Engineers who turned out to be cricketers
Here are five Indian cricketers who graduated as engineers in different fields.
1. Kris Srikkanth- Electrical Engineer
Former India opener Krishnamachari Srikkanth or Kris Srikkanth for short was an attacking batter at the top and can be described as an early prototype of Virender Sehwag. He was born on 21 December 1959, in Chennai, then Madras, Tamil Nadu. He made his India debut in 1981 and played his last game in 1992.
Srikkanth played 43 Tests and 146 ODIs for India scoring 2062 and 4091 runs respectively with a total of 6 centuries. He was part of the 1983 World Cup-winning Indian team and top-scored for India in the final of the tournament at the Lord’s against West Indies. He also captained India on the 1989 tour of Pakistan in which Sachin Tendulkar made his international debut.
Talking about his personal life, Kris Srikkanth is an electrical engineer who graduated from the College of Engineering, Guindy in Chennai. It is said that he used to play cricket at different levels during his engineering days, but it was only during his fourth year of college that he thought he could become a test cricketer.
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