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{{Infobox cricketer
| name = P. M. K. Mohandas
| image =
| country = India
| fullname = Ponnambath Mambally Krishnan Mohandas
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1948|1|31|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Mahé, India|Mahé]], [[French India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2004|10|17|1948|1|31|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Thiruvananthapuram]], [[Kerala]], [[India]]
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm medium-fast
| family = [[P. M. K. Raghunath]] (brother)<br/>[[A. P. M. Gopalakrishnan]] (cousin)<br/>[[P. M. Raghavan]] (uncle)<br/>[[P. M. Anandan]] (uncle)
| role =
| club1 = [[Kerala cricket team|Kerala]]
| year1 = 1972
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
| matches1 = 3
| runs1 = 51
| bat avg1 = 17.00
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0
| top score1 = 24
| deliveries1 = 120
| wickets1 = 3
| bowl avg1 = 24.00
| fivefor1 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 3/33
| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–
| date = 21 July
| year = 2015
| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/35/35735/35735.html CricketArchive
}}
'''Ponnambath Mambally Krishnan Mohandas''' (31 January 1948 – 17 October 2004) was an Indian [[cricket]]er who played at [[first-class cricket|first-class]] level for [[Kerala cricket team|Kerala]] during the 1972–73 season. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler.

Mohandas was born in [[Mahé, India|Mahé]], in what was then part of [[French India]] but is now a district of the [[Union Territory]] of [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]].<ref name="prof">[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/35/35735/35735.html Krishnan Mohandas] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 July 2015.</ref> He played state-level schools cricket for Kerala, which borders Mahé, in the early 1960s,<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/35/35735/Miscellaneous_Matches.html Miscellaneous matches played by Krishnan Mohandas] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 July 2015.</ref> but did not play for the senior team until October 1972, when he made his [[Ranji Trophy]] debut against [[Andhra cricket team|Andhra]].<ref name="fc">[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/35/35735/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Krishnan Mohandas] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 July 2015.</ref> Mohandas's first match was the first Ranji match of the season for Kerala, and he was one of eight debutants from both sides in a game where play was possible only on two days. He opened the bowling with [[Mohammed Ibrahim (cricketer)|Mohammed Ibrahim]] in Andhra's only innings without taking a wicket, but when coming in as a number-eleven batsman scored 24 runs out of a 29-run last-wicket stand with [[Ponmanichi Mackey]].<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/32/32915.html Andhra v Kerala], Ranji Trophy 1972/73 (South Zone) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 July 2015.</ref> In the next match, against [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]], Mohandas took 3/33 to be Kerala's best bowler in the first innings, as the side slumped to a 10-wicket loss.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/32/32923.html Hyderabad v Kerala], Ranji Trophy 1972/73 (South Zone) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 July 2015.</ref> Given only four overs against Mysore (now [[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]), he went wicketless as his side was defeated within two days,<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/32/32934.html Kerala v Mysore], Ranji Trophy 1972/73 (South Zone) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 July 2015.</ref> and was then dropped for Kerala's final match of the season, against [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]].<ref name="fc"/>

In October 2004, at the age of 56, Mohandas died at his [[Thiruvananthapuram]] residence of a "massive heart attack".<ref>(18 October 2004). [http://www.thehindu.com/2004/10/18/stories/2004101809901800.htm "P.M.K. Mohandas passes away"]{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} – ''[[The Hindu]]''. Retrieved 21 July 2015.</ref><ref>(17 October 2004). [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/Former-Ranji-player-dies/articleshow/888754.cms "Former Ranji player dies"] – ''[[The Times of India]]''. Retrieved 21 July 2015.</ref> [[P. M. K. Raghunath]], his younger brother, also played first-class cricket for Kerala, making his debut during the 1973–74 season.<ref name="prof"/> Their father, P. M. Krishnan, had had a longstanding involvement with what is now the [[Kerala Cricket Association]].<ref>A. S. Balakrishnan (2000). [http://audio.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/NATIONAL/IND/FC_TEAMS/KERALA/HISTORY/KERALA-HISTORY.html "History of Kerala cricket"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140504153620/http://audio.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/NATIONAL/IND/FC_TEAMS/KERALA/HISTORY/KERALA-HISTORY.html |date=4 May 2014 }} – Kerala Cricket Association. Retrieved 21 July 2015.</ref> A teammate of Mohandas in all three of his first-class appearances was his cousin, [[A. P. M. Gopalakrishnan]], whose father, [[P. M. Raghavan]], and uncle, [[P. M. Anandan]] (both uncles of Mohandas and his brother), each played at first-class level for Travancore-Cochin, Kerala's predecessor.<ref name="prof"/> Outside of cricket, the family's business was baking.<ref>[http://bestotelkottayam.com/About.aspx The History of Bestotel & Best Bakers] – Bestotel Best Bakers. Retrieved 21 July 2015.</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:1948 births]]
[[Category:Kerala cricketers]]
[[Category:Indian cricketers]]
[[Category:People from Mahe district]]
[[Category:People of French India]]
[[Category:2004 deaths]]
[[Category:Cricketers from Thiruvananthapuram]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Puducherry]]

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