FULL NAME: Suresh Kumar
GENDER: Male
DATE OF BIRTH: 21st December, 1972 (Source: cricketarchive.com), 21 December, 1975 (Source: Facebook)
HOME ADDRESS: Cuttack, Odisha, India
PARENTS: Father (CKG Kurup), Mother (Thankamany Amma)
ACADEMIC EDUCATION: Studied at Cambridge School and Ravenshaw University, Cuttack
PROFESSION: Works at Indian Railways
TYPE OF PLAYER: Right-hand batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler
HOME CLUB: Union Sporting, Cuttack
TEAMS PLAYED FOR: Orissa and Railways

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:
*     Played 12 First-Class and 5 List-A matches in a career spanning from 1993-94 to 2002-03.
*     The 12 First-Class matches include 9 for Odisha and 3 for Railways.
*     The 5 List-A matches include 4 for Odisha.
*     Also played 6 miscellaneous matches, which include one in East Zone Vijay Hazare Trophy and 5 in Moin-ud-Dowlah Gold Cup Tournaments.

OVERALL FIRST-CLASS PERFORMANCE:
Batting & Fielding: Matches 12, innings 19, not outs 2, total runs 309, highest score 55, average 18.17, fifties 1, catches 14.

OVERALL LIST-A PERFORMANCE:
Batting & Fielding: Matches 5, innings 5, not outs 0, total runs 113, highest score 89, average 22.60, fifties 1, catches 1.

DETAILS OF FIRST-CLASS PERFORMANCE FOR ORISSA:
0, 4: Odisha vs Baroda, Ranji Trophy semifinal match, GSFC Ground, Vadodara, 5-9 April, 2001.
35, 9: Odisha vs Madhya Pradesh, Ranji Trophy, Quarterfinal, Roop Singh Stadium, Gwalior, 22-26 March, 2001.
3, 55: Odisha vs Jammu & Kashmir, Ranji Trophy, Pre-Quarterfinal, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 11-14 March, 2001.
8, 5*: Odisha vs Maharashtra, Ranji Trophy, Quarterfinal, Pune Club Ground, Pune, 26 Feb-2 March, 1994.
17, 5: Odisha vs Madhya Pradesh, Ranji Trophy, Pre-Quarterfinal, Nehru Stadium, Indore, 12-16 Feb, 1994.
19, 15: Odisha vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Permit Ground, Balasore, 4-6 January, 1994.
18: Odisha vs Assam, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Berhampur Stadium, Berhampur, 27-29 December, 1993.
35: Odisha vs Bihar, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Ispat Stadium, Rourkela, 19-22 December, 1993.
9, 21*: Odisha vs Tripura, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Berhampur Stadium, Berhampur, 10-12 December, 1993.

OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
*     Worked as coach and selector for Odisha U-15, U-16, U-17, U-19 and U-23 teams from 2005 to 2020.
*     Worked as selector of Odisha Ranji team for one year.
*     On August 23, 2017, he was appointed coach of the Odisha U-23 cricket team for the season 2017-18 on August 23, 2017.
*     He was born in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala,

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 22 September, 2016
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 23 October, 2020