Rohan Sushil Kunnummal (born 10 May 1998) is an Indian cricketer who represents Kerala in domestic cricket. He is a right-handed opening batter and occasional right-arm offbreak bowler.[1]
Early life
Rohan was born on 10 May 1998 in Palakkad district of Kerala to Sushil S. Kunnummal, an entrepreneur and Krishna M, a Bank Manager. He has a younger sister, Jitha. He was brought up on Koyilandi, Kozhikode.[2][3]
He was initially trained under his father, a cricket enthusiast and former cricketer. At the age of nine, he started training at Sussex Cricket Academy, Kozhikode, under coach Santhosh Kumar.[4] He pursued a B.A. degree in English literature from Malabar Christian College, Kozhikode.[5]
He featured in the Kerala XI for 2021-22 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy after an injury to veteran Robin Uthappa[19] and finished the tournament as Kerala's second-highest run-scorer, hitting 168 runs from 5 matches including two half-centuries.[20] He continued his good form in the Vijay Hazare Trophy season that followed, scoring 264 runs from 6 matches and top-scored the Kerala batters.[21] He scored his maiden first class century against Meghalaya in the opening day of the 2021-22 Ranji Trophy.[22] In the next match against Gujarat, he scored centuries in both the innings' becoming the second Kerala batter after Sambasiva Sarma to achieve the feat. He also became the first Kerala player to score three consecutive hundreds in Ranji Trophy.[23]
In August 2022, he was named in the South Zone's team for the 2022-23 Duleep Trophy.[24] In his debut match for the team, he scored a century in the first innings and followed it with a half century in the second.[25]
In November 2022, he earned his maiden call-up to India A team for Bangladesh tour.[26]
Playing style
Rohan is an attacking opening batsman,[4] who is particularly aggressive against spin bowling. Former Indian cricketer Tinu Yohannan noted him as a "match-winner" and praised his hand-eye coordination.[27]
