Basil Thampi (born 11 September 1993) is an Indian cricketer who represents Kerala in the domestic cricket.[1] He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium pacer. He made his IPL debut for Gujarat Lions in the 2017 Indian Premier League and was named the "Emerging player of the season".[2]
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Born | Ernakulam, Kerala, India | 11 September 1993||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015–present | Kerala | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017 | Gujarat Lions | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018–2020 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | Mumbai Indians | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 27 March 2022 |
He got his maiden Indian national team call up in the T20I series against Zimbabwe in 2017. On 17 May 2018, playing for SRH Thampi conceeded 70 runs in 4 overs vs RCB and became the bowler to have worst bowling spell in an IPL match untill 2024 where Mohit Sharma surpassed him with a 73 runs spell playing for Gujarat Titans against Delhi Capitals
Basil was born on 11 September 1993 to N.M Thampi and Lisy Thampi. He married Sneha Roy on 4 July 2022.[3]
Thampi made his first-class debut for Kerala in the 2014–15 Ranji Trophy on 6 February 2015.[4]
In June 2017, he earned his maiden call-up to India A team, as he was included in the 16-man one-day squad for the tri-series against hosts South Africa A and Australia A team.[5][6] In October 2017, he was included in the Board President's XI and India A squads against New Zealand ahead of their One-Day International (ODI) series against India and five ODIs against New Zealand A.[7]
In July 2018, he was named in the squad for India Blue for the 2018–19 Duleep Trophy,[8] travelling through the flooding in Kerala to make the start of the season.[9]
In August 2019, he was named in the India Blue team's squad for the 2019–20 Duleep Trophy.[10][11]
He was the joint-highest wicket-taker of Kerala in the 2021-22 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy bagging eight wickets from 6 matches.[12]
In August 2022, he was named in the South Zone's team for the 2022-23 Duleep Trophy.[13]
In February 2017, he was bought by the Gujarat Lions team for the 2017 Indian Premier League (IPL) for ₹85 lakhs.[14] He received the "Emerging Player Award" inflicting 11 wickets from 12 matches in the season.[15]
In January 2018, he was bought by the Sunrisers Hyderabad in the 2018 IPL auction.[16] During 2018 IPL, he bowled the most expensive spell in the history of Indian Premier League after conceding 70 runs in four overs against Royal Challengers Bangalore.[17] In February 2022, he was bought by the Mumbai Indians in the auction for the 2022 Indian Premier League tournament.[18]
Thampi was a net bowler for the Indian team during their four-match Test series against Australia in February–March 2017.[19]
His only Indian national cricket team appearance was in November 2017. He was part of the India's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against Sri Lanka,[20] but he did not play.[21] But he played for India A team in many matches.
Thampi bowls at a speed in excess of 140 kmph[19] and is known for bowling yorkers consistently. Former India fast bowler and bowling coach of Kerala Tinu Yohannan described Thampi as "athletic" and "quite strong",[22] and added, "He's very deceptive. He has a round-arm action where he can really get the ball to move. He can reverse the old ball."[23] Thampi has stated that he "got [his] yorkers from tennis ball cricket."[24]