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{{Infobox cricketer<br />
| name = Suri Gopalakrishna<br />
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| caption =<br />
| country = India<br />
| fullname = <br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1943|6|26|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Kolar Gold Fields]], [[Karnataka|Mysore]], India<br />
| death_date = <br />
| death_place = <br />
| batting = Right-handed<br />
| bowling = Right-arm medium pace<br />
| family = <br />
| club1 = [[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]]<br />
| year1 = 1965-66<br />
| club2 = [[Kerala cricket team|Kerala]]<br />
| year2 = 1967-68 – 1977-75<br />
| columns = 1<br />
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]<br />
| matches1 = 19 <br />
| runs1 = 948<br />
| bat avg1 = 27.08<br />
| 100s/50s1 = 1/2<br />
| top score1 = 100<br />
| deliveries1 = 216<br />
| wickets1 = 3<br />
| bowl avg1 = 39.33<br />
| fivefor1 = 0<br />
| tenfor1 = 0<br />
| best bowling1 = 1/14<br />
| catches/stumpings1= 7/0<br />
| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/35/35778/35778.html CricketArchive<br />
| date = 6 February 2017<br />
}}<br />
'''Suri Gopalakrishna''' (born 26 June 1943) is a former [[cricketer]] who played [[first-class cricket]] in [[India]] from 1965 to 1974.<br />
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Gopalakrishna was born in [[Karnataka|Mysore]], where he grew up,<ref name="TH">{{cite news| work=The Hindu| first=P. K.|last=Ajith Kumar|accessdate=6 February 2017| title=Memories of a great hundred and more |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/memories-of-a-great-hundred-and-more/article4774506.ece|date=2 June 2013}}</ref> but he made his first-class debut for [[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]], playing two matches for them in 1965-66.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/35/35778/First-Class_Matches.html | title = First-class matches played by Suri Gopalakrishna | publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate = 6 February 2017}}</ref> He moved to [[Kerala]] to work with the [[State Bank of Travancore]], and after playing for the bank's cricket team in the local competition he was selected to play for [[Kerala cricket team|Kerala]] in 1967-68.<ref name="TH"/><br />
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He had his best season in 1969-70, when he opened the innings and scored 359 runs in the [[Ranji Trophy]] at an average of 51.28, dominating Kerala's batting.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1969-70/Kerala_Batting.html | title = Batting and Fielding for Kerala | publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate = 6 February 2017}}</ref> He top-scored in five of Kerala’s eight innings, and in the match against [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Madras]] he scored his only century.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/30/30510.html | title = Madras v Kerala 1969-70 | publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate = 6 February 2017}}</ref><ref name="TH"/><br />
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He played for Kerala till 1974-75. He now lives in [[Hyderabad]].<ref name="TH"/><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{cricketarchive|id=35778}}<br />
*{{cricinfo|id=29057}}<br />
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[[Category:Living people]]<br />
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[[Category:Bihar cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Kerala cricketers]]<br />
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