Basil Thampi (born 11 September 1993) is an Indian

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er who represents Kerala in the domestic cricket. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium pacer. He made his IPL debut for Gujarat Lions in the

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and was named the "Emerging player of the season".

Early and personal life

Basil was born on 11 September 1993 to N.M Thampi and Lisy Thampi. He married Sneha Roy on 4 July 2022.

Domestic career

Thampi made his first-class debut for Kerala in the

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on 6 February 2015. In June 2017, he earned his maiden call-up to India A team, as he was included in the 16-man one-day squad for the tri-series against hosts

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and Australia A team. In October 2017, he was included in the Board President's XI and India A squads against New Zealand ahead of their One-Day International (ODI) series against India and five ODIs against New Zealand A. In July 2018, he was named in the squad for India Blue for the

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, travelling through the flooding in Kerala to make the start of the season. In August 2019, he was named in the India Blue team's squad for the

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. He was the joint-highest wicket-taker of Kerala in the

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bagging eight wickets from 6 matches. In August 2022, he was named in the South Zone's team for the 2022-23 Duleep Trophy.

Indian Premier League

In February 2017, he was bought by the Gujarat Lions team for the

(IPL) for . He received the "Emerging Player Award" inflicting 11 wickets from 12 matches in the season. In January 2018, he was bought by the Sunrisers Hyderabad in the

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. During 2018 IPL, he bowled the most expensive spell in the history of Indian Premier League after conceding 70 runs in four overs against Royal Challengers Bangalore. In February 2022, he was bought by the

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in the auction for the

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tournament.

International career

Thampi was a net bowler for the Indian team during their four-match Test series against Australia in February–March 2017. His only Indian national cricket team appearance was in November 2017. He was part of the India's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against Sri Lanka, but he did not play. But he played for India A team in many matches.

Playing style

Thampi bowls at a speed in excess of 140 kmph and is known for bowling yorkers consistently. Former India fast bowler and bowling coach of Kerala Tinu Yohannan described Thampi as "athletic" and "quite strong", and added, "He's very deceptive. He has a round-arm action where he can really get the ball to move. He can reverse the old ball." Thampi has stated that he "got isyorkers from tennis ball cricket."

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Thampi, Basil 1993 births Living people Indian cricketers Kerala cricketers India Blue cricketers India Red cricketers Mumbai Indians cricketers Sunrisers Hyderabad cricketers Cricketers from Kochi