KRISHNAMACHARI SRIKKANTH

Krishnamachari Srikkanth

Krishnamachari Srikkanth was born on December 21, 1959 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, and India is an ex- skipper of the Indian Cricket squad and the up to date chairman of the selection committee. He did his schooling At SBOA in Chennai and Hyderabad and College in HIET, BSc Computer Science.

He was awarded Mr. Madras 98 (at MMC); Mr.Pecofes 98 (Pondicherry) His ambition was to become a cricketer which is out of licenses.

He made his One Day International first appearance in opposition to England in Ahmedabad in 1981, tracked two days soon after by his Test first appearance in opposition to England at Mumbai. He made his unveiling at the age of 21 as an opener of the Indian squad to colleague Sunil Gavaskar. In cooperation batsmen had exclusively dissimilar looms to their batting. Gavaskar was more of the traditional technical batsman and Srikkanth was abundant hitter and a strutting batsman. Srikkanth redefined batting with his supremacy hitting and he gave such magnificent starts to the squad in opposition to even the toughest of oppositions. He was talented with a good ogle and fantastic swift reaction. Reliability was not his strong point. In the midst of more technical batsman in the area for the duration of his times like Gavaskar, Vengsarkar Mohinder Amarnath, Ravi Shastri etc., he could believe hitting the bowlers all over.

In his era the Indiana Jones of Indian cricket, Srikkanth's batting style was amusing, ground-breaking and volatile. Indeed, his loom came as a trace of fresh air and, not out of the blue, he was a great crowd puller. Srikkanth was a fashionable opening batsman with a devoted eye and spiky reflexes, allowing him to play belligerent offensive knocks with power and meticulousness. even though to some extent rash in implementation, which led to his disgrace at times, his swaggering style and free scoring like were a favourite with Indian crowds, making him a trendy player.

As he full-fledged, he tempers his aggression somewhat and became a bastion of the Indian Cricket squad. He was a vital affiliate of the Indian squad when they won the 1983 prudential world cup and 1985 Benson & Hedges World Championship of cricket. He was made the skipper of the Indian squad in 1989. He never dithered to experiment like he did in opposition to England where India had a target of 260 to track and had lost two untimely wickets and Srikkanth sent all-rounder Chetan Sharma to bat at number 4 and Sharma revisited with a gain of 103 and India won the match.

He stayed behind the skipper of the squad for India's tour of Pakistan in 1989 and directed to sketch all the four Tests of the succession, which was seen by many as an honourable consequence. But the selectors were thwarted with his batting collapses, controversially plunged him. He returned two years afterward and played for one more years before being plunged once more. By this occasion, he had pierced the 30s and his responses were dawdling down. He gave up work from worldwide cricket in 1993 after not being selected for the South Zone squad. He was the initial Indian player to score a half-century and pick up 5 wickets in an OneDayInternational. He accomplished this feat in opposition to New Zealand at Vishakapatnam in 1988.

After giving up work he had a pretty flourishing period as the instructor of the India 'A' squad. He has ever since been a newscaster and critic with a variety of sports and news straits.

On September 27, 2008, he was allotted the Chief Selector of the Indian Cricket squad.
Srikkanth participated in 43 Tests for India, attaining 2,062 runs at an adequate standard of 29.88. His mode was healthier well-matched to One Day Internationals, where he collected a drastically superior record of 146 matches for 4,091 runs at a good standard of 29.01. He also bowled off spin frequently in One Day Internationals, taking 25 wickets at a very good standard of 25.64. He also misplaced his pomposity after he became skipper of the Indian squad.Srikkanth's son Anirudha Srikkanth is at present a starter in the Tamil Nadu cricket squad. On February 18, 2008, Kris Srikkanth was named the representative for the Chennai Super Kings authorization of Indian Premier League.

Personal information

Current age 51 years 191 days
Nickname Cheeka
Major teams India, Tamil Nadu
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium, Right-arm offbreak

International information

National side India
Test debut (cap 43) November 27 1981 v England
Last Test February 1 1992 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 146) November 25 1981 v England
Last ODI March 15 1992 v South Africa

Career statistics

Competition	Tests	ODIs
Matches	43	146
Runs scored	2062	4091
Batting average	29.88	29.01
100s/50s	2/12	4/27
Top score	123	123
Balls bowled	216	712
Wickets	0	25
Bowling average	-	25.64
5 wickets in innings	-	2
10 wickets in match	-	-
Best bowling	-	5/27
Catches/stumping	40/0	42/0