Kerala cricket team

Kerala cricket team
Personnel
Captain Sachin Baby
Coach Dav Whatmore
Owner Kerala Cricket Association
Team information
Founded 1950
Home ground
History
Ranji Trophy wins 0
Vijay Hazare Trophy wins 0
Official website: KCA

The Kerala cricket team is a domestic cricket team based in the Indian state of Kerala. It is in the Plate Group of the Ranji Trophy, the premier first class cricket tournament in India. Kerala has produced two Indian Test cricketers, Tinu Yohannan and S. Sreesanth. Sanju Samson has played one T20I for India while Basil Thampi also has a national call-up to his name. The team also lined up ex-Indian International player Sadagoppan Ramesh for two years from 2005 to 2007. Kerala has also produced Krishna Chandran, who plays at international level for United Arab Emirates.

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.[1]

At the end of the 2016-17 season, Kerala had played 302 first-class matches, and won 46, lost 140 and drawn 116.[2] In List A cricket Kerala had played 120 matches, with 47 wins, 71 losses and two ties.[3]

In the 1994-95 and 1996–97 Ranji Trophy, Kerala qualified from South Zone. They finished second in the Plate group in 2002-03 and played in the Elite group in 2003-04.

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.[4][5]

Current squad

Players with an IPL contract are listed in bold.

No. Name Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Notes
Captain
Sachin Baby18 December 1988Right-handedRight-arm off-breakPlays IPL for Sunrisers Hyderabad
Batsmen
Rohan Prem13 September 1986Left-handedRight-arm off break
Abhishek Hegde1 July 1987Right-handedRight-arm leg break
Pallam Anfal4 September 1990Right-handedRight-arm leg break
KB Pawan19 December 1987Right-handed
All-rounders
Raiphi Gomez16 October 1986Right-handedRight-arm medium
Nahiyan TR22 February 1996Right-handedRight-arm medium
Fabid Ahmed27 July 1995Right-handedRight-arm off-break[6]
Wicket-keepers
9Sanju Samson11 November 1994Right-handedPlays IPL for Rajasthan Royals
Akshay Kodoth20 March 1992Right-handed
Mohammed Azharuddeen22 March 1994Right-handed
Pace bowlers
4Sandeep Warrier4 April 1991Right-handedRight-arm medium
Unnikrishnan Manukrishnan4 October 1988Right-handedLeft-arm medium
Nizar Niyas18 August 1990Right-handedRight-arm medium
Basil Thampi11 September 1993Right-handedRight-arm mediumPlays IPL for Sunrisers Hyderabad
Perumparambath Anthaf23 March 1988Right-handedRight-arm medium
Spin bowlers
Padmanabhan Prasanth22 May 1985Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodox
Iqbal Abdulla2 December 1989Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodox
Karaparambil Monish8 September 1990Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxMost wickets(49) for Ranji Trophy, 2015/16

Head Coach- Dav Whatmore

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

Ernakulam

Kollam

Alappuzha

Kottayam

  • Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kottayam

Malappuram

  • Perintalmanna Cricket Stadium
  • Malabar State Police Ground

Pathanamathitta

  • Pathanamathitta Municipal Stadium
  • Thiruvalla Municipal Stadium

Wayanad

Thiruvananthapuram

Thrissur

  • Thrissur Medical College Stadium
  • Thrissur Cricket Ground

Famous players

The players given below are the famous players who played for Kerala. This includes the players who played in the international level (in bold marks):

References

  1. ↑ Wisden 1959, pp. 856-57.
  2. ↑ "Kerala's first-class playing record". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  3. ↑ "Kerala's List A playing record". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  4. ↑ "Kerala cricket team creates history! Enters Ranji Trophy quarterfinals in style". Financial Express. 28 November 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  5. ↑ "Kerala Ranji Trophy team qualifies for the quarterfinals". The New Indian Express. 28 November 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  6. ↑ http://www.espncricinfo.com/ranji-trophy-2015-16/content/player/796627.html
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