Unnikrishnan Manukrishnan (born 4 October 1988) is an Indian
cricket
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er who plays for
Kerala in domestic cricket.
He is a bowling
all-rounder who bats left-handed and bowls left-arm
medium-pace.
Domestic career
Manukrishnan was born on 4 October 1988 in Manjummel,
Kerala.
He made his
List A
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debut for
Kerala on 16 February 2011 in the
2011-12 Vijay Hazare Trophy. He made his
Twenty20 debut for Kerala on 16 October 2011 in the
2011-12 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. He made his
first-class debut for
Kerala in the
2011–12 Ranji Trophy on 10 November 2011.
He was the third highest wicket-taker for Kerala in the
2012-13 Ranji Trophy
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with 17 wickets from 4 matches including a fifer against
Tripura. He was the third highest wicket taker for Kerala in the
2013-14 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy with 9 wickets. He bowled a career-best spell of 4 wickets off 6 runs, helping Kerala successfully defend a low score of 101 against
Bengal. He was Kerala's second highest wicket taker in the
2014-15 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy with 7 wickets. and continued to be their second most wicket taking bowler in the
2015-16 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy with 10 wickets.
He was the top wicket-keeper of the
2020–21 KCA President's Cup T20
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It was planned to be held fr ...
, representing the title-winners, KCA Royals. Following this performance, he was named in the Kerala squad to play the
2021-22 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy
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, returning to the side after 5 years.
He took 6 wickets from six matches with a best bowling figure of 3/26 against
Tamil Nadu in the quarter-finals.
He is an employee of AG's office and has played club cricket tournaments representing it's cricket team.
References
External links
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1988 births
Living people
Indian cricketers
Kerala cricketers