Tamil Nadu players and International cricket

It's hard to see, one Tamil Nadu player in team India, until Krish Srikkanth becomes the Indian selection committee Chairman( Sep 2008). But now we can see some TN players in Team India.
But Are they really utilizing the opportunities? Are they ready for International cricket?
Except Ashwin and A.Mukund ,all others(Badrinath,M.Vijay,D.Karthik) failed to make a positive impact.

A run-hungry S Badrinath has been the star player  of the Tamil Nadu batting since the mid-2000s, and has also captained them. Badrinath stands tall at the crease, and plays with a correct technique. In comparison 2006-07 was not as spectacular, but Badrinath managed 436 runs at almost 50. An excellent fielder at point, and elsewhere in the circle. In 2007 he piled on the runs for India A on their tours to Zimbabwe and Kenya, and in the home series against South Africa A. In October he was called up to the ODI squad for the last three one-dayers against Australia, though he did not get a game. He was dropped for the series against Pakistan that followed. He shrugged off the disappointment by performing well in the 2007-08 Ranji Trophy season, scoring 659 runs at 65.90. After being ignored for ten months, he was named as Sachin Tendulkar's replacement for the Sri Lanka ODIs and impressed in his first appearance, showing sound technique against the spinners to see India through to a tense win. He made it to the Test squad for Australia's 2008-09 tour of India, but didn't get his debut. However, a series of injuries to the Indian middle order handed Badri a Test debut in Nagpur more than a year later, at the age of 29. He was off the radar after a couple of Tests but another year of heavy run-getting in both the Ranji Trophy and the IPL earned him a spot on the one-day leg of the West Indies tour in 2011.But He failed to score a single half century in the 4 ODI's played(43,17,11,12).




It took just one season for Dinesh Karthik to transform from an obscure second-choice wicketkeeper for Tamil Nadu to a serious contender for a berth in the Indian squad. As a 17-year-old playing his first season in 2002, he showed glimpses of his batting talent but his wicketkeeping wasn't up to scratch, resulting in him being dropped for the Ranji Trophy knockout matches. However, his impressive showing in the Under-19 World Cup in Dhaka - including a whirlwind 70 in a must-win game against Sri Lanka - two vital hundreds in the Ranji Trophy knock-out and an improved showing behind the stumps resulted in him emerging as a contender for the national squad. He was picked in the Indian one-day squad, as replacement for Parthiv Patel, in August 2004, and made his debut in a NatWest Challenge game against England where he pulled off a superb stumping. Shortly afterwards, he was called up to make his Test debut against Australia in the fourth Test at Mumbai. After managing just one fifty in ten Tests, he was axed in favour of the flamboyant Mahendra Singh Dhoni but he returned for India's tour to South Africa towards the end of 2006. He cemented his place in both Tests and ODIs and was chosen for the Bangladesh tour, India's first assignment after the forgettable World Cup, as a specialist Test opener. He scored his maiden Test ton in the second Test in Dhaka. Soon, though, Dhoni became irreplaceable and he got to play for India only when Dhoni rested. On one such occasion, in the 2008 tour of Sri Lanka, he was ordinary behind the stumps. He did have a good season in domestic cricket in 2008-09, though, keeping in tact his status of second-choice keeper, ahead of Parthiv. He scored three centuries in Ranji Trophy and captained Tamil Nadu through to the semi-final, and followed it up with two centuries in two Duleep Trophy matches. That earned him a comeback to all three Indian squads for the tour of New Zealand. but Now Parthiv who is promising behind the stumps and having consistent batting performance becomes the second-choice keeper for team india

Murali Vijay, who is well known for his  classical and massive six hittings on the leg side. His big hitting skills get him a chance in all the three formats of cricket in Indian team. He started well in test cricket but failed to maintain the consistency. In ODI's he doesn't show off himself. Either He played very aggressively or play very slowly in either cases he lost his wicket soon.He was selected to WI tour in midst of so many criticism.


It is evident that Vijay has worked hard on his batting. He used to be a defensive player in his early days. His captain at club level, Diwakar Vasu, the former Tamil Nadu bowler, recalls him being strong on the back foot, and keen to improve his attacking game. Then came a stage where, for a while, Vijay was either defensive or too attacking. He is now trying to find a middle ground and perhaps in doing so the shot selection is going awry.He failed to make a positive impact in WI tour.

Ashwin become the permanent member of Indian one day squad but now he got a tough competition from A.Mishra. So he needs to be very accurate in his bowling.

 A.Mukund Started well in his test debut series and got placed in the team against England.Now he took the back up opener place from M.Vijay.












It's difficult for Badri to get another chance considering his age 30+ . Others need to work hard . they have a ampel amount of time. Needs to be permanent members of team India like Kohli  and Raina they need more consistent with patience. 




List of Tamil Nadu players in Team India , so far

• Krishnamachari Srikkanth
• Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan
• Dinesh Karthik
• Robin Singh
• Murali Vijay
• Murali Karthik
• W.V. Raman
• Laxman Sivaramakrishnan
• Subramaniam Badrinath
• Hemang Badani
• Sadagoppan Ramesh
• Lakshmipathy Balaji
• Sridharan Sriram
• V. B. Chandrasekhar
• T. A. Sekhar
• Bharath Reddy
• Ravichandran Ashwin
• T.E. Srinivasan
• C. Rangachari
• T.Kumaran
• Abhinav Mukund