 1995 Right-handed Right-arm off-break [1]
Wicket-keepers
9 Sanju Samson 11 November 1994 Right-handed Captain
Akshay Kodoth 20 March 1992 Right-handed
Pacer
4 Sandeep Warrier 4 April 1991 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Unnikrishnan Manukrishnan 4 October 1988 Right-handed Left-arm medium
Nizar Niyas 18 August 1990 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Basil Thampi 11 September 1993 Right-handed Right-arm medium
P. Anthaf 23 March 1988 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Spinner
Padmanabhan Prasanth 22 May 1985 Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Karaparambil Monish 8 September 1990 Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Most wickets(49) for Ranji Trophy, 2015/16

Head Coach- Sairaj Bahutule

Assistant Coach- Antony Sebastian

Team Physician(Sports Medicine Consultant) - Dr Shibu Varghese

Stadiums

Grounds listed in bold have hosted at least one international cricket match.

Kozhikode

Kannur

Ernakulam

Kollam

Kottayam

Malappuram

Palakkad

Pathanamathitta

Wayanad

Thiruvananthapuram

Thrissur

Alappuzha

Famous players

The players given below are the famous players who played for Kerala. This includes the players who played in the international level (in bold marks):

References

  1. ↑ http://www.espncricinfo.com/ranji-trophy-2015-16/content/player/796627.html

External links


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