Parthiv Ajay Patel is a former Indian cricketer, wicketkeeper-batsman, and was a member of the Indian national cricket team. He is a left-handed batsman and played for Gujarat in domestic cricket. Having lost a finger at the age of 9, he initially found it hard to keep wickets, but after enough practice, he was used to it. When Parthiv played for the Indian team in 2002, he became the youngest wicket-keeper to represent a country in Tests. In December 2020, Patel announced his retirement from all forms of cricket. After his retirement, Patel joined Mumbai Indians as a Talent Scout.
Thomas William Graveney was an English first-class cricketer, representing his country in 79 Test matches and scoring over 4,800 runs. In a career lasting from 1948 to 1972, he became the 15th player to score one hundred first-class centuries; he was the first batsman beginning his career after the Second World War to reach this milestone. He played for Gloucestershire and Worcestershire, and helped Worcestershire win the county championship for the first time in their history. His achievements for England after being recalled in 1966 have been described as "the stuff of legend." Graveney was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1953, captained England on one occasion and was awarded the OBE while still playing.
Brendon Barrie McCullum is a New Zealand cricket coach, commentator and former cricketer, who played all formats, and also a former captain in all forms. McCullum took quick scoring to Test matches as well, notably recording the fastest test century of all time. He is considered as one of the most successful batsmen and captains of New Zealand cricket. He retired from all forms of cricket in August 2019.
Malabar Gopalan Nair Sreekumar, popularly known as M. G. Sreekumar, is an Indian playback singer, composer, music producer, television presenter and film producer, who works predominantly in Malayalam cinema and television. He is one of the best known and most admired playback singers in india and has sung more than 20000 songs in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi languages. He owns a music company named KMG Musics and also Saregama School of Music in Thiruvananthapuram. Sreekumar has won several awards, including two National Film Awards, three Kerala State Film Awards and a Filmfare Awards South. He was also honoured with the Harivarasanam Award by the Government of Kerala in 2016.
Hrishikesh Hemant Kanitkarpronunciation (help·info) is a former Indian cricketer, who played tests and ODIs.
The Kerala cricket team is a domestic cricket team based in the Indian state of Kerala. It is in the Elite Group of the Ranji Trophy, the premier first class cricket tournament in India. Kerala has produced two Indian Test cricketers, Tinu Yohannan and S. Sreesanth. Sanju Samson has played seven T20Is for India while Basil Thampi also has a national call-up to his name. The team also lined up ex-Indian International player Sadagoppan Ramesh for two years from 2005 to 2007. Robin Uthappa, a former Indian International player currently plays for Kerala. Kerala has also produced Krishna Chandran, who plays at International level for United Arab Emirates.
Shanthakumaran Nair Sreesanth is an Indian cricketer and film actor who played all forms of the game. He is a right-arm fast-medium-pace bowler and a right-handed tail-ender batsman. Currently in first class cricket, he plays for Kerala. He played in the Indian Premier League (IPL), played for Rajasthan Royals. He is also the first Kerala Ranji player to have played Twenty20 cricket for India. Initially banned for life after spot-fixing in the 2013 IPL, the ban was reduced to seven years in August 2019. Again he is selected for Kerala cricket team in 2020 and resumes his Career in national cricket. In 2018, he participated in the popular reality show, Bigg Boss and became the runner up.
Several ancient ritualised arts and sports are Keralite in origin. These include kalaripayattu—kalari and payattu. It is considered as one of the world's oldest art and its origin is dated back to 3rd century BC.
The Delhi Capitals are a franchise cricket team based out of Delhi in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Founded in 2008 as the Delhi Daredevils, the franchise is jointly owned by the GMR Group and the JSW Group. The team's home ground is Arun Jaitley Stadium, located in New Delhi. The Capitals appeared in their first IPL final in 2020.
No.20 Madras Mail is a 1990 Indian Malayalam-language comedy thriller film directed by Joshiy and written by Dennis Joseph from a story by Harikumar. The film stars Mohanlal in the lead role, along with Jagadish, Maniyanpilla Raju, Mammootty, M. G. Soman, Ashokan, and Suchitra Murali in supporting roles. The background score was composed by S. P. Venkatesh while the song was composed by Ouseppachan. The plot follows three youngsters who are embroiled in the murder mystery of a young woman in a train journey from Thiruvananthapuram to Madras.
Rohan Prem, is an Indian first class cricketer who plays domestic cricket for Kerala. He is a left-handed middle order batsman and off-spin bowler.
The Kerala Cricket Association (KCA) is the governing body of the game of cricket in the Kerala state of the Republic of India. It is affiliated to the Board of Control for Cricket in India and governs the Kerala cricket team.
Karun Kaladharan Nair is an Indian international cricketer who plays for the Karnataka cricket team in domestic cricket. He is a right-handed batsman and occasional off break bowler who plays for Karnataka in domestic cricket and Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL.
Sachin Baby is an Indian cricketer who plays for Kerala in domestic cricket. He is a left-handed batsman and right-arm off breaker.
Sanju Viswanath Samson is an Indian international cricketer who plays for Kerala in domestic cricket. He is the captain of Rajasthan Royals in Indian Premier League. He was the Vice-captain of the India U-19 team for the 2014 Under 19 World Cup. Sanju became the first wicket-keeper batsman to score a double hundred in Vijay Hazare Trophy in the sixth instance when an Indian scored a double-century in List A cricket scoring an unbeaten 212 for Kerala against Goa in 2019-20 Vijay Hazare Trophy which is the second fastest double hundred and also the highest and fastest by a wicketkeeper in List A cricket.
P. Sreekumar is an Indian actor, scriptwriter, director and producer who appears in Malayalam movies. He has acted more than 150 Malayalam films. Presently he is serving as the Chairman of Kerala Cultural Activists Welfare Fund Board.
Shreyas Santosh Iyer is an Indian cricketer, who plays for India in international cricket,Mumbai in domestic cricket and captaining Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League. A right-handed top-order batsman, Iyer has played One Day Internationals and Twenty20 Internationals for the India national cricket team. He played for the India Under-19 cricket team at the 2014 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup.
Mohammed Azharuddeen is an Indian cricketer who plays for Kerala in domestic cricket. He is a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper.
The English cricket team toured India between November 2016 and January 2017 playing five Tests, three One Day Internationals (ODIs) and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) confirmed the dates of the tour in July 2016. India last hosted a five-Test series in 1986–87 against Pakistan.
The 2018–19 Ranji Trophy was the 85th season of the Ranji Trophy, the premier first-class cricket tournament that took place in India between November 2018 and February 2019. Vidarbha were the defending champions. The final took place between Vidarbha and Saurashtra, starting on 3 February 2019. Vidarbha defeated Saurashtra by 78 runs in the final, to become the sixth team in the tournament's history to retain their title.
