Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore (born 6 November 1996) is an Indian cricketer. Sai Kishore is primarily a left-arm orthodox bowler but he also bats left-handed.

Sai Kishore
Sai Kishore during the 2019–20 Vijay Hazare Trophy
Personal information
Full name
Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore
Born (1996-11-06) 6 November 1996 (age 28)
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Height6 ft 5 in (196 cm)
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
RoleAll-rounder
International information
National side
T20I debut (cap 108)3 October 2023 v Nepal
Last T20I7 October 2023 v Afghanistan
T20I shirt no.60
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2017–presentTamil Nadu
2020–2021Chennai Super Kings
2022–presentGujarat Titans
Career statistics
Competition T20I FC LA T20
Matches 3 39 54 59
Runs scored 729 402 46
Batting average 16.20 19.14 5.11
100s/50s –/– 0/3 0/2 0/0
Top score 81 74 9
Balls bowled 72 8630 2656 1281
Wickets 4 166 92 65
Bowling average 15.75 24.01 20.96 18.29
5 wickets in innings 0 10 2 0
10 wickets in match 0 1 0 0
Best bowling 3/12 7/70 5/26 4/6
Catches/stumpings 3/– 12/– 26/– 17/–
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing  India
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou Team
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 21 April 2024

Sai Kishore played his first international match against Nepal on 3 October 2023 in the Asian Games Men's Cricket. He took one wicket for 25 runs in 4 overs in that debut match.

Sai Kishore plays for Tamil Nadu in domestic matches and Gujarat Titans in IPL.[1]

Domestic career

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He made his List A debut for Tamil Nadu in the 2016–17 Vijay Hazare Trophy on 12 March 2017.[2] He made his first-class debut for Tamil Nadu in the 2017–18 Ranji Trophy on 14 October 2017.[3] He made his Twenty20 debut for Tamil Nadu in the 2017–18 Zonal T20 League on 8 January 2018.[4]

He was the leading wicket-taker for Tamil Nadu in the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy, with 22 dismissals in six matches.[5]

Indian Premier League

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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.[6][7] He was bought by the Gujarat Titans at a price of ₹3 crore in the 2022 Indian Premier League (IPL) auction.[8][9]

International career

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In June 2021, he was named as one of five net bowlers for India's tour of Sri Lanka.[10] 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.[11]

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.[12]

He played in the Indian squad for the 2022 Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China and won the Gold medal.[13]

References

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  1. ^ "Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore Profile - ICC Ranking, Age, Career Info & Stats". www.cricbuzz.com. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Vijay Hazare Trophy, 2nd Quarter-final: Tamil Nadu v Gujarat at Delhi, Mar 12, 2017". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Group C, Ranji Trophy at Chennai, Oct 14-17 2017". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  4. ^ "South Zone, Inter State Twenty-20 Tournament at Visakhapatnam, Jan 8 2018". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Ranji Trophy, 2018/19 - Tamil Nadu: Batting and bowling averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  6. ^ "IPL auction analysis: Do the eight teams have their best XIs in place?". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  7. ^ "IPL 2020 - Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Shahbaz Ahmed, Ravi Bishnoi head line-up of exciting uncapped Indian bowlers". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  8. ^ "Who is R Sai Kishore? Uncapped player who was bought by Gujarat Titans for Rs 3 crore". Free Press Journal. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  9. ^ "The uncapped ones: Shahrukh Khan, Umran Malik and more". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  10. ^ "Shikhar Dhawan to captain India on limited-overs tour of Sri Lanka". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  11. ^ "IND vs SL: Krunal, Hardik, Surya, Shaw among 8 to miss second T20". The Indian Express. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  12. ^ "Shahrukh Khan, Sai Kishore part of India's stand-bys for West Indies T20Is". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  13. ^ "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.
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