Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore (born 6 November 1996) is an Indian international cricketer who plays for Indian national cricket team. He made his international debut in 2023 Asian Games against Nepal. He plays for Tamil Nadu in domestic cricket and Gujarat Titans in the Indian Premier League.[2]
 Sai Kishore during the 2019–20 Vijay Hazare Trophy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 6 November 1996 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 5 in (196 cm)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| T20I debut (cap 108) | 3 October 2023 v Nepal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 7 October 2023 v Afghanistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I shirt no. | 60 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–present | Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Chennai Super Kings | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–present | Gujarat Titans | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 17 October 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Domestic career edit
He made his List A debut for Tamil Nadu in the 2016–17 Vijay Hazare Trophy on 12 March 2017.[3] He made his first-class debut for Tamil Nadu in the 2017–18 Ranji Trophy on 14 October 2017.[4] He made his Twenty20 debut for Tamil Nadu in the 2017–18 Zonal T20 League on 8 January 2018.[5]
He was the leading wicket-taker for Tamil Nadu in the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy, with 22 dismissals in six matches.[6]
Indian Premier League edit
In the 2020 IPL auction, he was bought by the Chennai Super Kings at a base price of ₹20 lakh for the 2020 Indian Premier League.[7][8] He was bought by the Gujarat Titans at a price of ₹3 crore in the 2022 Indian Premier League (IPL) auction.[9][10]
International career edit
In June 2021, he was named as one of five net bowlers for India's tour of Sri Lanka.[11] Following a positive case for COVID-19 in the Indian team, Kishore was added to India's main squad for their final two Twenty20 International (T20I) matches of the tour.[12]
In January 2022, he was named as one of two standby players in India's T20I squad for their home series against the West Indies.[13]
He has been named in the Indian squad for the 2022 Asian Games to be held in Hangzhou, China.[14]
Honours edit
- Indian Premier League champion 2022
References edit
- ^ "A six-hitting prodigy, a legspinning allrounder, and a left-handed Virat". ESPN. 2 December 2019.
Sai is six feet three inches tall, and often hits awkward lengths in the powerplay.
- ^ "Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
- ^ "Vijay Hazare Trophy, 2nd Quarter-final: Tamil Nadu v Gujarat at Delhi, Mar 12, 2017". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
- ^ "Group C, Ranji Trophy at Chennai, Oct 14-17 2017". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
- ^ "South Zone, Inter State Twenty-20 Tournament at Visakhapatnam, Jan 8 2018". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- ^ "Ranji Trophy, 2018/19 - Tamil Nadu: Batting and bowling averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
- ^ "IPL auction analysis: Do the eight teams have their best XIs in place?". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ^ "IPL 2020 - Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Shahbaz Ahmed, Ravi Bishnoi head line-up of exciting uncapped Indian bowlers". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
- ^ "Who is R Sai Kishore? Uncapped player who was bought by Gujarat Titans for Rs 3 crore". Free Press Journal. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
- ^ "The uncapped ones: Shahrukh Khan, Umran Malik and more". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
- ^ "Shikhar Dhawan to captain India on limited-overs tour of Sri Lanka". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
- ^ "IND vs SL: Krunal, Hardik, Surya, Shaw among 8 to miss second T20". The Indian Express. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
- ^ "Shahrukh Khan, Sai Kishore part of India's stand-bys for West Indies T20Is". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
- ^ "Ruturaj Gaikwad, Harmanpreet Kaur to lead as BCCI announces India men's and women's squads for 19th Asian Games". The Indian Express. 14 July 2023. Retrieved 4 October 2023.