Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan (born December 3, 1981) is an India

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. He is the son of cricketer Venkatraman Sivaramakrishnan and nephew of Venkatraman Ramnarayan. Vidyut has a sibling, Nikhil. Vidyut is married to Ms.Sharanya and lives in Chennai

Chennai

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Early life

Vidyut wanted to play hockey

Hockey

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 early in life but soon changed his mind and decided to play cricket

Cricket

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. He soon became a cricketer in his school. He started off his cricketing career as a left arm orthodox spin bowler, but is now a full-time top order batsman. In his school he had put up a 100 run partneship with his classmate Abhinand Gopalan in 1996 and was soon selected for the List A team.

Career

Vidyut played for Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu

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 in the Ranji Trophy

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. He has also played for Chennai Super Kings

Chennai Super Kings

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 in the Indian Premier League

Indian Premier League

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He made 152 in the A list team and now is the key player in Indian Premier League Championship. He is also the only number 11 batsman from India (and fourth in the world) to score a first class century.

External links

• Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan on cricinfo
• http://www.cricketnext.com/news/chennai-decide-to-bat/31299-13.html