Sadagoppan Ramesh (சடகோபன் ரமேஷ்) (born 13 October 1975) is a former Indian
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 st ...
er and actor who appeared in Tamil movies. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm offbreak bowler. In September 1999, he became the first Indian cricketer to take a
wicket off his first ball in
ODI
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* One Day International, cricket match
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cricket.
Cricket career
Despite having a batting average of over 50 in his first six tests and proving that he could easily play against top bowlers, he did not convert his starts into big scores. He was removed from the team after
India's tour of Sri Lanka when Ramesh passed 30 runs in 5 out of the 6 innings but only one innings was converted to a 50. Though he originally played for
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a state in southern India. It is the tenth largest Indian state by area and the sixth largest by population. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu is the home of the Tamil people, whose Tamil languag ...
, he played domestic cricket for
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 C ...
during
2005–06,
2006–07 seasons and
Assam
Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur ...
in the 2007–08 season.
Film career
Ramesh has acted in a Tamil movie, ''
Santosh Subramaniam
''Santosh Subramaniam'' (spelt ''Santhosh Subramaniyam'' onscreen) is a 2008 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film directed by Mohan Raja and produced by Kalpathi S. Agoram. The film stars Jayam Ravi and Genelia while Prakash Raj, G ...
'', released in April 2008. He also played a lead actor for the first time in the movie ''
Potta Potti''.
Personal life
Ramesh married Aparna in 2002. They have a daughter.
Business career
In 2019, Ramesh invested in 'Swaraas',
a multipurpose karaoke studio.
References
External links
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1975 births
Living people
India One Day International cricketers
India Test cricketers
Indian cricketers
Tamil Nadu cricketers
Kerala cricketers
Assam cricketers
South Zone cricketers
Tamil sportspeople
Cricketers from Chennai
Cricketers who have acted in films