Prasanth Parameswaran

The Indian name Parameswaran is a patronymic, not a family name; thus, the person should be referred to by his given name, "Prasanth".

Prasanth Parameswaran
Personal information
Full namePrasanth Parameswaran
Born (1985-05-30) 30 May 1985
Kayippuram, Cherthala, Kerala, India
NicknamePuli
Height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLeft-arm Medium
RoleFast Bowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2007 – presentKerala
2011Kochi Tuskers Kerala
2012-2013Royal Challengers Bangalore
2014-PresentSunrisers Hyderabad
Source: Cricinfo, 4 May 2011

Prasanth Parameswaran (Malayalam: പ്രശാന്ത് പരമേശ്വരൻ; born 30 May 1985) is a Kerala cricketer.[1][2][3][4]

He is a left-arm, medium pace bowler and a right-handed batsman. In first class cricket, he plays for Kerala and in the Indian Premier League. He used to play for Kochi Tuskers Kerala and was picked up by Sunrisers Hyderabad . He is the first Kerala player to earn the award Man of the match title in IPL debut.

Prasanth came to the training camp of Kochi Tuskers Kerala as a net practice bowler for their batsmen. But he impressed the chief coach Geoff Lawson and got selected to the same team for IPL Season 4.

In May 2011, he made his IPL debut for Kochi Tuskers Kerala against Delhi Daredevils and picked up the wicket of Virender Sehwag in his first over. He bagged one more wicket and secured Man of the Match by leading Kochi Tuskers Kerala to a comfortable win.

He was called by the Kolkata Knight riders team for selection trials, but was not picked.

Prasanth was a good hammer-thrower at school and participated in Kerala's high-profile school athletics meet. He started his cricket career by playing for CMS College Kottayam in college. He shifted to St. Albert's College, Kochi for better training. He was trained at BPCL Kochi Refineries Cricket Academy by former Ranji coach P. Balachandran. Prasanth made rapid progress, which led him to Kerala cricket team for Ranji Trophy.

He was picked by Indian Overseas Bank, Chennai to play for them at TNCA cricket league. He was picked for the South Zone cricket team for Duleep and Deodhar Trophy competitions.

He worked as an officer with Chemplast Sanmar Limited, Chennai.

He contracted with Kochi Tuskers Kerala for 20 lakh rupees. He was signed by RCB due to the injury of their pace bowler Sreenath Aravind. His over to Chris Gayle in IPL 2011 stood as the most expensive in the history of T20 cricket. Chris Gayle scored 37 from 6 balls (4 sixes 3 fours + 1 no ball) in Royal Challenger Bangalore versus Kochi Tuskers Kerala match. He was picked up by Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL 2014 auction for 30 lakhs.

He got selected to play in the south zone team of Deodhar trophy 2014.

Personal life

He is married to actress Shivani Bhai. The family lives in Chennai. The couple have one son named Ishan Puthra P.Parameswaran

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See also

References
  1. "Delhi vs Kochi". Sky Sports. 3 May 2011.
  2. "ഐപില്ലില്‍ മലയാളി താരങ്ങള്‍". Arabianewspaper.
  3. "Tuskers bounce back with emphatic win over Delhi Daredevils". Khaleej Times.
  4. "DD vs KTK: Kochi Tuskers Kerala thrash Delhi Daredevils by 7 wickets". Times of India. 2 May 2011.

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