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. He was a selector of BCCI. Kuruvilla notable for his 1.98 meter height and broad frame. He grew up in

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. He retired from all forms of cricket in 2000, and has taken up coaching. In his brief international career, Kuruvilla played in thirty-five international matches, ten

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and twenty-five

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s, all in the same calendar year.

Career

Kuruvilla lead the pace attack on the tour of the West Indies in 1997, when

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was sidelined with a rotator cuff injury. While he returned adequate figures from that tour, and bowled decently in subsequent Test matches on flatter pitches, he was dropped from the team. He announced his retirement from first-class cricket in April 2000 during the quarter-final of the

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, at 31, reasoning that he "had decided o retireat the beginning of the season itself that this would be islast season. He added, "A lot of young boys are coming up and I have to make room for them, there is no specific reason."

After cricket

On 27 September 2012, Kuruvilla was appointed as the national selector from the BCCI. He was appointed as talent scout for

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. He was the main reason behind selection of

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IPL team. On 24 December 2020, Kuruvilla was appointed as the national selector of the

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. he has been associated with DY Patil group

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since 2009. On 10 February 2022, Kuruvilla quit his selection committee post as he completed his five years tenure with the board.

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