Unnikrishnan Manukrishnan
Personal information
Born (1988-10-04) 4 October 1988
Manjummel, Kerala, India
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingLeft-arm medium-fast
RoleBowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2011–presentKerala
First-class debut10 November 2011 Kerala v Services
Last First-class17 February 2022 Kerala v Meghalaya
List A debut16 February 2011 Kerala v Tamil Nadu
Last List A22 December 2021 Kerala v Services
Career statistics
Competition FC List A T20
Matches 13 18 36
Runs scored 216 112 67
Batting average 15.42 15.25 11.16
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 32* 31 21*
Balls bowled 1769 731 701
Wickets 33 12 37
Bowling average 21.97 48.50 44.33
5 wickets in innings 1 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 6/37 2/23 4/6
Catches/stumpings 2/0 4/0 12/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 17 March 2022

Unnikrishnan Manukrishnan (born 4 October 1988) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Kerala in domestic cricket.[1] He is a bowling all-rounder who bats left-handed and bowls left-arm medium-pace.[2][3]

Domestic career

Manukrishnan was born on 4 October 1988 in Manjummel, Kerala.[1] He made his List A debut for Kerala on 16 February 2011 in the 2011-12 Vijay Hazare Trophy.[4] He made his Twenty20 debut for Kerala on 16 October 2011 in the 2011-12 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.[5] He made his first-class debut for Kerala in the 2011–12 Ranji Trophy on 10 November 2011.[6]

He was the third highest wicket-taker for Kerala in the 2012-13 Ranji Trophy with 17 wickets from 4 matches[7] including a fifer against Tripura.[8] He was the third highest wicket taker for Kerala in the 2013-14 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy with 9 wickets.[9] He bowled a career-best spell of 4 wickets off 6 runs, helping Kerala successfully defend a low score of 101 against Bengal.[10] He was Kerala's second highest wicket taker in the 2014-15 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy with 7 wickets.[11] and continued to be their second most wicket taking bowler in the 2015-16 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy with 10 wickets.[12]

He was the top wicket-keeper of the 2020–21 KCA President's Cup T20, representing the title-winners, KCA Royals.[13] Following this performance, he was named in the Kerala squad to play the 2021-22 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy,[14] returning to the side after 5 years.[15] He took 6 wickets from six matches[16] with a best bowling figure of 3/26 against Tamil Nadu in the quarter-finals.[17]

He is an employee of AG's office and has played club cricket tournaments representing it's cricket team.[15]

References

  1. 1 2 "Unnikrishnan Manukrishnan". ESPN Cricinfo. 16 February 2011. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  2. ↑ "Unnikrishnan Manukrishnan". Cricbuzz. 16 February 2011. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  3. ↑ "Unnikrishnan Manukrishnan". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  4. ↑ "South Zone, Malappuram, Feb 16 2011, Vijay Hazare Trophy". ESPN Cricinfo. 16 February 2011. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  5. ↑ "South Zone, Chennai, Oct 16 2011, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy". ESPN Cricinfo. 16 October 2011. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  6. ↑ "Ranji Trophy Plate League, Group A: Kerala v Services at Kochi, Nov 10-13, 2011". ESPN Cricinfo. 10 November 2011. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  7. ↑ "Records / Ranji Trophy, 2012/13 - Kerala / Most wickets". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  8. ↑ "Group C, Agartala, Dec 15 - 18 2012, Ranji Trophy". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  9. ↑ "Records / Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, 2013/14 - Kerala / Most wickets". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  10. ↑ "UP flattened by Panchal show". ESPN Cricinfo. 11 April 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  11. ↑ "Records / Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, 2014/15 - Kerala / Most wickets". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  12. ↑ "Records / Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, 2015/16 - Kerala / Most wickets". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  13. ↑ Narayanan, S (24 March 2021). "KCA Royals win President's Cup". The Times of India. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  14. ↑ "Sanju Samson to lead Kerala in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021". Crictracker. 24 October 2021. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  15. 1 2 Ajith Kumar, P.K. (22 February 2022). "Ranji Trophy: What is the secret to Manu Krishnan's comeback at 33?". Sportstar. Rajkot: The Hindu. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  16. ↑ "Records / Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, 2021/22 - Kerala / Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  17. ↑ "Karnataka win in Super Over while Tamil Nadu, Vidarbha and Hyderabad cruise into semi-finals". ESPN Cricinfo. 18 November 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
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