Sai Kishore
Indian cricketer (born 1996)
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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.
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–present | Gujarat Titans | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | Surrey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]