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Shanthakumaran Sreesanth :: Rising star from Kerala |
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| Sreesanth is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-arm fast-medium-pace bowler and a right-handed tail-ender batsman. A player of passion, he is noted for his exuberant and emotional behaviour, especially whilst appealing for and celebrating wickets. Such trademark behaviour has seen him frequently fined for violating the player conduct guidelines of the International Cricket Council.
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Sreesanth - Indian Cricket Player
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Sreesanth Aliases (Nicknames & Misspelled names): Sri, Gopu, Srisanth, Shreesanth, Shree
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Personal Information :: Sreesanths in News :: Career Highlights :: Biography :: Picture Gallery :: Wallpapers :: Professional Facts
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Birth Name
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Shanthakumaran Sreesanth
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Date of Birth
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February 6th, 1983
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Nationality
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Indian
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Height
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5'8"
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Sex
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Male
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Birth Place
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Kothamangalam, Kerala, India
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Languages
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English, Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam
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Education
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Studies psychology at university whilst he is not playing cricket
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Expert break dancer(national champion when he was in the eighth grade)
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Father
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Santhakumaran Nair
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Mother
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Savithri Nair
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Brother
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Dipu Santhan (Owns a music company in Kochi)
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Sister
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Nivedita(Telivision actress in Kerala, India)
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Brother-in-law
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Madhu Balakrishnan(Famous South Indian playback singer)
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Sreesanths Biodata:
Much to the delight of Keralites Sreesanth, the 22-year-old youngster from home has found a place in the much sought after place in the Indian cricket team after his performance in the Challenger Trophy in 2005. Not many Keralites have had the privilege of representing the national cricket team. The exceptions being Abey Kuruvilla and Tinu Yohannan. Abey made it via the Mumbai Ranji team while Tinu, son of the legendary long jumper TC Yohannan, went through after representing Kerala. He is a very promising young cricketer and already has huge number of fans.
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Sreesanths Career Highlights:
S Sreesanth is one of the many exhilarating young fast bowling prospects in India . He is a right-arm fast-medium-pace bowler, and also a right-handed tailender. Owing a good action and honest pace, he was called up to the national squad in 2005 after a stalwart presentation in the Challenger Trophy, at the age of only 22.
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Sreesanth Professional Facts:
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Major Teams Represented
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India
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Asia XI
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Kerala
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Kerala Under-19s
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Batting Style
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Right-hand bat
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Bowling Style
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Right-arm fast-medium
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Test Cricket Debut
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India v England at Nagpur - Mar 1-5, 2006
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ODI Cricket Debut
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India v Sri Lanka at Nagpur - Oct 25, 2005
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Twenty20 Cricket Debut
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South Africa v India at Johannesburg - Dec 1, 2006
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