Names |
Shanthakumaran (S.)
SREESANTH |
Date of
Birth |
February 06, 1983 |
Identity |
Former Indian
cricketer |
Date-wise Events / Works |
- March 01, 2006: He made his
test match debut on this day; against England.
- August 18, 2011: He played
his last test match on this day; England.
- October 25, 2005: He made
his ODI match debut on this day; against Sri Lanka.
- April 02, 2011: He played
his last ODI match on this day; against Sri Lanka.
- December 01, 2006: He made
his T20I match debut on this day; against South Africa.
- February 01, 2008: He
played his last T20I match on this day; against Australia.
- May 16, 2013: On this day,
the Delhi police arrested him and two of his Rajasthan
Royals teammates, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan from
Mumbai, on charges of spot-fixing during IPL 6.
- May 17, 2013: On this day,
he confessed to spot-fixing, according to police. Though
later he said that he had been forced to confess.
- September 13, 2013: He was
banned for life from playing Cricket by the BCCI, for his
involvement in spot-fixing in the 2013 IPL season.
- July 2015: He was acquitted
by the court in the spot-fixing case.
- March 25, 2016: He joined
the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
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General |
- He was a right-arm fast-medium-pace bowler and a
right-handed tail-ender batsman.
- In first class cricket, he played for Kerala and
in the Indian Premier League , he played for Rajasthan
Royals.
- He is also the first Kerala Ranji player to have played
Twenty20 cricket for India.
- Having played in 27 test matches and 53 ODI matches, he
took 87 and 75 wickets respectively.
- He has been part of a dance reality show on television.
He is working in a Hindi film, Aksar 2. He has also acted in
a Malayalam film, Team 5.
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