Krishna Chandran (born 24 August 1984), also known as Krishna Chandran Karate, is an Indian-born
cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...
er who played for the
United Arab Emirates national cricket team
The United Arab Emirates national cricket team ( ar, فريق الإمارات الوطني للكريكيت) is the team that represents the United Arab Emirates in international cricket. They are governed by the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) w ...
. He has played in twelve
One Day International
A One Day International (ODI) is a form of limited overs cricket, played between two teams with international status, in which each team faces a fixed number of overs, currently 50, with the game lasting up to 9 hours. The Cricket World C ...
matches, including five matches in the World Cup.
He represents
Kerala cricket team
The Kerala cricket team is a domestic cricket team based in the Indian state of Kerala. It is in the Elite Group of the Ranji Trophy, the premier first class cricket tournament in India. It was known as Travancore-Cochin cricket team until 195 ...
in Domestic Cricket and became the first and only
Keralite to represent
United Arab Emirates national cricket team
The United Arab Emirates national cricket team ( ar, فريق الإمارات الوطني للكريكيت) is the team that represents the United Arab Emirates in international cricket. They are governed by the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) w ...
.
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1984 births
Living people
People from Palakkad district
Emirati cricketers
United Arab Emirates One Day International cricketers
Cricketers at the 2015 Cricket World Cup
Cricketers from Kerala
Indian cricketers
Indian emigrants to the United Arab Emirates
Indian expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates
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