Sijomon Joseph (born 28 September 1997) is an Indian

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er who represents

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in domestic cricket. He is an

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who bats left-handed and bowls left-arm

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Early life

Sijomon was born on 28 September 1997 in Kidangoor near

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to Lisy and Joseph. He lost his father when he was one and a half years old. He was introduced to cricket by his brothers, Lijomon and Lijumon. He was initially a left-arm fast bowler who later switched to spin-bowling by the advice of his coach, Jeen K. John. He graduated high school from

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. He is graduated from

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Domestic career

Sijomon was the captain of

at U-14, U-16 and U-19 levels. He took 41 wickets from six games in the 2017

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. Rewarding this performance, he was named in the Indian U-19 team to play two Youth Test matches against England U-19. He scored a half-century in the first innings of the first match and took a six-wicket haul in the second innings. He made his first-class debut for

on 14 October 2017 in the

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after being called up to the squad as an injury cover for

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. Later that month in his second match, he took his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket. The bowling effort of the spin-trio, including him, debutant KC Akshay and veteran

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was fundamental in Kerala's first-ever quarter-final entry in the season. He finished with 19 wickets from eight innings'. He made his

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debut on 14 January 2018 in the

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. In August 2018, he was one of eight players that were fined by the

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, after showing dissent against Kerala's captain,

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. Being promoted in the batting order, he scored a match-winning half-century in the quarter-final match of

against

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in the 2018-19 Ranji Trophy. He made his

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debut on 26 September 2019, for Kerala in the

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. He captained KCA Royals to win the inaugural season of the KCA President's Cup T20. He, along with Vishnu Vinod formed a record-breaking seventh-wicket of 174 runs, winning the match Kerala in the

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. He took a five-wicket haul in the next match of the tournament.

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