Anirudha Srikkanth (born 14 April 1987) is an Indian former professional cricketer. He was born in Madras; his father is cricketer

Kris Srikkanth Krishnamachari Srikkanth (born 21 December 1959), also known as Cheeka, is a former captain of the Indian cricket team and former chairman of the selection committee. He played a crucial part in India's team batting line up as opener espec ...

. He has played for

Chennai Super Kings Chennai Super Kings (CSK) is an Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise cricket team based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Founded in 2008, the team plays its home matches at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. The team is owned by India ...

and

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in the

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. An attacking opening batsman, much like his father, Anirudha made his first-class debut in the 2003–04 season as a 16-year-old. He was in and out of the Tamil Nadu

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squad in the following seasons but has enjoyed greater success in the limited-overs format and topped the number of runs scored for India under-19s against the touring England under-19 side in 2004–05. His record in the Twenty20 format has been impressive, finishing the fourth-highest run-scorer in the inter-state Twenty20 in 2007. He was married to a model,

Arthi Venkatesh Arthi Venkatesh is an Indian model and socialite from Chennai. After appearing in commercials and portfolios in the late 2000s, she made her acting debut through Bejoy Nambiar's bilingual film ''Solo'' (2017). Career Arthi Venkatesh was born ...

Indian Premier League

He had played for Chennai Super Kings between 2008 and 2013 in the Indian Premier League. In the 2010 semi-final against

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, he scored 24 runs from 15 deliveries, hitting two sixes and a four. In the 2012 season he scored 18 from six balls in a low scoring match against

Rajasthan Royals Rajasthan Royals (often abbreviated as RR) are a franchise cricket team based in Jaipur, Rajasthan, that plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Founded in 2008 as one of the initial eight IPL franchises, the team is based at the Sawai Ma ...

. In 2014 he was bought by

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