Kerala cricket team

Kerala cricket team

Captain:	Rohan Prem
Coach:	Sairaj Bahutule
Owner:	Kerala Cricket Association
Founded:	1950
Home ground:	Fort Maidan (Capacity: 10,000) Nehru Stadium (Capacity:75,000)
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. 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 also plays at international level, not for India, but for United Arab Emirates.

Playing history

As of late October 2016, Kerala has played 296 first-class matches, and won 45, lost 140 and drawn 111.^[1] In List A cricket Kerala has played 114 matches, with 46 wins, 66 losses and two ties.^[2]

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.

Current squad

Players with an IPL contract are listed in bold.

No.	Name	Birth date	Batting Style	Bowling Style	Notes
Batsmen
	Robert Fernandez	(1986-09-29) 29 September 1986	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
	Rohan Prem	(1986-09-13) 13 September 1986	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	Captain
	Sachin Baby	(1988-12-18) 18 December 1988	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break
	Abhishek Hegde	(1987-07-01) 1 July 1987	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
	Pallam Anfal	(1990-11-04) 4 November 1990	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
	KB Pawan	(1987-12-19) 19 December 1987	Right-handed
All-rounders
	VA Jagadeesh	(1983-05-25) 25 May 1983	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Vice-Captain
	Raiphi Gomez	(1986-10-16) 16 October 1986	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
	Fabid Ahmed	(1995-07-27) 27 July 1995	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break	^[3]
Wicket-keepers
9	Sanju Samson	(1994-11-11) 11 November 1994	Right-handed
	Akshay Kodoth	(1992-03-20) 20 March 1992	Right-handed
	Mohammed Azharuddeen	(1994-03-22) 22 March 1994	Right-handed
Pace bowlers
4	Sandeep Warrier	(1991-04-04) 4 April 1991	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
	Unnikrishnan Manukrishnan	(1988-10-04) 4 October 1988	Right-handed	Left-arm medium
	Nizar Niyas	(1990-08-18) 18 August 1990	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
	Basil Thampi	(1993-09-11) 11 September 1993	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
	Perumparambath Anthaf	(1988-03-23) 23 March 1988	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Spin bowlers
	Padmanabhan Prasanth	(1985-05-22) 22 May 1985	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
	Iqbal Abdulla	(1989-12-02) 2 December 1989	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
	Karaparambil Monish	(1990-09-08) 8 September 1990	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	Most wickets(49) for Ranji Trophy, 2015/16

Head Coach- P Balachandran

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

Calicut Cricket Stadium
Calicut Corporation Stadium
Manachira Maidan
Regional Engineering College Ground
Calicut Medical College Stadium

Kannur

Military Maidan
Police Parade Ground
Thalassery Stadium

Ernakulam

Kollam

Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium
Sree Narayana College Ground

Alappuzha

SD college ground

Kottayam

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kottayam

Malappuram

Perintalmanna Cricket Stadium

Palakkad

Fort Maidan
Government Victoria College Ground

Pathanamathitta

Pathanamathitta Municipal Stadium
Thiruvalla Municipal Stadium

Wayanad

St. Mary's College Ground
Krishnagiri Cricket Stadium

Thiruvananthapuram

Lakshmibhai National College of Physical Education Ground
Trivandrum Medical College Ground
Trivandrum University College Ground
Vellyani Agricultural College Ground
Trivandrum Cricket Stadium
St. Mary's School Ground pattom
St. Mary's School Ground Vettukad
Greenfield Cricket Stadium(Trivandrum International Stadium)
Central Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram

Thrissur

Thrissur Medical College Stadium
Thrissur Cricket Ground

Famous players

Main article: List of Kerala cricketers

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

↑ "Kerala's first-class playing record". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
↑ "Kerala's List A playing record". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
↑ http://www.espncricinfo.com/ranji-trophy-2015-16/content/player/796627.html

External links

Loongs Cricket Academy, Thrissur
Kerala at CricketArchive
"Warriors from Kerala" by Ramachandra Guha in The Hindu

Ranji Trophy

Seasons	1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Current teams	Andhra Pradesh Assam Baroda Bengal Chhattisgarh Delhi Goa Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh Hyderabad Jammu and Kashmir Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Mumbai Odisha Punjab Railways Rajasthan Saurashtra Services Tamil Nadu Tripura Uttar Pradesh Vidarbha

Former teams	Army Bihar Eastern Punjab Northern India Northern Punjab Patiala Sindh Southern Punjab Travancore-Cochin

Records	List of Ranji Trophy records Triple centuries Hat-tricks

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