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Krishnamachari Srikkanth

Former Indian cricketer (born )

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In this Indian name, the name Krishnamachari is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Srikkanth.

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Full&#;name

Krishnamachari Srikkanth

Born () 21 December (age&#;65)
Madras, Madras State, India
(now Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India)
NicknameCheeka[1]
Height&#;cm (5&#;ft 9&#;in)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight arm offbreak
RoleBatter
RelationsAdithya (son)
Anirudha (son)
National side
Test debut (cap&#;)27 November &#;v&#;England
Last Test1 February &#;v&#;Australia
ODI debut (cap&#;37)25 November &#;v&#;England
Last ODI15 March &#;v&#;South Africa

Source: ESPNcricinfo, 10 November

Krishnamachari "Kris" Srikkanth (Tamil:[sɾiːkaːnt̪]; pronunciationⓘ; born 21 December ), also known as Cheeka, is a former Indian cricketer and coach.

He also serves as a cricket commentator. He was a hard-hitting opening batter and an occasional right arm offbreak bowler. He has served as a captain of the Indian cricket team and chairman of the men's selection committee later.

Srikkanth was part of the Indian team that won the Cricket World Cup and top scored with 38 runs in the finals against the West Indies.

He also won the World Championship of Cricket with the Indian team, in which he was the top run getter for India. He represented Tamil Nadu and South zone in Indian domestic cricket.

Srikkanth made his debut for the Indian team at the age of 21 in a One Day International (ODI) against England in Ahmedabad in November His test debut came two days later at Bombay.

He scored two centuries in tests and four centuries in ODIs, all of which came in a three-year period between and In a match against New Zealand in December , he scored 70 runs and took five wickets, becoming only the second cricketer to record the feat of scoring a fifty and taking a five for in the same ODI match.

Srikkanth was appointed as captain of the Indian team in He captained the team in four tests and 13 ODIs.

He represented India at three Cricket World Cups and retired after the edition of the same. In a career that spanned over ten years, he scored more than 6, international runs. In , he was awarded the C. K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award by the Board of Control for Cricket in India.

Early and personal life

Srikkanth was born on 21 December in Mylapore, Madras, Tamil Nadu to C.R.

Krishnamachari and Indira Krishnamachari in a Tamil Brahmin family.[2] He has two siblings, brother Krishnamachari Srinath and sister Srekala Bharath. He did his schooling from Vidya Mandir and completed his pre-university from Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College.[3] He graduated as an electrical engineer from College of Engineering, Guindy.[4] Srikkanth married Vidya on 30 March [5][6] They have two sons Adityaa and Anirudha, both of them are cricketers themselves.[7]

Early career

Srikkanth represented Tamil Nadu and South zone in Indian domestic cricket.

He made his first class debut during the –79 season.[8] He was the captain of the first ever youth test played by the India national under cricket team in the –79 season.

International career

Debut and early years

Srikkanth made his One Day International (ODI) debut at the age of 21, against England in Ahmedabad on 25 November Opening the batting with Sunil Gavaskar, and India lost by 5 wickets.[9] He made his Test debut two days later against England at Bombay.[10]

World cup and rise

Srikkanth was part of the Indian cricket team that won the Cricket World Cup.

He opened the batting and scored runs in the tournament.[11] In the final against West Indies, he top-scored with 38 runs.[12] He was also part of the Indian team that won the World Championship of Cricket.[1] He was the top scorer in the tournament with runs.[13] India won the final after beating Pakistan where he top scored with 67 runs from 77 balls and won the Man of the match award.[14]

Middle years

Srikkanth has his most prolific years in terms of runs from to when he scored two centuries in tests and four centuries in ODIs.[15] Srikkanth scored his first century in test cricket in the third test against Australia at Sydney on 2 January [16] He scored his second and last test century against the visiting Pakistan at his home ground at M.

A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai in February [17] His first ODI century came against Australia on 7 September in Jaipur.[18] He was also part of the Indian team that competed in the Cricket World Cup.[19] He scored 70 runs and took five wickets against New Zealand in an ODI match at Visakhapatnam on 10 December [20] In the process, he became the second person ever to record the feat of scoring a fifty and taking a five for in the same ODI match after Viv Richards.[21]

Captaincy of national team

In , he was appointed captain of the captain of the Indian team.[22]Sachin Tendulkar made his debut under his captaincy in November against Pakistan.[23] He served as the captain of the test team for four matches during the India's tour of Pakistan in and drew all the matches.[24] He also captained the Indian team in 13 ODIs winning four and losing eight.[25]

Later career and retirement

Srikkanth played his last test match in February against Australia in Perth.[26] He scored 72 runs in the match and took five catches, all in the first innings setting a record for the most individual catches by a non wicket keeper in an innings of a test match.[27] He was named as part of the Indian team that competed in the Cricket World Cup and holds the unusual record of scoring the only run ever scored in international cricket at Ray Mitchell Oval, in Mackay, Australia when the only international match ever hosted at the venue was washed out after two deliveries.[28] He retired from international cricket in March after the world cup with his last match coming against South Africa at Adelaide.[7]

Playing style

Srikkanth was an opening batsman, noted for his aggressive play and attacking cricketing strokes.[1] He was known for his super-quick reflexes and scored majority of his runs through pulling and hooking or driving the ball.[7] Though his batting style was in stark contrast to his long time opening partner Sunil Gavaskar, who was known for his reserved approach, Gavaskar himself has said that Srikkanth's batting liberated him to play his natural game.[1] He targeted the new ball when it is hard and often scored his runs in the later years with hits over the infield when the fielding restrictions are in place during the initial overs.[1] He is considered as one of the pioneers of pinch hitting in men's cricket, nearly a decade before Ian Botham and Mark Greatbatch tried it in the Cricket World Cup and Sanath Jayasuriya popularized it during the Cricket World Cup.[29][30] He was described by cricketers and commentators as one of the most entertaining batters of his era.[31]

Post retirement

Coach and chief selector

Post retirement, Srikkanth served as the coach of the India A cricket team.[32] On 18 February , he was named as an ambassador for the Chennai Super Kings franchise for the inaugural season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) T20 competition.[33] On 27 September , he was appointed as the Chief Selector of the Indian cricket team and served in the position till [34] The selection committee led by him picked up the Indian team that won its second ever Cricket World Cup in On 20 December , he was named as the ambassador of the Sunrisers Hyderabad franchise in the IPL.[35]

Commentator and administrator

Srikkanth serves as a sport commentator with various sports and news channels.[32] He was nominated as a member of the panel of All India Council of Sports (AICS) in January [36]

Television

In June , Srikkanth participated in the sixth season of Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa, a dance competition.[37] In February , he participated in the first season of StarPlus's Smart Jodi as contestant with his wife Vidya.[38]

Honors

In , he was awarded the C.

K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award by the Board of Control for Cricket in India.[39]

Statistics

Runs

Srikkanth has scored 2, runs in 43 matches in tests at a batting average of He has scored 4, runs in ODI matches at an average of [7]

An innings-by-innings breakdown of Srikkanth's Test match batting career showing runs scored (red bars) and the average of the last ten innings (blue line)

Centuries

Srikkanth scored two centuries in tests and four centuries in ODIs.[15]

Tests
ODIs

Captaincy

In , Srikkanth was appointed captain of the captain of the Indian team and served as the captain of the test team for four matches.[22] He also captained the Indian team in 13 ODIs winning four and losing eight.[25]

Type Matches Won Lost Drawn Tied No&#;result
Test 4 0 0 4 0 0
ODI 13 4 8 0 0 1

In popular culture

Jiiva played Srikanth in the Indian film 83 ().[43]

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