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{{Infobox cricketer<br />
| name = C. S. Sureshkumar<br />
| image = <br />
| country = India<br />
| fullname = <br />
| nickname = CS<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|10|6|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Madras]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India<br />
| heightft = <br />
| heightinch = <br />
| heightm = <br />
| batting = Right <br />
| bowling =<br />
| role = Batsman<br />
| club1 = [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]]<br />
| year1 = 1982/83–1987/88<br />
| clubnumber1 = <br />
| columns = 2<br />
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]<br />
| matches1 = 24<br />
| runs1 = 1,265<br />
| bat avg1 = 33.33<br />
| 100s/50s1 = 6/1<br />
| top score1 = 162<br />
| deliveries1 = 12<br />
| wickets1 = 0<br />
| bowl avg1 = –<br />
| fivefor1 = –<br />
| tenfor1 = –<br />
| best bowling1 = –<br />
| catches/stumpings1 = 8/–<br />
| column2 = [[List A cricket|List A]]<br />
| matches2 = 1<br />
| runs2 = 26<br />
| bat avg2 = 26.00<br />
| 100s/50s2 = 1/0<br />
| top score2 = 26<br />
| deliveries2 = –<br />
| wickets2 = –<br />
| bowl avg2 = –<br />
| fivefor2 = –<br />
| tenfor2 = n/a<br />
| best bowling2 = –<br />
| catches/stumpings2 = 0/–<br />
| date = 7 February<br />
| year = 2016<br />
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/34805.html ESPNcricinfo<br />
}}<br />
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'''C. S. Sureshkumar''' (born 6 October 1959) is an Indian former [[first-class cricket|first-class]] [[cricket]]er who played for [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]]. He became a cricket coach after retirement.<br />
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==Career==<br />
After representing [[India national under-19 cricket team]] in 1978–79, Sureshkumar made his first-class debut for Tamil Nadu three seasons later. He played as a right-handed top-order batsman and also represented South Zone and the Board President's XI. In his 24 first-class appearances, he made more than 1000 runs including six centuries and a solitary fifty. Five of those centuries came in his first nine Ranji Trophy matches from 1982–83 to 1983–84.<ref>{{cite web|title=First-Class Matches played by CS Sureshkumar |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/25/25053/First-Class_Matches.html|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=7 February 2016}}</ref><ref name="tnie"/> His final first-class appearance came in the [[1987–88 Ranji Trophy]].<br />
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After his playing career, Sureshkumar took up cricket coaching. A Level C NCA qualified coach,<ref>{{cite web|title=NCA QUALIFIED LEVEL 'C' COACHES|url=http://www.ismcouture.com/node/981|publisher=ismcouture.com|accessdate=7 February 2016}}</ref> he worked as the batting coach of the [[National Cricket Academy]] and a batting consultant to the Indian under-19 team. In June 2009, the [[Kerala Cricket Association]] appointed him as the head coach of [[Kerala cricket team]] ahead of the [[2009–10 Ranji Trophy]] season.<ref name="tnie">{{cite web|last1=Pillai|first1=Pradeep|title=CS Suresh to coach Kerala|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/article105571.ece|publisher=The New Indian Express|accessdate=7 February 2016|date=9 June 2009}}</ref> He runs a cricket academy in [[Chennai]] called "C. S. Suresh Kumar Cricket Academy" where first-class cricketers have trained. [[Dinesh Karthik]], who was a [[leg spin]] bowler, became a [[wicket-keeper]] at the academy.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Rajan|first1=Sanjay|title=Full of promise|url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/10/10/stories/2002101000770400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030914021104/http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/10/10/stories/2002101000770400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 September 2003|accessdate=7 February 2016|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=10 October 2002}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title='Dinesh becoming a wicketkeeper was accidental'|url=http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2004/aug/12spec2.htm|publisher=Rediff|accessdate=7 February 2016|date=12 August 2004}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{cricinfo|ref=ci/content/player/34805.html}}<br />
* {{cricketarchive|ref=Archive/Players/25/25053/25053.html}}<br />
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[[Category:1959 births]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Indian cricketers]]<br />
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[[Category:South Zone cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Indian cricket coaches]]<br />
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