Anantha Krishna (born 1 February 1991) is a Singaporean

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er. He played in the

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tournament, and was the leading wicket-taker for Singapore, with ten dismissals in six matches. In August 2018, he was named in Singapore's squad for the

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tournament. In October 2018, he was named in Singapore's squad in the Eastern sub-region group for the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Asia Qualifier tournament. Later the same month, he was named in Singapore's squad for the

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tournament in Oman. He was the leading wicket-taker for Singapore in the tournament, with eleven dismissals in five matches. In July 2019, he was named in Singapore's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the

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of the

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tournament. He made his T20I debut for Singapore against Qatar on 22 July 2019. In September 2019, he was named in Singapore's squad for the

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tournament. He made his

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debut for Singapore, against Qatar, in the Cricket World Cup Challenge League A tournament on 17 September 2019. In October 2019, he was named in Singapore's squad for the

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tournament in the United Arab Emirates. However, later that month he was ruled out of the tournament due to an injury.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Krishna, Anantha 1991 births Living people Singaporean cricketers Singapore Twenty20 International cricketers Singaporean people of Tamil descent Singaporean sportspeople of Indian descent Southeast Asian Games gold medalists for Singapore Southeast Asian Games silver medalists for Singapore Southeast Asian Games medalists in cricket Competitors at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games