Sai Kishore

In this Indian name, the name Ravisrinivasan is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Sai Kishore.

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 27) Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Height	6 ft 5 in (196 cm)
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Slow left-arm orthodox
Role	All-rounder
International information
National side	India (2023–present)
T20I debut (cap 108)	3 October 2023 v Nepal
Last T20I	7 October 2023 v Afghanistan
T20I shirt no.	60
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2017–present	Tamil Nadu
2020–2021	Chennai Super Kings
2022–present	Gujarat 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 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

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

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

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

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.

External links

• Sai Kishore at ESPNcricinfo