Paramnathe Veed Shashikanth (born 5 April 1966) is an Indian former first-class

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er who played for Karnataka from 1987/88 to 1996/97. He worked as a cricket coach after retirement and became the head coach of the Karnataka team in April 2017.

Life and career

Shashikanth was born on 5 April 1966 in Mangalore. He shifted to Bangalore early in his career, on the advice of his brother P. V. Mohan. He joined the St. Joseph's College in the city and became the college team captain in the second year. Having scored heavily in the KSCA League, Shashikanth made his first-class debut for Karnataka in the

1988–89 Ranji Trophy The 1988–89 Ranji Trophy was the 55th season of the Ranji Trophy, the premier first-class cricket tournament that took place in India between October 1988 and March 1989. Delhi defeated Bengal by an innings and 210 runs in the final. Sachin ...

. He went on to play 51 first-class and 19 List A matches over ten seasons. He also captained Karnataka to victory in Moin-ud-Dowlah Gold Cup Tournament in 1994 against Sachin Tendulkar's Sun Grace XI and a depleted Karnataka team to the title in the 1996–97 Irani Trophy against a Rest of India team captained by Navjot Singh Sidhu. He announced retirement from cricket in October 1999. An employee with Vijaya Bank, Shashikanth continued to be associated with cricket after retirement, coaching the state's age-group teams. In April 2017, he was appointed head coach of the Karnataka senior team, replacing

J. Arunkumar Jagadeesh Arunkumar (born 18 January 1975), in Bangalore, Karnataka, is an Indian first-class cricketer & Cricket Coach who played for Karnataka. He was a right-handed opening batsman. He currently serves as the coach of the USA National Cricket ...

. In 2018, he was appointed as the coach of Mizoram cricket team by BCCI.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shashikanth, P. V. 1966 births Living people Indian cricketers Karnataka cricketers Indian cricket coaches Cricketers from Mangalore