Sadagoppan Ramesh

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Sadagoppan Ramesh
Personal information
Full name
Sadagoppan Ramesh
Born (1975-10-13) 13 October 1975 (age 48)
Madras (now Chennai), Tamil Nadu
, India
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm off-break
RoleBatsman
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 219)28 January 1999 v Pakistan
Last Test2 September 2001 v Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 122)30 March 1999 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI3 October 1999 v South Africa
ODI shirt no.4
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1996–2005Tamil Nadu
2005-2007Kerala
2007-2008Assam
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 19 24 116 82
Runs scored 1367 645 7,696 2,475
Batting average 37.97 28.08 43.23 32.56
100s/50s 2/8 0/6 20/38 2/18
Top score 143 82 187 105
Balls bowled 5 36 467 127
Wickets 0 1 3 10
Bowling average 38.00 94.66 10.10
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 1/23 1/22 5/31
Catches/stumpings 18/– 3/– 85/– 24/–
Source: CricInfo, 1 November 2023

Sadagoppan Ramesh pronunciation

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Early life and family

Ramesh was born on 13 October 1975 to at

Madras, Tamil Nadu to P.C.Sadgopan.[1][2] He finished his college at Guru Nanak College in Chennai.[3] Ramesh is married to Aparna and they have a daughter.[4]

Career

International

Ramesh made his

ODI debut in March 1999 in the Pepsi Cup match against Sri Lanka scoring 24 in an Indian victory.[8] Subsequently, Ramesh was named in the Indian squad for the 1999 Cricket World Cup.[9] Ramesh scored 144 runs in five matches at the world cup.[10]

On 5 September 1999, Ramesh took a wicket of the first ball he bowled in ODI cricket in a match against West Indies in the Coca-cola challenge at Singapore becoming the first Indian to take a wicket off his first ball.[11] Ramesh played in the subsequent series against West Indies in Toronto, Canada where he scored 57 runs across three matches.[12] Ramesh played his final series in the LG Cup against South Africa and Kenya at Nairobi with his final match coming in the final of the series on 3 October 1999.[13] Overall, he scored 646 runs in 24 matches at an average of 28.08.[14]

Ramesh played in the

Border-Gavaskar trophy in Australia December 1999, scoring 60 runs.[17] He also played the return leg of the Border-Gavaskar trophy in February-March 2001. He played all three matches in the series, scoring 162 runs with the highest score of 61 in the final test in Chennai leading to a memorable series victory for India.[18] Ramesh's final series came in the Indian tour of Sri Lanka in 2001.[19] He played his final test in September 2001 at Colombo finishing off with a score of 55 runs in the final innings.[20] He played 19 tests overall scoring 1467 runs at an average of 37.97 with two centuries.[15]

Domestic

He made his debut for

2006–07 seasons and Assam in the 2007–08 season.[22][1]

Post retirement

Ramesh has acted in a

Tamil movie Santosh Subramaniam, released in April 2008.[23] He also played a lead actor in the movie Potta Potti.[24] In 2019, Ramesh invested in 'Swaraas', a multipurpose karaoke studio.[25] He is also an active commentator in Star Sports Tamil.[26]
Sadagoppan Ramesh also has his own YouTube channel Vanakkam SAGO with ramesh

References

  1. ^
    ESPNCricinfo
    . Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Long, Tall Sadie". Outlook. 21 November 2023. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  3. Times of India
    . 23 October 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  4. ^ "Off The Record: Pub launch". Times of India. 25 March 2018. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
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  13. ESPNCricinfo
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  17. ESPNCricinfo
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  18. ESPNCricinfo
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  19. ESPNCricinfo
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  20. ESPNCricinfo
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  21. ESPNCricinfo
    . Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  22. ^ "Sadagopan Ramesh, Former Cricketer". The Hindu. 30 March 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  23. ^ "Cricketer Sadagopan Ramesh becomes hero". New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  24. Times of India
    . 19 February 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  25. ^ Kumar, Pradeep (3 June 2019). "Sadagopan Ramesh gives Smuleans a platform". The Hindu. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  26. ^ "IPL 2023: Star Sports announces star-studded TV commentary panel". Cricket Times. 22 March 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2023.

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