S. Sreesanth

Shanthakumaran Sreesanth (Malayalam: ശ്രീശാന്ത്‌, Santakumaran Srisant ( pronunciation ), born 6 February 1983) is a former Indian cricketer. He was a right-arm fast-medium-pace bowler and a right-handed tail-ender batsman. In first class cricket, he played for Kerala and in the Indian Premier League, he played for Rajasthan Royals. He is also the first Kerala Ranji player to have played Twenty20 cricket for India. In September 2013, he was banned for life from playing Cricket by the BCCI, for his involvement in spot-fixing in the 2013 IPL season.Sreesanth is making his debut as an actor in the upcoming movie Big Picture.

Personal life

Sreesanth was born on February 6, 1983 to Santhakumaran Nair and Savithri Devi. He has one elder brother and two elder sisters. His brother Dipu Santhan owns a music company in Kochi and his eldest sister Nivedita is a television actress in Kerala. Sreesanth's elder sister Divya got married to Madhu Balakrishnan, a famous South Indian playback singer.