FULL NAME: Kunigal Srikantha Ranganna
GENDER: Male
BORN: 16 August, 1932 (Source: cricketarchive.com), 22 September, 1932 in Tumkur, Karnataka (Source: crictracket.com)
DIED: 10 February, 2018 in Bangalore (Source: crictracket.com)
PARENTS: (Father), (Mother)
HOME ADDRESS: Karnataka, India
EDUCATION: Not known
PROFESSION: Not known
TYPE OF PLAYER: Right-handed batsman and off-spinner
TEAMS PLAYED FOR: Orissa Seniors

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:
*     Played eight first-class matches in a career, spanning from 1959-60 to 1961-62.
*     Played all eight first-class matches in Ranji Trophy.

OVERALL FIRST-CLASS PERFORMANCE:
Batting & Fielding: Matches 8, innings 14, not outs 1, total runs 199, highest score 49, average 15.30, catches 4.
Bowling: Balls 634, maidens 19, runs 317, wickets 11, best bowling 4-59, average 28.81, strike rate 57.63, economy 3.00

DETAILS OF FIRST-CLASS PERFORMANCE:
4, 0/37, 4: Odisha vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 9-10 December, 1961.
2/57, 16, 1/4, 4: Odisha vs Assam, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 3-5 December, 1961.
4/59, 49, 0/42, 20*: Odisha vs Assam, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Gauhati Town Club, Gauhati, 7-9 January, 1961.
8, 1/65, 9: Odisha vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Eden Gardens, Calcutta, 16-18 Dec, 1960.
21, 44: Odisha vs Bihar, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur, 10-12 Dec, 1960.
1/24, 11, 1/26, DNB: Odisha vs Bihar, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 31 Dec 1959-2 Jan 1960.
0, 1/2: Odisha vs Assam, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 20-22 December, 1959.
5, 0/1, 4: Odisha vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 12-14 December, 1959.

OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
*     Ranganna also went on to lead the likes of Erapalli Prasanna when he used to play for City Cricketers in Bangalore’s club circuit.
*     He was the father of Akhila Ranganna who reported for ESPNCricinfo for a long time.
*     Anand Vasu, his son in law, is one of the prominent cricket writers in India and was the joint editor-in-chief for Wisden.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 24 August, 2016
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 22 June, 2020