Krishnamachari Srikkanth He was awarded Mr. Madras 98 (at MMC); Mr.Pecofes 98 (Pondicherry) His ambition was to become a cricketer which is out of licenses. He made his One Day International first appearance in opposition to England in Ahmedabad in 1981, tracked two days soon after by his Test first appearance in opposition to England at Mumbai. He made his unveiling at the age of 21 as an opener of the Indian squad to colleague Sunil Gavaskar. In cooperation batsmen had exclusively dissimilar looms to their batting. Gavaskar was more of the traditional technical batsman and Srikkanth was abundant hitter and a strutting batsman. Srikkanth redefined batting with his supremacy hitting and he gave such magnificent starts to the squad in opposition to even the toughest of oppositions. He was talented with a good ogle and fantastic swift reaction. Reliability was not his strong point. In the midst of more technical batsman in the area for the duration of his times like Gavaskar, Vengsarkar Mohinder Amarnath, Ravi Shastri etc., he could believe hitting the bowlers all over.  As he full-fledged, he tempers his aggression somewhat and became a bastion of the Indian Cricket squad. He was a vital affiliate of the Indian squad when they won the 1983 prudential world cup and 1985 Benson & Hedges World Championship of cricket. He was made the skipper of the Indian squad in 1989. He never dithered to experiment like he did in opposition to England where India had a target of 260 to track and had lost two untimely wickets and Srikkanth sent all-rounder Chetan Sharma to bat at number 4 and Sharma revisited with a gain of 103 and India won the match. He stayed behind the skipper of the squad for India's tour of Pakistan in 1989 and directed to sketch all the four Tests of the succession, which was seen by many as an honourable consequence. But the selectors were thwarted with his batting collapses, controversially plunged him. He returned two years afterward and played for one more years before being plunged once more. By this occasion, he had pierced the 30s and his responses were dawdling down. He gave up work from worldwide cricket in 1993 after not being selected for the South Zone squad. He was the initial Indian player to score a half-century and pick up 5 wickets in an OneDayInternational. He accomplished this feat in opposition to New Zealand at Vishakapatnam in 1988. After giving up work he had a pretty flourishing period as the instructor of the India 'A' squad. He has ever since been a newscaster and critic with a variety of sports and news straits. On September 27, 2008, he was allotted the Chief Selector of the Indian Cricket squad.  Personal informationCurrent age 51 years 191 daysNickname Cheeka Major teams India, Tamil Nadu Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling style Right-arm medium, Right-arm offbreak International informationNational side IndiaTest debut (cap 43) November 27 1981 v England Last Test February 1 1992 v Australia ODI debut (cap 146) November 25 1981 v England Last ODI March 15 1992 v South Africa Career statistics
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