Indian cricket team
Karnataka cricket team
represents the
Indian
state of
Karnataka
in domestic
cricket
competitions. It has traditionally been one of the strongest teams in the domestic circuit and has produced many of
Indian cricket team
's iconic players. It was known as
Mysore cricket team
before the state of Mysore was officially renamed as Karnataka in 1973. It has won the
Ranji Trophy
eight times and has come second six times (including two runner-up positions for the earlier Mysore team). The team's home ground is the
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium
in
Bengaluru
. There was a major push in cricketing infrastructure in 2010s and as of now, grounds in
Bengaluru
,
Mysuru
,
Hubballi
are constantly used in
Ranji Trophy
,
Vijay Hazare Trophy
&
Karnataka Premier League
Competition history
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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 like
K. L. Rahul
,
Manish Pandey
,
Karun Nair
,
Shreyas Gopal
&
Krishnappa Gowtham
in presence of established players like
Vinay 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 against
Tamil Nadu
,
Madhya Pradesh
and
Uttar Pradesh
respectively. This strong run in the Ranji Trophy was due to the emergence of players like
Rahul 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 of
E.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 the
Irani 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 of
Vinay Kumar
beating Maharashtra by 7 wickets in the finals played at Hyderabad. They went on to win the
Irani Trophy
(vs Rest of India) and
Vijay 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 the
final
at Mumbai to retain the trophy.
Karun Nair
scored 328, the highest ever individual score in a Ranji Trophy final (bettering
Gul 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 Trophy
game
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 modest
2015?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 the
2016?17 Ranji season
, Karnataka had a good run until the quarter-finals, where they were
beaten
by Tamil Nadu in a low scoring game.
Karnataka had a dominant run in the
2017?18 Ranji season
, notching up 4 wins and 2 draws and topping Group A. They faced Mumbai in the quarter-finals and inflicted an
innings defeat
on them. However, they suffered a heart-breaking 5-run
loss
to Vidarbha in the semifinals and bowed out of the competition.
Mayank Agarwal
(1160 runs) and
Krishnappa 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 the
final
of the
Syed 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.
Honours
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- Ranji Trophy
- Winners (8):
1973?74
,
1977?78
,
1982?83
,
1995?96
,
1997?98
,
1998?99
,
2013?14
,
2014?15
- Runners-up (6):
1941?42
,
1959?60
,
1974?75
,
1978?79
,
1981?82
,
2009?10
- Irani Cup
- Winners:
1974-75, 1983?84, 1996?97, 1998?99, 2013?14, 2014?15
- Wills Trophy
- Runners-up (3):
1983-84, 1987?88, 1999-2000
- Vijay Hazare Trophy
- Deodhar Trophy
- Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy
Famous players
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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
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Current squad
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Players with international caps are listed in
bold
.
Updated as on 22 March 2024
See also
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