Kerala cricket team
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The Kerala cricket team is a domestic cricket team based in the India
n 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 Shanthakumaran Sreesanth
. The team is currently captained by agadeesh.
Coach: Vedam Hariharan
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n state of Kerala
Kerala
or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....
. It is in the Plate Group of the Ranji Trophy
Ranji Trophy
The Ranji Trophy is a domestic first-class cricket championship played in India between different city and state sides, equivalent to the County Championship in England and the Sheffield Shield in Australia...
, the premier first class cricket tournament in India. Kerala has produced two Indian test cricketers, Tinu Yohannan
Tinu Yohannan
Tinu Yohannan is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed fast medium bowler. He plays first class cricket for Kerala. He is the first Kerala Ranji player to play Test and one day cricket for India....
and Shanthakumaran Sreesanth
Shanthakumaran Sreesanth
Sreesanth , 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 Kochi Tuskers Kerala...
. The team is currently captained by agadeesh.
Famous players
- B. RamprakashB. RamprakashBhaskaran Ramprakash is a retired Indian first class cricketer, who played for Kerala. He was a right arm off-break bowler and a right-handed middle order batsman. He played 64 first class matches, and took 233 wickets including 16 five wicket hauls. He also scored 2489 runs including a...
- K. N. AnanthapadmanabhanK. N. AnanthapadmanabhanKarumanaseri Narayanaiyer Ananthapadmanabhan , in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, was an Indian first class cricketer. He was a legbreak googly bowler. He represented the Kerala cricket team and South Zone in first class cricket....
- Sreesanth
- Sunil OasisSunil OasisSunil Chandrasekharan Oasis is a retired Indian first class cricketer. He was a right-handed middle order batsman and a right arm medium bowler. He was captain of the Kerala cricket team. He also represented India at the Hong Kong Cricket Sixes in 2008.-External links:*-References:...
- Tinu YohannanTinu YohannanTinu Yohannan is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed fast medium bowler. He plays first class cricket for Kerala. He is the first Kerala Ranji player to play Test and one day cricket for India....
- Prashant PillaiPrashant PillaiPrashant Pillai is a music producer and composer from India. His music style has diverse influences and elements of jazz, electronica, funk, world music and more...
- Satendra Malviya
- Ajay Chouhan
Current squad
- Raiphi GomezRaiphi GomezRaiphi Vincent Gomez is an Indian first class cricketer, who plays for the state of Kerala. He is a right-handed batsman and a right arm medium bowler. He was selected by Rajasthan Royals for the 2009 season of Indian Premier League...
(Captain) - V. A. Jagadeesh
- Prasanth Parameshwaran
- Sebastian Antony
- Sambasiva Sarma
- Rohan PremRohan PremRohan Prem is an Indian first class cricketer. He was also the captain of the Kerala cricket team in Ranji Trophy, for a while. He is a left-handed middle order batsman. He made his debut against Rajasthan at Jaipur in 2005. He scored three centuries during the 2007-2008 season of Ranji trophy...
- Robert Fernandes
- Sreekumar NairSreekumar NairSreekumar Rajagopalan Nair is an Indian first class cricketer. He is a left-handed middle order batsman and slow left arm orthodox bowler. He represents Kerala in Ranji Trophy. Nair was also the captain of the team for sometime....
- Sony CheruvathurSony CheruvathurSony K Cheruvathur is an Indian first class cricketer. Cheruvathur is a right-handed middle order batsman and right arm medium bowler. In the 2008 Ranji Trophy Plate league, Kerala secured 14 points under Cheruvathur's captaincy...
- Vinan NairVinan NairVinan Gopinathan Nair is an Indian first class cricketer. He is a right-handed middle order batsman and wicketkeeper. Nair represents Kerala in Ranji Trophy...
(Wicket Keeper) - Tinu YohannanTinu YohannanTinu Yohannan is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed fast medium bowler. He plays first class cricket for Kerala. He is the first Kerala Ranji player to play Test and one day cricket for India....
- Prasanth Chandran
- S. Aneesh
- P. Prasanth
- K. J. Rakesh
- Suraj Manuel
- Aaron Kallner
- Sarath Manuel
- Tony Joesph
Coach: Vedam Hariharan