Sai Kishore Age, Stats, Records and IPL Career

Who is Sai Kishore?

Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore is an Indian international cricketer from Chennai who bowls slow left-arm orthodox and bats left-handed. IPL and Gujarat Titans classify him as an all-rounder, while his established senior role is primarily spin bowling. He represents Tamil Nadu in domestic cricket and has been part of Gujarat's IPL group since 2022.

The shorter public name, expanded full name, date of birth, bowling style and official identifiers are matched together. A team change or new competition must update this page rather than create a duplicate profile.

Sai Kishore age, birthplace and playing style

Sai Kishore was born in Chennai on 6 November 1996 and was 29 years old on 11 August 2026. He bats left-handed and bowls slow left-arm orthodox. The Wikipedia identity page lists his height as 1.96 metres, but height is secondary biography data rather than a performance metric.

Official IPL sources use All Rounder as his specialization, while Gujarat's narrative emphasizes his left-arm spin. Both descriptions can be true without implying equal batting and bowling workloads. Structured records show that bowling is his main senior contribution; batting figures remain visible so the role label does not inflate or hide either discipline.

Tamil Nadu domestic career

Gujarat's official biography says Kishore made his List A debut in the 2016/17 Vijay Hazare Trophy and his first-class debut for Tamil Nadu in 2017. It identifies him as Tamil Nadu's leading wicket-taker in the 2018/19 Ranji Trophy with 22 wickets. Those milestones established his control and endurance before regular IPL appearances arrived.

Domestic formats must remain separate. First-class covers multi-day senior cricket, List A covers eligible one-day matches, and T20 covers recognized short-format competitions. An innings cannot be added across rows simply because it was played for Tamil Nadu. The dated provider snapshot maintains the categories and an official scorecard leads any later update.

Sai Kishore first-class statistics

Wikipedia's table dated 31 July 2025 lists 48 first-class matches, 816 runs at 14.31 and 203 wickets at 23.57. It records a batting high score of 81, three fifties, best bowling of 7 for 70, thirteen five-wicket innings and one ten-wicket match.

The table predates later 2025/26 and 2026 domestic cricket, so the figures are a historical snapshot rather than a current total. IPL's current profile says he has more than 400 wickets across his domestic career, but that broader statement spans competitions and must not replace the exact dated first-class row. Source scope and date explain the apparent difference.

List A and T20 domestic records

The same July 2025 snapshot lists 60 List A matches, 452 runs and 99 wickets, with best bowling of 5 for 26 and two five-wicket hauls. It separately lists 85 T20 matches, 96 runs and 99 wickets, including best figures of 4 for 6 and a bowling average of 18.94.

The T20 row is broader than IPL and can contain IPL appearances already counted in the league's official career record. Readers should not add the two totals. The IPL row answers a league-specific question, while the Wikipedia T20 row describes an all-competition snapshot at its stated date. Automation deduplicates rows by format during each refresh.

India T20I debut and Asian Games gold

BCCI's September 2023 squad update placed Sai Kishore in the standby group for the Asian Games before he joined the playing squad. He made his T20I debut against Nepal on 3 October 2023. IPL's official profile records that India won the gold-medal campaign and highlights his best of 3 for 12 against Bangladesh.

Wikipedia's dated table lists three T20Is, four wickets at 15.75 and best bowling of 3 for 12. Those appearances belong to senior T20I cricket, unlike an India A or standby selection. A tournament medal is a team achievement, while the three-wicket spell is an individual match performance; the profile keeps the two claims distinct.

Chennai Super Kings squad years before IPL debut

IPL's official biography records that Kishore was part of Chennai Super Kings in 2020 and 2021. Squad membership gave him franchise experience but did not produce an IPL appearance. His official tournament debut came only after Gujarat Titans selected him in 2022.

A contract, a place in a season squad and selection in a playing eleven are separate events. The profile records his Chennai association without inventing matches, runs or wickets. His official IPL career begins in 2022 and stays attached to the same identity after the franchise change.

Gujarat Titans debut and 2022 title

Kishore joined Gujarat Titans for their inaugural 2022 campaign. IPL's official final report shows him taking the wickets of Ravichandran Ashwin and Trent Boult as Gujarat restricted Rajasthan Royals to 130 for 9. Gujarat won by seven wickets to claim the title in its first season.

The two final wickets are a specific scorecard contribution and the championship is a team honour. Kishore did not take every wicket or receive the final's Player of the Match award, so the achievement should not be overstated. His figures belong inside his 2022 IPL season and must not be added again to the career aggregate.

Four wickets against Punjab Kings in IPL 2024

IPL's official 2024 match report records Sai Kishore taking 4 for 33 against Punjab Kings at Mullanpur. Gujarat's spinners bowled Punjab out for 142, and Rahul Tewatia's unbeaten 36 completed a three-wicket chase. The spell remains Kishore's official IPL best through 2026.

Match context matters because 4 for 33 was not a standalone result. Rashid Khan and Noor Ahmad also took wickets, while Tewatia finished the chase. The profile credits Kishore's leading spell without erasing the team performance. Best bowling is a single-innings record, not an average or full-season total.

Breakthrough IPL 2025 season

Gujarat and IPL profiles record nineteen wickets from fifteen matches in IPL 2025 at an average of 20.68. His season began with 3 for 30 against Punjab Kings. He then took important wickets in wins over Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Rajasthan Royals, Kolkata Knight Riders, Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals.

The official Eliminator report records two more wickets against Mumbai Indians as Gujarat's campaign ended. Nineteen is the complete season figure and should not be reconstructed by adding selected match reports, because that risks omissions or duplication. The match stories explain the aggregate; the official player page supplies the final total.

Sai Kishore IPL 2026 record

Gujarat's current player profile records three appearances and one wicket in IPL 2026. It lists fifteen runs from those matches, while the squad directory leaves his runs blank in its condensed card. The detailed official player profile is used for the structured season row and the source difference is not hidden.

The small 2026 role does not cancel his 2025 output. Seasons answer different questions: nineteen wickets show his sustained contribution in 2025, while one wicket records the later campaign actually played. This profile does not smooth the two seasons into an invented trend or imply he appeared in matches where Gujarat's scorecards did not select him.

IPL career statistics through 2026

Gujarat's official profile lists 28 IPL matches, eighteen runs and 33 wickets through 2026. It records best bowling of 4 for 33, a bowling average of 21.12 and an economy rate of 8.99. The career row includes the three 2026 appearances and all earlier Gujarat seasons.

Because the career aggregate already contains every season, the 2025 and 2026 figures must not be added to it. Separate season rows provide recent context, while the aggregate provides the whole IPL record. A later Wikipedia T20 refresh remains broader still and is not combined arithmetically with either official row.

Auction price and earnings evidence

Gujarat's official 2025 auction report says the franchise used its Right to Match card to retain Kishore for ₹2 crore. IPL's auction page confirms the winning bid, and the official 2026 playing-squad document lists a 200-lakh deduction. These sources establish the public franchise figure and continuity into 2026.

The ₹2 crore figure is not his net worth, lifetime earnings or post-tax salary. No audited reliable source reviewed for this profile provides his complete assets, liabilities, endorsements and expenses. This profile therefore publishes the official contract evidence with season and currency, but does not manufacture a wealth estimate from one auction number.

How to compare Sai Kishore's 2025 and 2026 seasons

The strongest comparison begins with opportunity. Kishore played all fifteen Gujarat matches in 2025 and only three in 2026, so raw wicket totals measure both performance and selection volume. Nineteen wickets across a full campaign and one wicket across a brief later sample cannot fairly be treated as equivalent workloads or proof of a simple rise-and-fall curve.

Rate statistics also need enough overs to settle. The detailed Gujarat page lists a 2026 bowling average of 46.00 and economy of 11.50, but those values come from only 24 balls. His career row spans 465 balls and is more representative of his IPL record through that date. This profile displays both rather than hiding a difficult small sample or using it to overwrite the broader career.

Selection context should still remain factual. The profile does not guess why Gujarat used him less often or attribute decisions to injury, form or tactics without an official statement. It records appearances and completed scorecards, leaving interpretation inside the limits of the evidence.

Family, relationship and portrait rights

The checked official sources focus on Kishore's cricket career and do not provide a sufficiently documented family biography for publication. No reliable reviewed source establishes a wife or girlfriend. This profile excludes relationship speculation and does not fill the gap from copied celebrity-profile pages.

This draft uses an exact-player photograph of Sai Kishore bowling for Tamil Nadu during the 2019/20 Vijay Hazare Trophy. Photographer Dee03 released the image under CC BY-SA 4.0 on Wikimedia Commons. The file, identity, author, source page and reuse licence were reviewed before it replaced the initials fallback.

Understanding Sai Kishore's career statistics maintained

Official IPL, Gujarat and BCCI sources lead current squad, contract, tournament and match facts. Wikipedia supplies a secondary structured snapshot dated 31 July 2025 for T20I, first-class, List A and T20 records. The API validates the exact Sai Kishore page and expanded full name before accepting its values.

Refreshes label every secondary row with the Wikipedia table date and preserve formats explicitly marked official. Old abbreviated snapshot labels are replaced by format identity rather than duplicated.