Sony Kuriakose Cheruvathur (born 26 August 1978) is a former
Indian
cricket
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er who played for
Kerala in domestic cricket. He is an
all-rounder who plays as a right-handed
middle order
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batsman and right arm
medium-fast bowler.
He made his
List A
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debut in the 2001/02 season. He made his
first-class debut for
Kerala on 15 November 2003 in the
2003–04 Ranji Trophy
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against
Railways
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. He made his
Twenty20 debut for Kerala in the
2006-07 Inter-state Twenty-20 tournament on 3 April 2007 against
Karnataka.
He has led Kerala in the
2007
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,
2008
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and
2012
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seasons of
Ranji Trophy
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. He is the fastest player to take 100 wickets for
Kerala and the only second
Kerala player to take a
hat-trick after
S Sreesanth.
References
External links
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1978 births
Living people
Indian cricketers
Kerala cricketers
Cricketers from Kerala
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