Prasanth Parameswaran (born 30 May 1985) is an Indian cricketer. He is a left-arm, medium pace bowler and a right-handed

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. In first class cricket, he plays for

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and in the

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. He used to play for

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and was picked up by

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. He is the first Kerala player to earn the award

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title in IPL debut. Prasanth came to the training camp of

as a net practice bowler for their batsmen. But he impressed the chief coach Geoff Lawson and got selected to the same team for IPL Season 4. In May 2011, he made his IPL debut for

against

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and picked up the

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in his first over. He bagged one more

and secured Man of the Match by leading

to a comfortable win. He was called by the Kolkata Knight riders team for selection trials, but was not picked. Prasanth was a good hammer-thrower at school and participated in Kerala's high-profile school athletics meet. He started his cricket career by playing for

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in college. He shifted to St. Albert's College,

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for better training. He was trained at BPCL Kochi Refineries Cricket Academy by former Ranji coach P. Balachandran. Prasanth made rapid progress, which led him to

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for

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. He was picked by

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, Chennai to play for them at TNCA cricket league. He was picked for the

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for Duleep and Deodhar Trophy competitions. He worked as an officer with Chemplast Sanmar Limited, Chennai. He contracted with Kochi Tuskers Kerala for 20 lakh rupees. He was signed by RCB due to the injury of their pace bowler

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. His over to Chris Gayle in IPL 2011 stood as the most expensive in the history of T20 cricket. Chris Gayle scored 37 from 6 balls (4 sixes 3 fours + 1 no ball) in Royal Challenger Bangalore versus Kochi Tuskers Kerala match. He was picked up by

in the IPL 2014 auction for 30 lakhs. He got selected to play in the south zone team of Deodhar trophy 2014. He was the South zone Selector for BCCI in 2019. He is the bowling coach for Tamilnadu Premier league.

Personal life

He is married to actress

Shivani Bhai Shivani Bhai is an Indian actress, model, and host who has appeared in Malayalam, Telugu, and Tamil language films Career Shivani made her debut in Malayalam with Mammooty as his sister in '' Annan Thampi''. She acted as heroine in her third ...

in 2011. The family lives in Chennai. The couple have one son named Ishan Puthra P.Parameswaran

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Prashant Parameswaran
{{DEFAULTSORT:Parameswaran, Prasanth 1985 births Living people Indian cricketers Kerala cricketers Malayali people Kochi Tuskers Kerala cricketers Royal Challengers Bengaluru cricketers 21st-century Indian sportsmen India Blue cricketers South Zone cricketers People from Alappuzha district Cricketers from Kerala

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