Basil Thampi

Basil Thampi (born 11 September 1993) is an Indian cricketer. Born in the southern state of Kerala, Thampi has represented Kerala State Team in the Ranji Trophy and also played for Gujarat Lions and Sunrisers Hyderabad in Indian Premier League (IPL).[1]

Basil Thampi
Personal information
Born (1993-09-11) 11 September 1993
Ernakulam, Kerala, India
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RoleBowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2015–presentKerala
2017Gujarat Lions
2018–2020Sunrisers Hyderabad
Source: Cricinfo, 12 March 2018

Career

Thampi made his first-class debut for Kerala in the 2014–15 Ranji Trophy on 6 February 2015.[2] In February 2017, he was bought by the Gujarat Lions team for the 2017 Indian Premier League (IPL) for ₹85 lakhs .[3] During the 2017 season of IPL, Thampi received the "Emerging Player Award".[4]

Thampi was a net bowler for the Indian team during their four-match Test series against Australia in February–March 2017.[5]

In November 2017, he was named in India's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against Sri Lanka, but he did not play.[6] In January 2018, he was bought by the Sunrisers Hyderabad in the 2018 IPL auction.[7]

In July 2018, he was named in the squad for India Blue for the 2018–19 Duleep Trophy,[8] travelling through the flooding in Kerala to make the start of the season.[9]

In August 2019, he was named in the India Blue team's squad for the 2019–20 Duleep Trophy.[10][11]

Playing style

Thampi bowls at a speed in excess of 140 kmph[5] and is known for bowling yorkers consistently. Former India fast bowler and bowling coach of Kerala Tinu Yohannan described Thampi as "athletic" and "quite strong",[12] and added, "He's very deceptive. He has a round-arm action where he can really get the ball to move. He can reverse the old ball."[13] Thampi has stated that he "got [his] yorkers from tennis ball cricket."[14]

References
  1. "Basil Thampi". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  2. "Ranji Trophy, Group C: Kerala v Goa at Wayanad, Dec 7–10, 2014". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  3. "List of players sold and unsold at IPL auction 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  4. Vignesh Ananthasubramanian. "IPL 2017: List of award winners and their prize money". Cricket.yahoo.com. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  5. "IPL 2017: Basil Thampi — 140kph and counting". The Indian Express. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  6. "Washington Sundar, Thampi, Hooda in India's T20 squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  7. "List of sold and unsold players". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  8. "Samson picked for India A after passing Yo-Yo test". ESPN Cricinfo. 23 July 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  9. "How Basil Thampi braved the Kerala floods to make it to the cricket". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  10. "Shubman Gill, Priyank Panchal and Faiz Fazal to lead Duleep Trophy sides". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  11. "Duleep Trophy 2019: Shubman Gill, Faiz Fazal and Priyank Panchal to lead as Indian domestic cricket season opens". Cricket Country. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  12. "IPL 2017: Basil Thampi is a good prospect and will represent India soon, says ex-cricketer Tinu Yohannan". Firstpost. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  13. "Thampi: Gujarat's sole 'roaring Lion'". The Times of India. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  14. "IPL 2017: Basil Thampi's yorkers at death made the difference, says Sitanshu Kotak". The Times of India. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
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