Nivethan Radhakrishnan (born 25 November 2002) is an Indian-born Australian cricketer.[2] He is an all-rounder who bats left-handed and possesses the ability to bowl both right-arm and left-arm spin.[3][4]
Radhakrishnan was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. He moved to Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, in 2013 at the age of 10, with his father, mother and older brother.[5][6][7][8] He has cited West Indies all-rounder Sir Garfield Sobers as his idol.[9]
Radhakrishnan spent the 2017 and 2018 Tamil Nadu Premier League seasons with Karaikudi Kaalai and Dindigul Dragons, respectively.[10][5][11] In 2019, he played for an Australian Under-16 team in Dubai against Pakistan. In 2020, he was one of the four cricketers to win the Bill O'Reilly Medal and also received the Basil Sellers Scholarship.[12][13] In 2021, he was a net bowler for the Indian Premier League franchise, the Delhi Capitals.[1] In the same year, he earned his first professional contract with the Tasmanian Tigers.[14][15]
In December 2021, he was named in Australia's team for the 2022 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup in the West Indies.[16] He made his first-class debut on 18 February 2022, for Tasmania in the 2021–22 Sheffield Shield season.[17]
