Prasanth Parameswaran (born 30 May 1985) is an Indian cricketer. He is a left-arm, medium

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and a right-handed

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. In first class cricket, he plays for

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and in the

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. He used to play for

Kochi Tuskers Kerala Kochi Tuskers Kerala was a franchise cricket team that played in the Indian Premier League (IPL) representing the city of Kochi, Kerala. The team was one of two new franchises added to the IPL for the 2011 season, alongside Pune Warriors ...

and was picked up by

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. He is the first Kerala player to earn the award

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title in

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debut. Prasanth came to the training camp of

as a

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bowler for their batsmen. But he impressed the chief coach Geoff Lawson and got selected to the same team for IPL Season 4. In May 2011, he made his

debut for

against

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and picked up the

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in his first

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. He bagged one more

and secured Man of the Match by leading

to a comfortable win. He was called by the Kolkata Knight riders team for selection trials, but was not picked. Prasanth was a good hammer-thrower at school and participated in Kerala's high-profile school athletics meet. He started his cricket career by playing for

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in college. He shifted to

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for better training. He was trained at BPCL Kochi Refineries Cricket Academy by former

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coach P. Balachandran. Prasanth made rapid progress, which led him to

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for

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. He was picked by

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, Chennai to play for them at

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cricket league. He was picked for the

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for

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and Deodhar Trophy competitions. He worked as an officer with Chemplast Sanmar Limited, Chennai. He contracted with Kochi Tuskers Kerala for 20 lakh rupees. He was signed by RCB due to the injury of their pace bowler

Sreenath Aravind Arvind Sreenath ( kn, ಅರವಿಂದ್ ಶ್ರಿನಾಥ್) (born 8 April 1984) is a former Indian cricketer who played for Karnataka and the Royal Challengers Bangalore. He made his Twenty20 International debut for India against So ...

. His over to Chris Gayle in IPL 2011 stood as the most expensive in the history of T20 cricket. Chris Gayle scored 37 from 6 balls (4 sixes 3 fours + 1 no ball) in Royal Challenger Bangalore versus Kochi Tuskers Kerala match. He was picked up by

in the IPL 2014 auction for 30 lakhs. He got selected to play in the south zone team of Deodhar trophy 2014.

Personal life

He is married to actress

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. The family lives in Chennai. The couple have one son named Ishan Puthra P.Parameswaran

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Prashant Parameswaran
{{DEFAULTSORT:Parameswaran, Prasanth 1985 births Living people Indian cricketers Kerala cricketers Malayali people Kochi Tuskers Kerala cricketers Royal Challengers Bangalore cricketers India Blue cricketers South Zone cricketers People from Alappuzha district Cricketers from Kerala

Personal life

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