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{{short description|Indian cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Basil Thampi
| image =
| country = India
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|9|11|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Ernakulam district|Ernakulam]], [[Kerala]], India
| death_date =
| death_place =
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm [[fast bowling|fast-medium]]
| role = [[Bowler (cricket)|Bowler]]

| club1 = [[Kerala cricket team|Kerala]]
| year1 = 2015–present
| club2 = [[Gujarat Lions]]
| year2 = 2017
| club3 = [[Sunrisers Hyderabad]]
| year3 = 2018–present

| date = 12 March 2018
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/732291.html Cricinfo
}}
'''Basil Thampi''' (born 11 September 1993) is an Indian [[cricket]]er who represents [[Kerala cricket team|Kerala]] in the domestic cricket and [[Sunrisers Hyderabad]] in [[Indian Premier League]].<ref name="Bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/732291.html |title=Basil Thampi |accessdate=15 October 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm [[fast bowling|medium pacer]]. He made his [[Indian Premier League|IPL]] debut for [[Gujarat Lions]] in the [[2017 Indian Premier League]] and was named the "Emerging player of the season".<ref>{{cite web|author=Vignesh Ananthasubramanian |url=https://cricket.yahoo.com/news/ipl-2017-list-award-winners-020100710.html |title=IPL 2017: List of award winners and their prize money |publisher=Cricket.yahoo.com |date= |accessdate=22 May 2017}}</ref>

==Career==
Thampi made his [[first-class cricket|first-class]] debut for [[Kerala cricket team|Kerala]] in the [[2014–15 Ranji Trophy]] on 6 February 2015.<ref name="FC">{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/775673.html |title=Ranji Trophy, Group C: Kerala v Goa at Wayanad, Dec 7–10, 2014 |accessdate=15 October 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> In February 2017, he was bought by the [[Gujarat Lions]] team for the [[2017 Indian Premier League]] (IPL) for {{INR|85 [[lakh]]s}}.<ref name="IPL">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2017/content/story/1083407.html |title=List of players sold and unsold at IPL auction 2017 |accessdate=20 February 2017 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> During the 2017 season of IPL, Thampi received the "Emerging Player Award".<ref>{{cite web|author=Vignesh Ananthasubramanian |url=https://cricket.yahoo.com/news/ipl-2017-list-award-winners-020100710.html |title=IPL 2017: List of award winners and their prize money |publisher=Cricket.yahoo.com |accessdate=22 May 2017}}</ref>

Thampi was a [[Cricket nets|net bowler]] for the [[India national cricket team|Indian team]] during their four-match Test series against Australia in [[Australian cricket team in India in 2016–17|February–March 2017]].<ref name="140kph">{{cite web |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/ipl-2017-10/140kph-and-counting-gujarat-lions-basil-thampi-kerala-ipl-4644300/ |title=IPL 2017: Basil Thampi — 140kph and counting |accessdate=7 May 2017 |work=The Indian Express}}</ref>

In November 2017, he was named in India's [[Twenty20 International]] (T20I) squad for their series [[Sri Lankan cricket team in India in 2017–18|against Sri Lanka]], but he did not play.<ref name="IndT20I">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/21664568/washington-sundar,-basil-thampi,-deepak-hooda-india-t20-squad |title=Washington Sundar, Thampi, Hooda in India's T20 squad|accessdate=4 December 2017 |work= ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> In January 2018, he was bought by the [[Sunrisers Hyderabad]] in the [[List of 2018 Indian Premier League personnel changes|2018 IPL auction]].<ref name="IPL2018">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/22218394/ipl-2018-player-auction-list-sold-unsold-players |title=List of sold and unsold players |accessdate=27 January 2018 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>

In July 2018, he was named in the squad for India Blue for the [[2018–19 Duleep Trophy]],<ref name="Duleep18">{{cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/24173214/sanju-samson-picked-india-passing-yo-yo-test |title=Samson picked for India A after passing Yo-Yo test |work=ESPN Cricinfo |date=23 July 2018 |accessdate=23 July 2018}}</ref> travelling through the [[2018 Kerala floods|flooding in Kerala]] to make the start of the season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/24479678/how-basil-thampi-braved-kerala-floods-make-cricket |title=How Basil Thampi braved the Kerala floods to make it to the cricket |work=ESPN Cricinfo |accessdate=26 August 2018}}</ref>

In August 2019, he was named in the India Blue team's squad for the [[2019–20 Duleep Trophy]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/27331972/shubman-gill-priyank-panchal-faiz-fazal-lead-duleep-trophy-sides |title=Shubman Gill, Priyank Panchal and Faiz Fazal to lead Duleep Trophy sides |work=ESPN Cricinfo |accessdate=6 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cricketcountry.com/news/duleep-trophy-2019-shubman-gill-faiz-fazal-and-priyank-panchal-to-lead-duleep-trophy-2019-squad-fixtures-schedule-876560 |title=Duleep Trophy 2019: Shubman Gill, Faiz Fazal and Priyank Panchal to lead as Indian domestic cricket season opens |work=Cricket Country |accessdate=6 August 2019}}</ref>

==Playing style==
Thampi bowls at a speed in excess of 140 kmph<ref name="140kph"/> and is known for bowling [[yorker]]s consistently. Former India fast bowler and bowling coach of Kerala [[Tinu Yohannan]] described Thampi as "athletic" and "quite strong",<ref name="prospect">{{cite web |url=http://www.firstpost.com/sports/ipl-2017-basil-thampi-is-a-good-prospect-and-will-represent-india-soon-says-ex-cricketer-tinu-yohannan-3397442.html |title=IPL 2017: Basil Thampi is a good prospect and will represent India soon, says ex-cricketer Tinu Yohannan |accessdate=7 May 2017 |work=Firstpost}}</ref> and added, "He's very deceptive. He has a round-arm action where he can really get the ball to move. He can reverse the old ball."<ref name="lion">{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/ipl/top-stories/thampi-gujarats-sole-roaring-lion/articleshow/58227716.cms |title=Thampi: Gujarat's sole 'roaring Lion' |accessdate=7 May 2017 |work=The Times of India}}</ref> Thampi has stated that he "got [his] yorkers from [[tennis ball cricket]]."<ref name="yorkers">{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/ipl/top-stories/ipl-2017-basil-thampis-yorkers-at-death-made-the-difference-says-sitanshu-kotak/articleshow/58313247.cms |title=IPL 2017: Basil Thampi's yorkers at death made the difference, says Sitanshu Kotak |accessdate=7 May 2017 |work=The Times of India}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{cricinfo|id=732291}}

{{Kerala cricket squad}}
{{Sunrisers Hyderabad squad}}
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[[Category:Kerala cricketers]]
[[Category:India Blue cricketers]]
[[Category:India Red cricketers]]
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[[Category:Cricketers from Kochi]]

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