New Delhi. Team India won the first World Cup in 1983 under the captaincy of Kapil Dev. After this we got to see many star cricketers. One of them was opener Batter Krish Srikkanth. He is known for his aggressive batting. In the final of the World Cup, he scored the highest 38 runs for the Indian team. India created history by defeating West Indies. But his son Srikant Anirudh could not achieve success like Srikanth. He was a part of the Chennai Super Kings captained by MS Dhoni in the IPL, but he could not make it to Team India.
Former Indian cricketer Bishan Singh Bedi had said on Krish Srikkanth’s batting – When he comes down, clouds start thundering, lightning starts flashing. 63-year-old Srikkanth later also became the chief selector of the Indian team. He scored more than 2 thousand runs in 43 Tests for India. Hit 2 centuries and 12 half-centuries. And scored more than 4 thousand runs in 146 ODIs. Played 4 centuries and 27 half-century innings. As an off-spinner, he also took 25 wickets in ODIs.
Made first class debut in 2004
Talk about Shrikant Anirudh, he made his first class debut in 2004. In this match against England-A, he landed as an opener. Scored 32 runs in the first innings and 3 runs in the second innings. Tamil Nadu was defeated by 187 runs in this match. He played his last first class match in December 2010. That is, he has been running out of the domestic team for 13 years. He scored 1031 runs in 23 first class matches at an average of 29. Scored a century and 7 half-centuries. That is, they failed to make an impact here.
Apart from Chennai also played from Hyderabad
Talk about 35-year-old Srikanth Anirudh, he could not achieve much success in IPL as well. Apart from CSK, he also got a chance in Sunrisers Hyderabad. He scored 1257 runs in 71 T20 matches at an average of 26. The strike rate was 125. Scored 7 half-centuries. 77 runs was his best performance. He lagged far behind his father Krish Srikkanth in the playground.
Krish Srikkanth was also the captain of the Indian team. In the 1989 tour of Pakistan, Sachin Tendulkar made his international debut under Srikkanth’s captaincy. Apart from sports, he did not lag behind in studies as well. He studied engineering. He scored more than 7000 runs in first class cricket and more than 5000 runs in List-A cricket.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : March 13, 2023, 14:48 IST