kris srikkanth Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
kris srikkanth is a cricketer(sportsman) from India. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Krishnamachari Srikkanth
Born
December 21, 1959, Madras (now Chennai)
Age
63 years old
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Offbreak
Playing Role
Opening Batter
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 43 | 146 | - | - |
Inn | 72 | 145 | - | - |
Runs | 2062 | 4091 | - | - |
Avg | 29.88 | 28.61 | - | - |
SR | 75.34 | 71.75 | - | - |
HS | 123 | 123 | - | - |
NO | 3 | 2 | - | - |
100s | 2 | 4 | - | - |
50s | 12 | 27 | - | - |
4s | 221 | 405 | - | - |
6s | 19 | 41 | - | - |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 43 | 146 | - | - |
Inn | 16 | 33 | - | - |
Balls | 216 | 712 | - | - |
Runs | 114 | 641 | - | - |
Wkt | 0 | 25 | - | - |
BBI | 1 / 0 | 27 / 5 | - | - |
BBM | 1 / 0 | 27 / 5 | - | - |
Eco | 3.17 | 5.4 | - | - |
Avg | 0.0 | 25.64 | - | - |
5W | 0 | 2 | - | - |
10W | 0 | 0 | - | - |
Teams he has played for:
- S Anirudha
- A Srikkanth
- India
- Tamil Nadu
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
Srikkanth's batting style was both innovative and entertaining for the crowd gathered in the stadium. His approach to batting was completely in reverse to that of his partner, Sunil Gavaskar as the pair engineered some fine starts for India. Srikkanth's approach to the game was a hurricane on, but was also fraught with danger. This resulted in many a cheap dismissal and Srikkanth found himself out of favour more often than not.
Making his debut at the international arena at the age of 21, Srikkanth was a stylish opening batsman gifted with a good hand eye co-ordination and some extremely quick reflexes. His attacking nature was evident during the 1983 WC finals as he top-scored for the Indians with a fine 38. He was also a prominent member of the team that won the Benson and Hedges World Championship of Cricket in 1985.
Consistency was never the watchword for Srikkanth and he altered between the sublime and the ridiculous. He was made the captain in 1989 and led India to a creditable series draw in Pakistan. He was however sacked from the team owning to poor form with the bat. He made a comeback in 1991, bur with his age, his reflexes were also slowing down. His last hurrah in international cricket was the tour of Australia and the subsequent 1992 WC. He was not selected for the South Zone team in 1993 and bid adieu from cricket at the age of 33.
He was the first Indian player to score a half-century and pick up 5 wickets in an ODI. He achieved this feat against New Zealand at Vishakapatnam in 1988. Since his retirement, Srikkanth has had a successful career as the coach of India 'A'. He has also been a broadcaster and expert analyst on various TV channels.
Srikkanth played 43 Tests for India, scoring 2,062 runs at an acceptable average of 29.88. His style was better suited to One Day Internationals, where he compiled a significantly better record of 146 matches for 4,091 runs at a good average of 29.01. He also bowled off spin regularly in ODIs, taking 25 wickets at a very good average of 25.64.
His son, Aniruddha Srikanth is a budding cricketer and is a part of the Tamil Nadu Ranji team. Srikkanth was appointed as the icon of the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in 2008. He is currently the 1st ever chairman of the paid national selectors' panel. His term ended with the 2011 WC, but a successful campaign for India meant that he was given an extension.
By Pradeep Krishnamurthy
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
In his time the Indiana Jones of Indian cricket, Srikkanth's batting style was entertaining, innovative and explosive. Indeed, his approach came as a whiff of fresh air and, not unexpectedly, he was a great crowd puller. A swashbuckling opening batsman cast in the Mushtaq Ali mould, Srikkanth could destroy the strongest and most fearsome attacks in the world by fearless pulling, hooking and driving. But there were times when he could be dismissed by some pretty ordinary bowling. Gifted with a good eye and super-quick reflexes, Srikkanth's buccaneering methods quickly caught the eye of the selectors and he made his international debut at 21. Consistency however was not his watchword and he was more out of than in the Indian team. But by the mid 80s, his attacking methods had acquired some discipline and he remained the regular opening batsman till 1989. Appointed captain for the tour of Pakistan that year he achieved a major triumph when the team drew all the four Tests. But the selectors pounced on his batting failures and he only made it back after two years in the wilderness. By this time he was over 30 and he did not have the reflexes of old. And when he was not selected for the South Zone team in 1993, Srikkanth, at 33, announced his retirement. If his Test record is impressive, given his sometimes outrageous batting style, he was a natural for the limited-overs game. At the time he quit the scene, Srikkanth had scored more runs and more centuries than any other Indian cricketer and he made them in double-quick time exasperating some of the finest and fastest bowlers in the game. He was one of the heroes of the World Cup triumph in 1983 and also played in the competition in 1987 and 1992. After leaving the game, Srikkanth has worked as a cricket analyst for various Indian news channels and in February 2008, was named the ambassador for the Chennai Super Kings franchise of the Indian Premier League. Later than year, he succeeded Dilip Vengsarkar as the chairman of India's first ever paid selection panel.
Partab Ramchand September 2008