Prasanth Parameswaran
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The Indian name Parameswaran is a patronymic
, not a family name; thus, the person should be referred to by his given name, "Prasanth".
Prasanth Parameswaran(Malayalam: പ്രശാന്ത് പരമേശ്വരന്) (born 30 May 1985 in Kayippuram, Cherthala
, Kerala
, India) is a Kerala cricketer
. He is a left-arm medium pace bowler
and a right-handed tail-ender batsman
. In first class cricket, he plays for Kerala
and in the Indian Premier League
, he plays for Kochi Tuskers Kerala. He is the first Kerala player to award Man of the match
title in IPL
debut.
Prasanth came to the training camp of Kochi Tuskers Kerala as a net practice
bowler for their batsmen. But he has impressed the chief coach Geoff Lawson
with his talent and got selected to the same team for IPL Season 4
.
In May 2011, he made his IPL
debut for Kochi Tuskers Kerala against Delhi Daredevils
and picked up the wicket
of Virender Sehwag
in the very first over
he bowled. He also bagged one more wicket
and secured Man of the match
award by leading Kochi Tuskers Kerala to a comfortable win.
He was initially called by the Kolkata Knight riders team for selection trials, but was not picked.
Prasanth was a good hammer-thrower
at school and participated in Kerala's high-profile school athletics meet. He started his cricket career by playing for CMS College Kottayam during his college days. Then he shifted his college to St. Albert's College
, Kochi
for better training and he was trained at BPCL Kochi Refineries
Cricket Academy by former Ranji
coach P. Balachandran. Prasanth made rapid progress, which lead him to Kerala cricket team
for Ranji Trophy
. Later, he was picked by Indian Overseas Bank
, Chennai to play for them at TNCA
cricket league. He was soon picked for the South Zone cricket team
for Duleep
and Deodhar
Trophy competitions. Now he is working as an officer with IOB
, Chennai.
He is contracted with Kochi Tuskers Kerala for 20 lakh rupees.
Patronymic
A patronym, or patronymic, is a component of a personal name based on the name of one's father, grandfather or an even earlier male ancestor. A component of a name based on the name of one's mother or a female ancestor is a matronymic. Each is a means of conveying lineage.In many areas patronyms...
, not a family name; thus, the person should be referred to by his given name, "Prasanth".
Prasanth Parameswaran(Malayalam: പ്രശാന്ത് പരമേശ്വരന്) (born 30 May 1985 in Kayippuram, Cherthala
Cherthala
Cherthala is a town located in the district of Alappuzha, in the state of Kerala, India. It is located 30 km south of the city of Kochi and 22 km north of Alappuzha town, on the Kochi-Alappuzha streatch of both the National Highway 47 as well as the costal Rail-route.lt is 85 km from the...
, Kerala
Kerala
or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....
, India) is a Kerala cricketer
Kerala cricket team
The Kerala cricket team is a domestic cricket team based in the Indian state of Kerala. It is in the Plate Group of the Ranji Trophy, the premier first class cricket tournament in India. Kerala has produced two Indian test cricketers, Tinu Yohannan and Shanthakumaran Sreesanth...
. He is a left-arm medium pace bowler
Fast bowling
Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...
and a right-handed tail-ender batsman
Batting (cricket)
In the sport of cricket, batting is the act or skill of hitting the cricket ball with a cricket bat to score runs or prevent the loss of one's wicket. A player who is currently batting is denoted as a batsman, while the act of hitting the ball is called a shot or stroke...
. In first class cricket, he plays for Kerala
Kerala cricket team
The Kerala cricket team is a domestic cricket team based in the Indian state of Kerala. It is in the Plate Group of the Ranji Trophy, the premier first class cricket tournament in India. Kerala has produced two Indian test cricketers, Tinu Yohannan and Shanthakumaran Sreesanth...
and in the Indian Premier League
Indian Premier League
The Indian Premier League is a professional league for Twenty20 cricket competition in India. It was initiated by the Board of Control for Cricket in India , headquartered in Mumbai, and is supervised by BCCI Vice President Rajeev Shukla, who serves as the league's Chairman and Commissioner...
, he plays for Kochi Tuskers Kerala. He is the first Kerala player to award Man of the match
Man of the match
In sport, a Man of the Match or Player of the Game or Man of the Series award is given to the outstanding player, almost always the one who makes the most impact, in a particular match or series. The term was originally used more often in cricket before being adopted by other sports. This can be a...
title in IPL
Indian Premier League
The Indian Premier League is a professional league for Twenty20 cricket competition in India. It was initiated by the Board of Control for Cricket in India , headquartered in Mumbai, and is supervised by BCCI Vice President Rajeev Shukla, who serves as the league's Chairman and Commissioner...
debut.
Prasanth came to the training camp of Kochi Tuskers Kerala as a net practice
Cricket nets
Cricket nets are practice nets used by batsmen and bowlers to warm up and/or improve their cricketing techniques. Cricket nets consist of a cricket pitch which is enclosed by cricket nets on either side, to the rear and optionally the roof. The bowling end of the net is left open...
bowler for their batsmen. But he has impressed the chief coach Geoff Lawson
Geoff Lawson (cricketer)
Geoffrey Francis Lawson, OAM is a former Australian cricketer and the former coach of the Pakistan cricket team....
with his talent and got selected to the same team for IPL Season 4
2011 Indian Premier League
The 2011 Indian Premier League season, abbreviated as IPL 4 or the IPL 2011, was the fourth season of the Indian Premier League, a professional league for Twenty20 cricket competition conceived by Lalit Modi in 2007. The tournament was hosted in India and the opening and closing ceremonies were...
.
In May 2011, he made his IPL
Indian Premier League
The Indian Premier League is a professional league for Twenty20 cricket competition in India. It was initiated by the Board of Control for Cricket in India , headquartered in Mumbai, and is supervised by BCCI Vice President Rajeev Shukla, who serves as the league's Chairman and Commissioner...
debut for Kochi Tuskers Kerala against Delhi Daredevils
Delhi Daredevils
Delhi Daredevils is the Delhi franchise for the Indian Premier League in cricket. The franchise is owned by the GMR Group.-Franchise history:...
and picked up the wicket
Wicket
In the sport of cricket the word wicket has several distinct meanings:-Definitions of wicket:Most of the time, the wicket is one of the two sets of three stumps and two bails at either end of the pitch...
of Virender Sehwag
Virender Sehwag
Virender Sehwag , affectionately known as Viru, the Nawab of Najafgarh, or the Zen master of modern cricket, is one of the leading batsmen in the Indian cricket team. Sehwag is an aggressive right-handed opening batsman and a part-time right-arm off-spin bowler...
in the very first over
Over (cricket)
In the sport of cricket, an over is a set of six consecutive balls bowled in succession. An over is normally bowled by a single bowler. However, in the event of injury preventing a bowler from completing an over, it is completed by a teammate....
he bowled. He also bagged one more wicket
Wicket
In the sport of cricket the word wicket has several distinct meanings:-Definitions of wicket:Most of the time, the wicket is one of the two sets of three stumps and two bails at either end of the pitch...
and secured Man of the match
Man of the match
In sport, a Man of the Match or Player of the Game or Man of the Series award is given to the outstanding player, almost always the one who makes the most impact, in a particular match or series. The term was originally used more often in cricket before being adopted by other sports. This can be a...
award by leading Kochi Tuskers Kerala to a comfortable win.
He was initially called by the Kolkata Knight riders team for selection trials, but was not picked.
Prasanth was a good hammer-thrower
Hammer throw
The modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object is to throw a heavy metal ball attached to a wire and handle. The name "hammer throw" is derived from older competitions where an actual sledge hammer was thrown...
at school and participated in Kerala's high-profile school athletics meet. He started his cricket career by playing for CMS College Kottayam during his college days. Then he shifted his college to St. Albert's College
St. Albert's College
St. Alberts College is an arts and science college located at Kochi, IndiaSt. Albert’s College, started in 1946 is an accredited first grade Arts, Science and Commerce College affiliated to Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, India.St...
, Kochi
Kochi (India)
Kochi , formerly Cochin, is a major port city on the west coast of India by the Arabian Sea. Kochi is part of the district of Ernakulam in the state of Kerala. Kochi is often called by the name Ernakulam, which refers to the western part of the mainland Kochi...
for better training and he was trained at BPCL Kochi Refineries
Kochi Refineries
The Kochi Refineries Ltd is an oil refinery in the city of Kochi, in the state of Kerala, India. It is located in the Ambalamugal industrial district of Kochi. It has a production capacity of 7.5 million tons per annum as of Dec 1994...
Cricket Academy by former Ranji
Ranji Trophy
The Ranji Trophy is a domestic first-class cricket championship played in India between different city and state sides, equivalent to the County Championship in England and the Sheffield Shield in Australia...
coach P. Balachandran. Prasanth made rapid progress, which lead him to Kerala cricket team
Kerala cricket team
The Kerala cricket team is a domestic cricket team based in the Indian state of Kerala. It is in the Plate Group of the Ranji Trophy, the premier first class cricket tournament in India. Kerala has produced two Indian test cricketers, Tinu Yohannan and Shanthakumaran Sreesanth...
for Ranji Trophy
Ranji Trophy
The Ranji Trophy is a domestic first-class cricket championship played in India between different city and state sides, equivalent to the County Championship in England and the Sheffield Shield in Australia...
. Later, he was picked by Indian Overseas Bank
Indian Overseas Bank
Indian Overseas Bank is a major bank based in Chennai , with 2018 domestic branches and six branches overseas. Indian Overseas Bank has an ISO certified inhouse Information Technology department, which has developed the software that 2018 branches use to provide online banking to customers; the...
, Chennai to play for them at TNCA
Tamil Nadu Cricket Association
Tamil Nadu Cricket Association is the governing body of the Cricket activities in the Tamil Nadu state of India and the Tamil Nadu cricket team...
cricket league. He was soon picked for the South Zone cricket team
South Zone cricket team
The South Zone cricket team is a first-class cricket team that represents southern India in the Duleep Trophy. It is a composite team of players from six first-class Indian teams from southern India competing in the Ranji Trophy: Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Hyderabad, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu...
for Duleep
Duleep Trophy
The Duleep Trophy is a domestic first-class cricket competition played in India between teams representing geographical zones of India. The competition is named after Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji .-History:...
and Deodhar
Deodhar Trophy
The current List A cricket competition in Indian domestic cricket is the Deodhar Trophy. It is named after Prof. D. B. Deodhar and is a 50-over knockout competition played on an annual basis among the 5 zonal teams - North Zone, South Zone, East Zone, West Zone and Central Zone...
Trophy competitions. Now he is working as an officer with IOB
Indian Overseas Bank
Indian Overseas Bank is a major bank based in Chennai , with 2018 domestic branches and six branches overseas. Indian Overseas Bank has an ISO certified inhouse Information Technology department, which has developed the software that 2018 branches use to provide online banking to customers; the...
, Chennai.
He is contracted with Kochi Tuskers Kerala for 20 lakh rupees.
See also
- Parameswaran bent his back and bowled well: Mahela
- Mahela Jayawardene delighted as Prasanth Parameswaran keeps cool against Delhi Daredevils.