Ryan Behanan Ninan (born 19 November 1985 in

Thiruvananthapuram Thiruvananthapuram (; ), also known by its former name Trivandrum (), is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala. It is the most populous city in Kerala with a population of 957,730 as of 2011. The encompassing urban agglomeration populati ...

Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...

) is an Indian first-class cricketer who played for Karnataka, Goa,

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and

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. He moved to Melbourne in January 2014 for higher education and has been representing Kingston Hawks CC in the Victorian Premier Cricket competition since then. He was granted Australian permanent resident status in July 2017 and Cricket Australia, Cricket Victoria and

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were instrumental in it being approved. Ryan has most recently represented the Victorian Premier All stars in December 2015. He has accumulated a strong record in Victorian Premier Cricket, representing Kingston Hawthorn CC. In 4 seasons, Ryan took 97 wickets @23.37 and scored 1318 runs @27.46. Ryan spent the 2016 Australian Winter playing for Grappenhall CC in the Cheshire County Division 1 League, topping the league batting averages with 546 @78 and taking 34 league wickets @18. He then spent the next two winters with Haagse CC in Holland, alongside South African

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in 2017 and young Queenslander

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the year after. Ryan took 24 wickets in both seasons (@19.62 in 2017 and @22.08 in 2018) alongside 282 runs @23.5 in 2017 and 336 @22.4 the year after. Ryan made the move to Sydney for the 2019/20 season and had the best season of his career to date playing for

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alongside Big Bash stars

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, Daniel Sams and Kent batsman

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. Ninan topped the wickets in the T20 Comp with 18 in 8 games @12.61 a piece.

Early life

Ryan Ninan was born on 19 November 1985 in

, Kerala to renowned environmental economist and author Dr. K.N. Ninan and Anne Ninan. Both his parents were born and brought up in East Africa before re-locating to India. His mother Anne Ninan is a Mathematics teacher. He is an alumnus of the Frank Anthony Public School and

Jain University Jain University, officially JAIN (Deemed-to-be University), is a private deemed-to-be-university in Bangalore, India. Originating from Sri Bhagawan Mahaveer Jain College, it was conferred the deemed-to-be-university status in 2009. In August ...

in Bangalore. He also most recently finished his post graduate in Sports Management from

Deakin University Deakin University is a public university in Victoria, Australia. Founded in 1974, the university was named after Alfred Deakin, the second Prime Minister of Australia. Its main campuses are in Melbourne's Burwood suburb, Geelong Waurn Ponds, ...

, Melbourne.

References

External links

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cricketarchive

Rejuvenated Ninan determined to bury chequered past

Ryan Ninan Profile - Cricx.com

My Talent Should Do The Talking - The Times Of India

Ryan Ninan: Hopefully, a break in the Big Bash League (BBL) isn't too far away

Ryan Ninan — set for a new beginning

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