Konganda Charamanna Cariappa (born 13 April 1994), commonly known as K.C. Cariappa, is an Indian professional

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er who plays for

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in Indian Premier League.

Playing style

KC Cariappa is a mystery spinner who bowls

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, whose stock delivery is the

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. He has variations such as the googly, the quicker ball, the

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as well as the

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which he bowls without changing the grip.

Career

Cariappa started playing cricket at the age of 17 as

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, but later switched to spin bowling. In 2014, Cariappa played for the Karnataka Under-19 team and Bijapur Bulls in the Karnataka Premier League (KPL). He finished as the third-highest wicket-taker at the KPL and grabbed the attention of a few IPL scouts during the tournament. He was included in

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's 30-man probable squad for Ranji Trophy, but was not selected in the final squad. In September 2014, he was asked to bowl in the trials for Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) during a training camp in Hyderabad before the start of

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. The captain of KKR,

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failed to read his bowling during the trials, and the team management asked Cariappa to sign-up for the 2015 IPL auction. In February 2015, Cariappa was bought by KKR at the IPL auction for , an unusually huge amount as Cariappa had not played any form of top-level cricket before he was signed-up by the Knight Riders. The Managing Director and CEO of Kolkata Knight Riders,

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responded after the auction, "Some of the top players that we have including the legendary Kallis found him (Cariappa) to be very unusual and extremely good, and we decided to give him a shot." He made his senior cricket debut during the

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for the Knight Riders against the

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on 11 April 2015 and picked up the wicket of AB de Villiers. This was the only time he played for them that season. He was released from their squad the very next season. At the next auction, he was picked up by Kings XI Punjab for a lower price of . In 2019, he returned to Kolkata Knight Riders as a replacement when

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got injured. He was released by the Kolkata Knight Riders ahead of the 2020 IPL auction. In February 2021, Cariappa was bought by the

in the IPL auction ahead of the

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. He made his

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debut on 8 December 2021, for Karnataka in the

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. In February 2022, he was bought by the

in the

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for the

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tournament.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cariappa, KC Living people 1994 births Indian cricketers Kolkata Knight Riders cricketers Cricketers from Bangalore Punjab Kings cricketers Karnataka cricketers