Kerala cricket team

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Kerala Cricket Team
Personnel
CaptainSanju Samson & Sachin Baby
CoachTinu Yohannan[1]
OwnerKerala Cricket Association
Team information
Colors  Dark Blue
Founded1950
Home groundVarious venues[2]
History
Ranji Trophy wins0
Vijay Hazare Trophy wins0
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy wins0
Official websiteKCA

Test kit

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T20I and ODI kit

The Kerala cricket team is a domestic cricket team based in the Indian state of Kerala.[3] It is in the Elite Group of the Ranji Trophy, the premier first class cricket tournament in India. It was known as Travancore-Cochin cricket team before Kerala state reorganisation in 1956.

Kerala has produced two Indian Test cricketers, Tinu Yohannan and S. Sreesanth.[4] Sanju Samson has played ten T20Is and a solitary ODI match for India[5] while Basil Thampi also has a national call-up to his name.[6] The team also lined up ex-Indian International player Sadagoppan Ramesh for two years from 2005 to 2007.[7] Robin Uthappa, a former Indian International player currently plays for Kerala.[8] Kerala has also produced Krishna Chandran, who plays at International level for United Arab Emirates.[9]

Playing history[]

Kerala began competing in the 1957-58 season, succeeding the Travancore-Cochin cricket team after the states were reorganized. It competed in the South Zone, against Madras/Tamil Nadu, Mysore/Karnataka, Andhra and Hyderabad. In 1957-58 Kerala lost all four matches, three of them by an innings.[10]

At the end of the 2016-17 season, Kerala had played 302 first-class matches, and won 46, lost 140 and drawn 116.[11] In List A cricket Kerala had played 120 matches, with 47 wins, 71 losses and two ties.[12]

Kerala reached the pre-quarterfinal of Ranji Trophy in the 1994-95 season when they progressed as South zone winners under the captaincy of KN Ananthapadmanabhan.[13] They were qualified for the Super League after emerging as the south zone winners in 1996-97 under leadership of Feroze V Rasheed.[14] Kerala reached plate final in 2002-03 and semifinal in 2007-08.[14]

In November 2017, they progressed to the quarter-finals of the Ranji Trophy for the first time, when they finished second in Group B of the 2017–18 tournament.[15][16]

They put on their best show in Ranji Trophy history when they progressed to the semifinals in 2018-19 season after beating former champions Gujarat in quarters.[17][18]

Current squad[]

Players with International caps are listed in bold.

Name Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Notes
Batsmen
Sachin Baby (1988-12-18) 18 December 1988 (age 33) Left-handed Right-arm off-break First-class captain
Rohan Kunnummal (1998-05-10) 10 May 1998 (age 23) Right-handed Right-arm medium
Salman Nizar (1997-06-30) 30 June 1997 (age 24) Left-handed Right-arm off break
Robin Uthappa (1985-11-11) 11 November 1985 (age 36) Right-handed Right-arm medium
Rohan Prem (1986-09-13) 13 September 1986 (age 35) Left-handed Right-arm off break
Ponnam Rahul (1992-02-04) 4 February 1992 (age 30) Left-handed Right-arm off break
Vathsal Govind (2000-01-02) 2 January 2000 (age 22) Left-handed Right-arm leg break
All-rounders
Vinoop Manoharan (1992-06-10) 10 June 1992 (age 29) Right-handed Right-arm off break
Akshay Chandran (1993-10-19) 19 October 1993 (age 28) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Jalaj Saxena (1986-12-15) 15 December 1986 (age 35) Right-handed Right-arm off break
Sijomon Joseph (1997-09-28) 28 September 1997 (age 24) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Rojith Ganesh (1993-11-13) 13 November 1993 (age 28) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Sharafuddeen (1995-02-04) 4 February 1995 (age 27) Right-handed Right-arm medium
Wicket-keepers
Vishnu Vinod (1993-02-15) 15 February 1993 (age 28) Right-handed
Mohammed Azharuddeen (1994-03-22) 22 March 1994 (age 27) Right-handed
Sanju Samson (1994-11-11) 11 November 1994 (age 27) Right-handed List A and Twenty 20 captain
Plays for Rajasthan Royals in IPL
Spin-bowlers
Sudhesan Midhun (1994-10-07) 7 October 1994 (age 27) Right-handed Right-arm leg break
KC Akshay (1996-05-15) 15 May 1996 (age 25) Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Sajeevan Akhil (1991-03-05) 5 March 1991 (age 30) Right-handed Right-arm leg break
Pace bowlers
Basil Thampi (1993-09-11) 11 September 1993 (age 28) Right-handed Right-arm medium
MD Nidheesh (1991-05-05) 5 May 1991 (age 30) Right-handed Right-arm medium
Unnikrishnan Manukrishnan (1988-10-04) 4 October 1988 (age 33) Left-handed Left-arm medium
KM Asif (1993-07-24) 24 July 1993 (age 28) Right-handed Right-arm medium
Suresh Vishweshwar (1997-07-25) 25 July 1997 (age 24) Right-handed Right-arm medium
Nedumankuzhy Basil (1996-10-20) 20 October 1996 (age 25) Right-handed Right-arm medium

Head Coach- Tinu Yohannan

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[]

  • Military Maidan
  • Police Parade Ground
  • Thalassery Stadium
  • Thalassery Venus Corner Vayal Cricket Stadium

Ernakulam[]

  • Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
  • Maharaja College Stadium
  • Kerala Cricket Association Stadium

Kollam[]

  • Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium
  • Sree Narayana College Ground

Alappuzha[]

Kottayam[]

  • Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kottayam

Malappuram[]

  • Perintalmanna Cricket Stadium
  • Malabar State Police Ground

Pathanamathitta[]

  • Pathanamathitta Municipal Stadium
  • Thiruvalla Municipal Stadium

Wayanad[]

Thiruvananthapuram[]

  • Lakshmibhai National College of Physical Education Ground
  • Trivandrum Medical College Ground
  • Trivandrum University College Ground
  • Vellyani Agricultural College Ground
  • St. Xavier's College Ground Thumba Trivandrum
  • The Sports Hub Trivandrum (Trivandrum International Stadium)
  • Central Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram
  • Mangalapuram Cricket Ground

Thrissur[]

  • Thrissur Medical College Stadium
  • Thrissur Cricket Ground

Kasaragod[]

  • KCA Cricket Stadium, Kasaragod
  • Municipal Stadium Kasaragod

Famous players[]

Main article: List of Kerala cricketers

Players from Kerala who have played Test cricket for India, along with year of Test debut:

  • Tinu Yohannan (2001)[19]
  • Shanthakumaran Sreesanth (2006)[20]

Players from Kerala who have played ODI but not Test cricket for India, along with year of ODI debut:

  • Sanju Samson (2021)[21]

Players from Kerala who have played T20I but not Test or ODI cricket for India, along with year of T20I debut:

  • Sandeep Warrier (2021)[22]

Cricketers from other state teams who also played for Kerala, and played international cricket for India, along with year of international debut:

  • Sujith Somasunder (1996)[23]
  • Sadagoppan Ramesh (1999)[24]
  • Robin Uthappa (2006)[25]

Prominent cricketers at the domestic level:

References[]

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