Sai Kishore
 Sai Kishore during the 2019–20 Vijay Hazare Trophy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 November 1996 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)[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, 21 March 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore (born 6 November 1996) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Tamil Nadu in domestic cricket and Gujarat Titans in the IPL.[2] He is primarily a left-arm orthodox bowler, and also bats left-handed. He made his T20I debut for India on 3 October 2023 in the Asian Games.
Domestic career
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] He topped the wicket-takers list in the 2019–20 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy with 20 wickets in 12 matches at an economy rate of 4.63.[7]
Indian Premier League
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.[8][9] He was bought by the Gujarat Titans at a price of ₹3 crore in the 2022 Indian Premier League (IPL) auction.[10][11]
International career
In June 2021, he was named as one of five net bowlers for India's tour of Sri Lanka.[12] 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.[13]
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.[14]
He was part of the Indian squad at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, which won the gold medal.[15] He took 1/25 runs in 4 overs in his debut match against Nepal. In the semifinal against Bangladesh, he picked 3/12 in his 4 overs.[16]
References
- ^ Lakshmanan, Karthik; Sen, Abhimanyu (3 April 2025). "IPL 2025 | Prasidh Krishna: 'Loved Tilak Varma wicket the most; Sai Kishore staredown with Hardik was fun to watch'". Indian Express. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
Ashish Nehra, GT coach has put together an impressive all-India Three Towers bowling attack comprising Md Siraj (2/34, and 1.78 metres tall), Prasidh (1.88 m) and Sai Kishore (1.96 m)
- ^ "Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore Profile - ICC Ranking, Age, Career Info & Stats". www.cricbuzz.com. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Lakshmanan, Karthik; Sen, Abhimanyu (5 December 2019). "Sai Kishore's Journey From an Aspiring Scientist to Cricket Nerd". News18. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
Being tall and lanky – he stands at 6'4" now
- ^ "IPL auction analysis: Do the eight teams have their best XIs in place?". ESPNcricinfo. 20 December 2019. 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. 10 June 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
- ^ "IND vs SL: Krunal, Hardik, Surya, Shaw among 8 to miss second T20". The Indian Express. 28 July 2021. 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.
- ^ Prasad, Aashin (6 October 2023). "Hangzhou Asian Games cricket | Washington and Sai Kishore help India trump Bangladesh, to face Afghanistan in the final". The Hindu. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
