Karumanaseri Narayanaiyer Ananthapadmanabhan (born 8 September 1969) is an Indian former

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er from the state of

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. He played for the India "A" national team in international cricket and for South Zone and Kerala in Indian domestic cricket. He is the former captain of Kerala state Ranji trophy team. He now serves as an

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at the first-class level and officiates in all the major domestic cricket tournaments in India, including the Ranji Trophy and

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. In August 2020, Ananthapadmanabhan was promoted to the

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and the South Zone in first-class and

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in India. He also represent India "A" team in the international cricket. He was a right-arm

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bowler and was efficient in bowling leg break and

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. In his first-class career, Ananthapadmanabhan took 344 wickets from the 105 matches he played. He also scored three hundreds, including a double century and thus played the role of an able

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for his team. Ananthapadmanabhan enjoyed a very successful first-class career but could not go on to represent the national team

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at the

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or ODI level, largely because his career coincided with the Indian leg spinner

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. KN Anathapadamanabhan's miserable tale is one of the untold stories of Indian cricket.

Umpiring career

Ananthapadmanabhan is now an

and he officiates in major domestic tournaments in India since 2008. During the

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, he went on to stand in the 2nd semi-final between

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and

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from 13 to 17 February 2016. He also officiated in matches in the

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. During the

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, he was appointed to stand in the 2nd semi-final between

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and

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from 1–5 January 2017. He stood in matches in the 2017 Indian Premier League. In August 2020 he was elevated to the ICC panel of international umpires. He stood in his first

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(T20I) match, between India and England on 12 March 2021. He stood in his first One Day International (ODI) match, also between India and England, on 23 March 2021.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ananthapadmanabhan, KN 1969 births Living people Kerala cricketers South Zone cricketers Indian cricketers Indian cricket umpires Indian One Day International cricket umpires Indian Twenty20 International cricket umpires Cricketers from Thiruvananthapuram

Umpiring career

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