Shanthakumaran Sreesanth (India)
| Full Name: | Shanthakumaran Sreesanth |
| Date of birth: | 06 / 02 / 1983 |
| Country: | India |
| Role: | Bowler |
| Batting style: | Right-hand |
| Bowling style: | Right arm fast |
Career summary
- ODI debut v Sri Lanka at Nagpur - October 2005.
- Test debut v England at Nagpur - March 2006.
- Sreesanth is a fast bowler with a side-on action who is noted for his exuberant and emotional behaviour.
- Won a call-up to the India team on the back of superb performances in the 2005 Challenger Trophy. He repaid the selectors by picking up 6/55 against England in the same year.
- Helped India to a historic Test series victory in the West Indies in 2006 by picking up five wickets in the final Test in Jamaica.
- After being omitted for the 2007 series against England, Sreesanth played a key role during India's triumphant 2007 World Twenty20 campaign in South Africa.
- Sreesanth was on the receiving end in 2007 when Harbhajan Singh slapped him after an IPL game.
- He lost his way somewhat after that and had to wait until November 2009 before claiming a five-wicket Test haul against Sri Lanka.
March 2010
Test Matches
| Career Span: | 2006-2011 |
| Matches: | 27 |
| Innings: | 41 |
| Not Outs: | 13 |
| Runs: | 282 |
| Highest Score: | 35 |
| Average: | 10.07 |
| 50s: | 0 |
| 100s: | 0 |
| Ducks: | 10 |
| Pairs: | 0 |
| Caught Out: | 17 |
| Stumped Out: | 0 |
| Innings Bowled: | 50 |
| Overs: | 902.7 |
| Maidens: | 163 |
| Runs Conceded: | 3272 |
| Wickets: | 87 |
| 5 Wicket Innings: | 3 |
| 10 Wicket Innings: | 0 |
| Average: | 37.61 |
| Economy Rate: | 3.62 |
| Best bowling in Innings: | 5/40 |
ODI Matches
| Career Span: | 2006-2010 |
| Matches: | 47 |
| Innings: | 19 |
| Not Outs: | 9 |
| Runs: | 39 |
| Highest Score: | 10 |
| Average: | 3.9 |
| 50s: | 0 |
| 100s: | 0 |
| Ducks: | 3 |
| Pairs: | 0 |
| Caught Out: | 4 |
| Stumped Out: | 1 |
| Innings Bowled: | 46 |
| Overs: | 369.3 |
| Maidens: | 16 |
| Runs Conceded: | 2196 |
| Wickets: | 71 |
| 5 Wicket Innings: | 1 |
| 10 Wicket Innings: | 0 |
| Average: | 30.93 |
| Economy Rate: | 5.95 |
| Best bowling in Innings: | 6/55 |
