Thirunavukkarasu Kumaran

India
Thirunavukkarasu Kumaran
INTL CAREER: 1999 - 2000
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Full Name

Thirunavukkarasu Kumaran

Born

December 30, 1975, Madras (now Chennai), Tamil Nadu

Age

48y 80d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Medium

The Indian selectors have quite often been notorious in curbing the careers of budding pace bowlers with their policy of hiring and firing. The list is long and one of them was Thirunavakarasu Kumaran.`Kenny' as he is known to close friends, was selected for the national side largely on the basis of one performance - a ten-wicket haul in the Irani Trophy match against Karnataka at Bangalore at the break of the 1999-2000 season. He was the surprise choice for the tour of Australia and to give him some international experience prior to the tour, he was played in the one day internationals against New Zealand. Kumaran did well enough to show that he merited selection and on the tour of Australia, he performed beyond expectations in the first-class games prior to the first Test. It was taken for granted that he would be in the side but Agarkar was preferred. He took this disappointment in his stride but another one followed when he was one of five players to be replaced for the Carlton & United one-day series.

A product of the MRF Pace Foundation in Chennai, Kumaran received personal training from Dennis Lillee and has also benefited from a stint at the Australian Academy in Adelaide. He was mentally strong, but never really recovered from the setback and within a year he had disappeared from the game. He joined the rebel Indian Cricket League during its inception in 2007 and was one of the stand-out performers for the Chennai Superstars. He took an astonishing 6 for 21 on debut - a league record - and also has the best strike (12.69) in the 20-over tournament. However, he accepted the BCCI's amnesty offer and quit the league in 2009, along with a host of other Indian players.
Partab Ramchand and Cricinfo Staff June 2009

Thirunavukkarasu Kumaran Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
ODIs8301986.332770.37002030
FC3132942210618.34--10--130
List A40191012430*13.77--00--120

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
ODIs8837834893/243/2438.665.5242.0000
FC31-49072510986/39-25.613.0650.0-51
List A40-19001583575/375/3727.774.9933.3110
T Kumaran - Portrait

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Debut/Last Matches of Thirunavukkarasu Kumaran

FC Matches

Span
1996/97 - 2001/02

List A Matches

Span
1996/97 - 2001/02

Photos of Thirunavukkarasu Kumaran

USA U-19 coach Thiru Kumaran discusses bowling strategy with Ali Khan
Akeem Dodson and former India seamer Thiru Kumaran at a USA training session
T Kumaran of the Chennai Superstars in his delivery stride
T Kumaran poses with his Man-of-the-Match award
Thirunavukarasu Kumaran takes a brilliant return catch to get rid of De Silva
T Kumaran packs Ananthapadmanabhan's off stump flying