Unnikrishnan Manukrishnan

In this Indian name, the name Unnikrishnan is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Manukrishnan.

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]

Unnikrishnan Manukrishnan

Personal information
Born	(1988-10-04) 4 October 1988 (age 36) Manjummel, Kerala, India
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Left-arm medium-fast
Role	Bowler
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2011–present	Kerala
First-class debut	10 November 2011 Kerala v Services
Last First-class	17 February 2022 Kerala v Meghalaya
List A debut	16 February 2011 Kerala v Tamil Nadu
Last List A	22 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

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 its cricket team.

In the Kerala Cricket League auction, Manu Krishan was signed by the Kochi Blue Tigers for ₹7 lakh.He was the second most expensive purchase in the auction.

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