Sadagoppan Ramesh (born 13 October 1975) is a former

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er. He is a left-handed

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batter and an occasional right-arm

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bowler. He had represented the

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while also representing

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and South zone in domestic cricket. In September 1999, he became the first Indian cricketer to take a wicket off his first ball in ODI cricket. He later became an

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post his cricketing career appearing in

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Early life and family

Ramesh was born on 13 October 1975 in

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to P.C.Sadgopan. He finished his college at Guru Nanak College in Chennai. Ramesh is married to Aparna and they have a daughter.

Career

International

Ramesh made his

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debut for

against

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in the first test at his home ground at

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during the Pakistan tour of India in 1999. Ramesh was the highest scorer with 323 runs in three matches in his debut series. Ramesh subsequently scored his first

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against

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in the second test of the 1998–99 Asian Test Championship at

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in February 1999. Ramesh made his ODI debut in March 1999 in the Pepsi Cup match against Sri Lanka scoring 24 in an Indian victory. Subsequently, Ramesh was named in the Indian squad for the

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. Ramesh scored 144 runs in five matches at the world cup. On 5 September 1999, Ramesh took a wicket of the first ball he bowled in ODI cricket in a match against

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in the Coca-cola challenge at

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becoming the first Indian to take a wicket off his first ball. Ramesh played in the subsequent series against West Indies in

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where he scored 57 runs across three matches. Ramesh played his final series in the LG Cup against

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and

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with his final match coming in the final of the series on 3 October 1999. Overall, he scored 646 runs in 24 matches at an average of 28.08. Ramesh played in the home series against

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in October 1999. He scored 287 runs with his second and last century also coming in the third test of the series at

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. Ramesh played two tests against

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in the Border-Gavaskar trophy in Australia December 1999, scoring 60 runs. He also played the return leg of the Border-Gavaskar trophy in February-March 2001. He played all three matches in the series, scoring 162 runs with the highest score of 61 in the final test in Chennai leading to a memorable series victory for India. Ramesh's final series came in the Indian tour of Sri Lanka in 2001. He played his final test in September 2001 at Colombo finishing off with a score of 55 runs in the final innings. He played 19 tests overall scoring 1467 runs at an average of 37.97 with two centuries.

Domestic

He made his debut for

in the 1995-96 season and played domestic cricket for them for ten seasons. He opened the innings for the team and scored more than seven thousand runs in

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at an average of over 43. Ramesh was part of the team that reached the finals of

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two consecutive seasons in 2002-03 and 2003-04. He also represented

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during 2005–06, 2006–07 seasons and

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in the 2007–08 season.

Post retirement

Ramesh has acted in a Tamil movie '' Santosh Subramaniam'', released in April 2008. He also played a lead actor in the movie '' Potta Potti''. He also worked on the delayed film '' Madha Gaja Raja'' in 2012. In 2019, Ramesh invested in 'Swaraas', a multipurpose karaoke studio. He is also an active commentator in Star Sports Tamil.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ramesh, Sadagoppan 1975 births Living people India One Day International cricketers India Test cricketers Indian cricketers Tamil Nadu cricketers Kerala cricketers Assam cricketers South Zone cricketers Tamil sportspeople Cricketers from Chennai