Sai Kishore signs with Surrey for County Championship stint

New Delhi [India], July 7 (ANI): Left-arm pinner R Sai Kihore i all et to play county cricket, having igned with Surrey for two matche in Diviion One of the County Championhip. The 28-year-old will be available toward the end of July, a per ESPNcricinfo.
Hi firt match i likely to be in Scarborough, where he could face hi former Chennai Super King (CSK) teammate Ruturaj Gaikwad, who i currently playing for Yorkhire. Sai Kihore econd and final game of the tint will be againt Durham at Cheter-le-Street from July 29 to Augut 1.
Im really excited to be joining Surrey for the next two County Championhip matche, Sai Kihore aid in a tatement, a quoted from ESPNcricinfo.
Surrey are 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, he added.
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, he added, a quoted from ESPNcricinfo.
Sai Kihore ha motly played T20 cricket in recent month. In the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025, he wa one of the mot ucceful pinner, taking 19 wicket in 15 matche for the Gujarat Titan (GT), with an economy rate of 9.24. Recently, he alo led hi club ide to it firt-ever Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL) title.
Although known for hi white-ball performance, Sai Kihore alo boat trong red-ball credential. He ha taken 192 wicket in 46 firt-cla matche at an average of 23.51 at an economy rate of 2.76. In the 2023-24 Ranji Trophy, he wa the leading wicket-taker, picking up 53 wicket in nine matche a Tamil Nadu reached the emi-final.
Thi hort tint with Surrey give Sai Kihore a valuable opportunity to remind elector of hi red-ball abilitie and prepare for the upcoming dometic eaon.
He no tranger to Englih condition, having been a reerve player during India 2022 tour. He bowled 14 over in a warm-up game and even dimied Chetehwar Pujara.
So far, Sai Kihore ha played three T20 international for India. After hi county game, he may return to play in the Buchi Babu tournament before the Ranji Trophy begin. Under hi leaderhip, Tamil Nadu ha conitently made it to the knockout tage in recent eaon.
Surrey, aiming to win their fourth traight County Championhip title, will hope Sai Kihore add value to their quad. Hi Tamil Nadu and Gujarat Titan teammate, B Sai Sudharan, played a role in Surrey title win in 2023 and 2024. (ANI)