Sai Kishore

In this Indian name, the name Ravisrinivasan is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Sai Kishore.

Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore (born 6 November 1996) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Tamil Nadu in domestic cricket and Gujarat Titans in the IPL.^[2] He is primarily a left-arm orthodox bowler, and also bats left-handed. He made his T20I debut for India on 3 October 2023 in the Asian Games.

Sai Kishore

Sai Kishore during the 2019–20 Vijay Hazare Trophy
Personal information
Full name	Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore
Born	(1996-11-06) 6 November 1996 (age 28) Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)[1]
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Slow left-arm orthodox
Role	All-rounder
International information
National side	India (2023–present)
T20I debut (cap 108)	3 October 2023 v Nepal
Last T20I	7 October 2023 v Afghanistan
T20I shirt no.	60
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2017–present	Tamil Nadu
2022–present	Gujarat Titans
2025	Surrey
Career statistics
Competition T20I FC LA T20 Matches 3 48 60 85 Runs scored 0 816 452 96 Batting average – 14.31 18.83 6.40 100s/50s 0/0 0/3 0/2 0/0 Top score – 81 74 21* Balls bowled 72 10,460 2,944 1,758 Wickets 4 203 99 99 Bowling average 15.75 23.57 20.96 18.94 5 wickets in innings 0 13 2 0 10 wickets in match 0 1 0 0 Best bowling 3/12 7/70 5/26 4/6 Catches/stumpings 3/– 16/– 29/– 28/–
Medal record Men's Cricket Representing  India Asian Games 2022 Hangzhou Team
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 31 July 2025

Domestic career

He made his List A debut for Tamil Nadu in the 2016–17 Vijay Hazare Trophy on 12 March 2017.^[3] He made his first-class debut for Tamil Nadu in the 2017–18 Ranji Trophy on 14 October 2017.^[4] He made his Twenty20 debut for Tamil Nadu in the 2017–18 Zonal T20 League on 8 January 2018.^[5]

He was the leading wicket-taker for Tamil Nadu in the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy, with 22 dismissals in six matches.^[6] He topped the wicket-takers list in the 2019–20 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy with 20 wickets in 12 matches at an economy rate of 4.63.^[7]

Indian Premier League

In the 2020 IPL auction, he was bought by the Chennai Super Kings at a base price of ₹20 lakh for the 2020 Indian Premier League.^[8][9] He was bought by the Gujarat Titans at a price of ₹3 crore in the 2022 Indian Premier League (IPL) auction.^[10][11]

International career

In June 2021, he was named as one of five net bowlers for India's tour of Sri Lanka.^[12] Following a positive case for COVID-19 in the Indian team, Kishore was added to India's main squad for their final two Twenty20 International (T20I) matches of the tour.^[13]

In January 2022, he was named as one of two standby players in India's T20I squad for their home series against the West Indies.^[14]

He was part of the Indian squad at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, which won the gold medal.^[15] He took 1/25 runs in 4 overs in his debut match against Nepal. In the semifinal against Bangladesh, he picked 3/12 in his 4 overs.^[16]