A Malayali has finally followed in the footsteps of S. Sreesanth to the competitive arena of cricket World Cup. Krishna Chandran, son of Ravindranathan and Shobha of Karat in Kollengode, Palakkad, realised a dream by featuring in the United Arab Emirates' playing eleven against Zimbabwe on Thursday.
Though the UAE lost the match by four wickets, Krishna Chandran, made an impressive outing. The right-hander scored 34 coming in at No. 3 and then took 1/59 off nine overs.
Krishna Chandran boarded the flight to Dubai after abandoning his dream of playing for India back home.
The first ever Malayali in the UAE team, Krishnachandran is an excellent all-rounder. He became a UAE national team member last April. Krishnachandran, who played Ranji for Kerala in the 2004-05 season, moved to Dubai to work for Global West Shipping Company there.
The young man who shone as the company’s executive and also the mainstay of their team later joined the firm DB Schenker. As he started playing for the team Fanatics, he became a regular in most of the cricket tournaments in the UAE.
He captained the Thissur, Palakkad teams in Kerala Cricket League (KCL) and Kerala Premier League (KPL) tournaments in the UAE. He was captain when Thissur became KCL champions last year. When Palakkad won the KPL championship in 2012, again he was the skipper.
Landing a job in Emirates’ Dnata Cargo, he became the Emirates team’s vice-captain in 2013. Meantime, he also bagged the best cricketer award.
Krishna Chandran's excellent showing in the domestic cricket matches earned him a berth in the national team. He made his debut in the ACC Premier League in Malaysia last year. He has appeared in seven ODIs and 16 List A matches for the UAE.
Apart from him, Goan native Swapnil Patil too plays in the UAE team.
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