Javagal Srinath, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Javagal Srinath

Indian cricketer

Date of Birth: 31-Aug-1969

Place of Birth: Mysore, Karnataka, India

Profession: cricketer

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Javagal Srinath

  • Javagal Srinath (born 31 August 1969) is a former Indian cricketer and currently an ICC match referee.
  • He is considered among India's finest fast bowlers, and is the first Indian fast bowler to take more than 300 wickets in One Day Internationals.Srinath was a frontline fast bowler for the Indian cricket team until his retirement, and the second Indian pace bowler (after Kapil Dev) to take 200 Test wickets.
  • After Dev, he led the Indian fast-bowling attack for over 9 years.
  • Srinath is India's second-highest ODI wicket-taker with 315 (second to Anil Kumble's 337), and the first bowler to take 300 ODI wickets for India.
  • He was the fastest 100-wicket taker in ODI. He took 44 wickets in the 1992, 1996, 1999 and 2003 Cricket World Cups.
  • Srinath is the joint highest wicket-taker for India in World Cup competition with Zaheer Khan, who took the same number of wickets in the 2003, 2007 and 2011 tournaments.
  • Srinath is the fastest Indian bowler to take 200, 250 and 300 wickets in ODI, and the second-fastest Indian to reach 150 wickets.
  • He is the leading wicket-taker at Sharjah Cricket Stadium, where he took 39 wickets.
  • Srinath is one of eleven bowlers who took 300 wickets in one-day international cricket, and the only Indian fast bowler to take 300 wickets. Srinath retired from international cricket after the 2003 World Cup in South Africa.

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