Anirudha Srikkanth Biography 
Anirudha Srikkanth is a young Indian cricketer from Chennai. He is the son of former Indian cricketer and former captain of Indian national team, Krish Srikkanth. His wife Arthi Venkatesh is a former model and actress, who worked as one of the heroines of Dulquer Salman in 2017 anthology film, Solo. Anirudha Srikkanth is a right handed batsman to his team, and occasionally bowls to his team in Right arm medium style. He is better known for his bating skills, and has played in IPL series many times. He has played as an opening attacking batsman too. He was born in Chennai in 1987.
He has played for Chennai Super Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League. He currently leads Karaikudi Kaalai in the Tamil Nadu Premier League. Anirudha made his first-class debut in the 2003-04 season, when he was just 16. He has played for Tamil Nadu in Ranji trophy many times. He was a member of India Under-19s against the touring England U-19s in 2004-05. He had a good run in domestic cricket after that, and his speciality as an attacking batsman earned him a space in the list of 30 probable cricketers for the ICC World Twenty20 in 2007-2008, which team India won. However he couldn’t make it into the final list.
Though he couldn’t become a part of India’s National team, he was bought in an auction by Chennai Super Kings for IPL series, marking his debut in 2008. His innings in the semi-finals of IPL was memorable, where the cricketer managed to score a fast 24 runs from 15 deliveries by hitting 2 sixes and 1 four. Till now he has played 23 FC and 46 20-20 matches, scoring a total of 894 and 1031 runs respectively.
Published: January 05, 2020
Updated: January 05, 2020
