India spinner Sai Kishore joins Surrey for two-match stint in County Championship

Surrey [UK], July 7 (ANI): Indian left-arm finger-pinner Sai Kihore ha igned for Surrey in Diviion One of the County Championhip. He will be available for the two firt-cla game at the end of July. The lanky left-arm pinner will feature in Surrey next two County Championhip matche in which the Kookaburra ball will be ued.
The fixture include trip to Scarborough to quare off againt Yorkhire (July 22-25) and then to Cheter-le-Street to face Durham (July 29-Augut 1). If Kihore i named in Surrey final XI againt Yorkhire, he could come up againt hi former Chennai Super King teammate Ruturaj Gaikwad.
Im really excited to be joining Surrey for the next two County Championhip matche. Surrey i one of the mot pretigiou club in the world, and I have heard great thing about the et-up from lot of different people in the game, Kihore aid in a tatement releaed by Surrey.
Alec Stewart, Surrey High-Performance advior, aid, Im delighted to bring the highly rated Sai Kihore into our quad for the next two Kookaburra game. All the report I have received from people I repect in the Indian game have poken highly of him. Hi four-day record for Tamil Nadu i very good, and he bring leaderhip experience to the group.
Hi upcoming tint will mark hi firt appearance in the County Championhip. The 28-year-old, who ha repreented India in three T20I, ha been on a teady diet of the hortet format of cricket. He turned out to be the econd-highet wicket-taker among pinner with 19 calp in the 18th eaon of the Indian Premier League (IPL) while featuring for the Gujarat Titan.
On Sunday, he captained hi ide, Tiruppur Tamizhan, to their maiden title win in the Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL) 2025. During hi campaign in the IPL 2025, Kihore impreed New Zealand decorated pinner and former kipper Daniel Vettori.
Sai Kihore ha been the pick [of the pinner]. He been fantatic, and I think he wa a guy we looked very cloely at in the auction and wanted him in the team. He very brave, hi ability to turn the ball and change hi pace and angle from over and around the wicket, Vettori aid at a pre conference during the tournament.
I think it ort of et up a template for other pinner to ee how you can actually compete and ucceed, and he done it on good batting wicket a well. I know he came to Hyderabad and bowled exceptionally well. I think he been incredibly impreive, he added.
While Kihore ha caught the attention of the world with hi robut pell in the T20, hi red-ball number tand out a well. He ha cythed 192 wicket in 46 firt-cla game at an average of 23.51 while maintaining an economy rate of 2.76. In the 2023-24 Ranji Trophy eaon, Kihore finihed a the highet wicket-taker with 53 calp in nine matche at 18.52. (ANI)