Shanthakumaran Sreesanth (born February 6, 1983), also known as Gopu, is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-arm medium-pace bowler. He was born in Kothamangalam in Kerala.
He is only the only Kerala bowler to have taken a Ranji Trophy hat-trick. He was selected for the Duleep Trophy in 2002/03 after taking 22 wickets in his first seven games of his first season.
He came back from a hamstring injury in 2004, with a good show in the Challenger Trophy, in 2005. That earned him a place in the one-day international team for the Sri Lankan series in the 2005-06 season, and he made his Test debut against England later in the same season.
His best ODI bowling figures are 4-58, which he gained in the 5th One Day International between India and Pakistan in the former's tour of Pakistan on February 19, 2006.