Unnikrishnan Manukrishnan (born 4 October 1988) is an Indian

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er who plays for

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in domestic cricket. He is a bowling

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who bats left-handed and bowls left-arm medium-pace.

Domestic career

Manukrishnan was born on 4 October 1988 in Manjummel,

. He made his

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debut for

on 16 February 2011 in the 2011-12 Vijay Hazare Trophy. He made his

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debut for Kerala on 16 October 2011 in the 2011-12 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. He made his first-class debut for

in the

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on 10 November 2011. He was the third highest wicket-taker for Kerala in the

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with 17 wickets from 4 matches including a fifer against

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. He was the third highest wicket taker for Kerala in the 2013-14 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy with 9 wickets. He bowled a career-best spell of 4 wickets off 6 runs, helping Kerala successfully defend a low score of 101 against

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. He was Kerala's second highest wicket taker in the 2014-15 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy with 7 wickets. and continued to be their second most wicket taking bowler in the 2015-16 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy with 10 wickets. He was the top wicket-keeper of the

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, representing the title-winners, KCA Royals. Following this performance, he was named in the Kerala squad to play the

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, returning to the side after 5 years. He took 6 wickets from six matches with a best bowling figure of 3/26 against

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in the quarter-finals. He is an employee of AG's office and has played club cricket tournaments representing it's cricket team.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Manukrishnan, Unnikrishnan 1988 births Living people Indian cricketers Kerala cricketers