Bharat Chipli (Kannada: ಭರತ್ ಚಿಪ್ಲಿ) (born 27 January 1983 in

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Karnataka Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Karnat ...

) is an Indian

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er who plays for Karnataka in first-class cricket.

Career

He studied at BHS College, Jayanagar, Bangalore. He plays for Swastic Union Cricket Club (I) in the KSCA Group, I Division. Chipli, an aggressive opening bat and also a dynamic fielder in the Karnataka Ranji squad. The right-hander was initially a part of the

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and was quite recently picked up by the

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in the Indian Premier League.

IPL 2011

Chipli was picked by the

for their 2011 campaign. Chipli made his debut in

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4 against the formidable side

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. His second match for

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was against the

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where he scored 48 runs off 40 balls which was the highest individual score for his team. But

went on to lose that match by 9 runs. His match winning innings came against his old franchisee

when he scored a blistering 65 runs off 35 balls with five 4s and three 6s.

IPL 2012

In IPL 2012 Season Chipli failed to live up to the expectation of his franchise and fans with mediocre scores of 10 (against CSK), 1 (against MI), DNB (against RR), 25* (against DD) while batting.

References

External links

Bharath Chipli's Official Twitter Page
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