Anirudha Srikkanth
Anirudha Srikkanth (born 14 April 1987) is an Indian cricketer. He was born in Madras (now called Chennai) to Indian cricketer Kris Srikkanth. He has played for Chennai Super Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League. He currently leads Karaikudi Kaalai in the Tamil Nadu Premier League.
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| Full name | Anirudha Srikkanth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 April 1987 Chennai, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Krishnamachari Srikkanth (father) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2003 | Tamil Nadu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008-2013 | Chennai Super Kings (squad no. 77) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 2 December 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
An attacking opening batsman, much like his father Krish Srikkanth, Anirudha made his first-class debut in the 2003-04 season as a 16-year-old. He was in and out of the Tamil Nadu Ranji squad in the following seasons but has enjoyed greater success in the limited-overs format and once topped the run charts for India Under-19s against the touring England U-19s in 2004-05. His record in the Twenty20 format too has been impressive, finishing the fourth-highest run-getter in the inter-state Twenty20 in 2007. That carried him into the list of 30 probables for the ICC World Twenty20 as well as the India Greens squad in the 2007-08 Challenger Trophy. He was later included in the Chennai Super Kings squad in the Indian Premier League Twenty20 tournament. He is married to a model, Arthi Venkatesh.
Indian Premier League
He played for Chennai Super Kings from 2008 to 2013. In 2010 season's Semi-Final Against the Deccan Chargers, He Scored a fast 24 runs from 15 deliveries by hitting 2 sixes and 1 four before top edging the ball from Ryan Harris to mid-wicket Fielder Herschelle Gibbs. In 2012 season he scored 18 off just 6 balls in a low scoring match against Rajasthan Royals to give a thriller win, by 4 wickets.
In 2014 Sunrisers Hyderabad bought him for 20 lakhs rupees.