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| Personnel | |
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| Captain | Mayank Agarwal |
| Coach | Yere Goud |
| Owner | Karnataka State Cricket Association |
| Team information | |
| Founded | 1879 (146 years ago) (1879) |
| Home ground | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium,Bengaluru |
| Capacity | 35,000[1] |
| History | |
| First-class debut | Madras in 1934 at Madras Cricket Club Ground, Madras |
| Ranji Trophy wins | 8 |
| Irani Cup wins | 6 |
| Vijay Hazare Trophy wins | 5 |
| Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy wins | 2 |
| Official website | KSCA |
Karnataka cricket team represents theIndian state ofKarnataka in domesticcricket competitions. It has traditionally been one of the strongest teams in the domestic circuit and has produced many ofIndian cricket team's iconic players. It was known asMysore cricket team before the state of Mysore was officially renamed as Karnataka in 1973. It has won theRanji Trophy eight times and been runners-up six times (including twice as the Mysore team). The team's home ground is theM. Chinnaswamy Stadium inBengaluru. There was a major push in cricketing infrastructure in 2010s and as of now, grounds inBengaluru,Mysuru,Hubballi are constantly used inRanji Trophy,Vijay Hazare Trophy &Karnataka Premier League
Karnataka has produced some of the best cricketers from the southern part of India. There was a time during the late 90s when 8 out of 11 players were from Karnataka and from 1996 to 2001 there were about 4–5 players from Karnataka State consistently representing the Indian team.
Karnataka has been the most dominant domestic cricket team of this decade(2010–19), winning 2 Ranji trophies, 2 Irani Cups, 4 Vijay Hazare trophies and 2 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy titles. This has been due to the emergence of a number of young players likeK. L. Rahul,Manish Pandey,Karun Nair,Shreyas Gopal &Krishnappa Gowtham in presence of established players likeVinay Kumar,Abhimanyu Mithun,Sreenath Aravind,Robin Uthappa &C. M. Gautam
In the 90s, Karnataka was dominant along with Mumbai, winning the Ranji Trophies in the 1995/96, 1998/99 and the 1997/98 seasons, winning the finals againstTamil Nadu,Madhya Pradesh andUttar Pradesh respectively. This strong run in the Ranji Trophy was due to the emergence of players likeRahul Dravid,Anil Kumble,Javagal Srinath,Sunil Joshi,Venkatesh Prasad,Vijay Bharadwaj &Dodda Ganesh all of whom went on to represent country.
Before that, the team ofE.A.S. Prasanna,Bhagwat Chandrasekhar,Gundappa Viswanath,Roger Binny,Brijesh Patel,Raghuram Bhat &Syed Kirmani led Karnataka to 3 Ranji titles (and 3 runners up title) in a span of 10 years between 1973 and 1982.
In theIrani Trophy, Karnataka has won six times and lost twice against the Rest of India team.
The team showed good performance in 2007–08 season. As international players had to move in and out of the squad due to their national duties, the team could not adjust well with the changes in a short period.
A young Karnataka unit performed well in the 2009–10 season and made it to the finals comfortably. The finals took place at the picturesque Gangotri Glades in Mysuru, where Karnataka, backed by a charged full-house crowd, came up with a spirited performance but lost to Mumbai by just 6 runs.Manish Pandey was the highest scorer of the season with 882 runs from 9 matches.
The team emerged winners in the 2013–14 season under the captaincy ofVinay Kumar beating Maharashtra by 7 wickets in the finals played at Hyderabad. They went on to win theIrani Trophy (vs Rest of India) andVijay Hazare Trophy (domestic ODI tournament) in the same season, thus completing a historic treble.
Karnataka continued their dominance in 2014–15 season too. Firstly, they successfully defended the Vijay Hazare Trophy, winning their final against Punjab by 156 runs. They had a stupendous run in the Ranji Trophy too, and beat Tamil Nadu by an innings and 217 runs in thefinal at Mumbai to retain the trophy.Karun Nair scored 328, the highest ever individual score in a Ranji Trophy final (betteringGul Mohammad's 319, scored in the 1946/47 season final). Vinay Kumar became the first captain to pick up a five-wicket haul and score a century in a Ranji final. In the Irani Trophygame that followed, they beat the Rest of India team by 246 runs and retained the trophy. By doing so, they not only repeated the historic treble of the previous season, but also became only the second domestic team (after Bombay) to bag back-to-back Irani Cups.
Karnataka had a modest2015–16 Ranji season, chalking up 2 wins, 1 loss and 5 draws in the league stage. They did not qualify for the knock-outs. Karnataka's only loss came against Maharashtra in their final league game, which ended an unbeaten streak of 37 first-class matches (20 wins, 17 draws) that stretched back to November 2012. Karnataka did not qualify for the knock-outs in the Vijay Hazare Trophy too, despite winning 4 of their 6 league games.
In the2016–17 Ranji season, Karnataka had a good run until the quarter-finals, where they werebeaten by Tamil Nadu in a low scoring game.
Karnataka had a dominant run in the2017–18 Ranji season, notching up 4 wins and 2 draws and topping Group A. They faced Mumbai in the quarter-finals and inflicted aninnings defeat on them. However, they suffered a heart-breaking 5-runloss to Vidarbha in the semifinals and bowed out of the competition.Mayank Agarwal (1160 runs) andKrishnappa Gowtham (34 wickets) were the stand-out performers of the season.
In the 2018–19 domestic season, Karnataka won their maiden T20 title. They beat Maharashtra by 8 wickets in thefinal of theSyed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. They went on to defend their title in the 2019–20 season when they beat Tamil Nadu by 1 run in the finals.
Players from Karnataka who have played Test cricket for India, along with year of Test debut:
Players from Karnataka who have played ODI but not Test cricket for India, along with year of ODI debut :
Players from Karnataka who have played T20I but not ODI or Test cricket for India, along with year of T20I debut :
Cricketers who played a small portion of their first-class career for Karnataka, and played Test cricket for India, along with year of Test debut :
Other notable Cricketers who played a considerable portion of their first-class career for Karnataka :
† indicates inductees of KSCA Hall of Fame[2]
Players with international caps are listed inbold.
| Name | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
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| Batsmen | ||||
| Mayank Agarwal | (1991-02-16)16 February 1991 (age 34) | Right-handed | Right-armoff break | Captain |
| R Smaran | (2003-05-05)5 May 2003 (age 21) | Left-handed | Right-armoff break | |
| Abhinav Manohar | (1994-09-16)16 September 1994 (age 30) | Right-handed | Right-armleg break | Plays forSunrisers Hyderabad inIPL |
| Nikin Jose | (2000-08-21)21 August 2000 (age 24) | Right-handed | Right-armoff break | Vice-captain |
| Manish Pandey | (1989-09-10)10 September 1989 (age 35) | Right-handed | Right-armoff break | Plays forKolkata Knight Riders inIPL |
| KV Aneesh | (2001-07-13)13 July 2001 (age 23) | Right-handed | ||
| Devdutt Padikkal | (2000-07-07)7 July 2000 (age 24) | Left-handed | Right-armoff break | Plays forRoyal Challengers Bengaluru inIPL |
| KL Rahul | (1992-04-18)18 April 1992 (age 32) | Right-handed | Plays forDelhi Capitals inIPL | |
| LR Chethan | (2000-05-25)25 May 2000 (age 24) | Right-handed | ||
| All-rounders | ||||
| Praveen Dubey | (1993-07-01)1 July 1993 (age 31) | Right-handed | Right-armleg break | Plays forPunjab Kings inIPL |
| Yashovardhan Parantap | (2003-12-03)3 December 2003 (age 21) | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | |
| Manoj Bhandage | (1998-10-05)5 October 1998 (age 26) | Left-handed | Right-armmedium | Plays forRoyal Challengers Bengaluru inIPL |
| Wicket-keepers | ||||
| KL Shrijith | (1996-08-12)12 August 1996 (age 28) | Left-handed | Plays forMumbai Indians inIPL | |
| Sujay Sateri | (1999-04-04)4 April 1999 (age 26) | Right-handed | ||
| Spin Bowlers | ||||
| Shreyas Gopal | (1993-09-04)4 September 1993 (age 31) | Right-handed | Right-armleg break | Plays forChennai Super Kings inIPL |
| Hardik Raj | (2006-03-10)10 March 2006 (age 19) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| Shubhang Hegde | (2001-03-30)30 March 2001 (age 24) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| Macneil Noronha | (2001-09-23)23 September 2001 (age 23) | Right-handed | Right-armoff break | |
| Pace Bowlers | ||||
| Vasuki Koushik | (1992-09-19)19 September 1992 (age 32) | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | |
| Vidyadhar Patil | (2000-09-05)5 September 2000 (age 24) | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | |
| Vijaykumar Vyshak | (1997-01-31)31 January 1997 (age 28) | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | Plays forPunjab Kings inIPL |
| Abhilash Shetty | (1998-06-06)6 June 1998 (age 26) | Left-handed | Left-armmedium | |
| Prasidh Krishna | (1996-02-19)19 February 1996 (age 29) | Right-handed | Right-armfast-medium | Plays forGujarat Titans inIPL |
| Manvanth Kumar | (2004-01-11)11 January 2004 (age 21) | Left-handed | Right-armmedium | Plays forDelhi Capitals inIPL |
Updated as on 30 January 2025
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