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S. Sreesanth

Indian cricket player

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Also known as Sreesanth · Shanthakumaran Sreesanth · Shanthakumaran Nair Sreesanth

Born: February 6, 1983
Birthplace: Kothamangalam
Citizenship: India
Occupation: cricketer
Education: Bhavans Vidya Mandir
Languages spoken, written or signed: Malayalam

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Shanthakumaran Nair Sreesanth is an Indian former cricketer and film actor who played all formats of the game for his country. He is a right-arm fast-medium-pace bowler and a right-handed tail-ender batsman. In first class cricket, he played for Kerala. In the Indian Premier League (IPL) he played for the Rajasthan Royals. He became the first Kerala Ranji player to play Twenty20 cricket for India. Sreesanth was initially banned for life after spot-fixing in the 2013 IPL, however, the ban was reduced to seven years in August 2019. In 2018, he participated in the popular reality show, Bigg Boss and became the runner up. In 2020 he was selected for the Kerala cricket team and resumed his career in national cricket. In March 2022, Sreesanth announced his retirement from domestic cricket. Sreesanth was a member of the Indian team that won both the 2007 T20 World Cup and the 2011 Cricket World Cup, where in the 2007 final, he took the winning catch.

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MMazhavillinattam Vare2012 · 2012 film by Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri

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Sex or gender: male
Sport: cricket
Given name: S.
Member of political party: Bharatiya Janata Party
Member of sports team: Kochi Tuskers Kerala(2011–2011)
Warwickshire County Cricket Club(2009–2009)
Punjab Kings(2008–2010)
India national cricket team(2006–2011)
Kerala cricket team(2002–2013)
Rajasthan Royals
Country for sport: India
Social media followers: 940,897(February 6, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 110384744
945,667(February 26, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 110384744
952,498(January 4, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 110384744
1,124,834(May 10, 2018) x (twitter) numeric user id: 110384744

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