S Badrinath by CricketArchive Staff Reporter

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S Badrinath

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DateLine: 18th June 2009

 

Subramaniam Badrinath has been the mainstay of the Tamil Nadu batting since the mid-2000s, and has also taken up the captaincy mantle. Badrinath 2005-06 nearly topped the batting charts, scoring 636 runs from seven matches at almost 80. In 2006-07 he was not as spectacular, but managed 436 runs at almost 50. An excellent fielder Badrinath began as a grafter and then expanded his repertoire of strokes as he gained experience. 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 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. Badrinath has been a key figure for the Chennai Super Kings outfit in IPL and his subtle batting technique has helped the swashbucklers in the side to maintain their free flowing style. This time he is going as India would be missing three key batsman in the line-up and thus Badrinath would be expected to deliver a good show in the Caribbean nation.