KC Cariappa

Karnataka's duo of stylish batter Karun Nair and mystery spinner KC Cariappa are back in the Rajasthan Royals camp for IPL 2022 and are looking forward to contributing to the team's success.

Rajasthan Royals had a big sum of Rs 38.75 in their kitty going into the 2021 IPL auction and the made the most of it, buying in the South African all rounder Chris Morris. The biggest talking point of the evening, Morris bacame the most expensive buy at the auction in the history of the tournament.

Retired Air Marshal KC Cariappa, son of Field Marshal KM Cariappa, on Friday said that his father worked hard to keep politics away from the Indian Army. The retired Air Marshal was speaking at the 3rd edition of the annual Military History Seminar at Welham Boys’ School in Dehradun.

He burst into the IPL scene as a mystery spinner with an eye-popping INR 2.4 crore price tag but KC Cariappa couldn't exactly set the stage on fire in the handful of games that he played.

After a camp in Nagpur, the Rajasthan Royals are holding the second camp in Guwahati that will be held between March 5 and 10. Players for the upcoming camp include Devdutt Padikkal, KC Cariappa, Abdul Bazith, Kunal Rathore, KM Asif, Dhruv Jurel, Kuldip Yadav, Akash Vashisht, Riyan Parag and Murugan Ashwin.

Leg-spinner KC Cariappa has announced his retirement from BCCI cricket at 31. After a memorable IPL debut for KKR where he dismissed AB de Villiers, Cariappa played 11 IPL matches. He also had a productive domestic career representing Mizoram, taking 75 first-class wickets.

Courage, grace under pressure and clean hitting. Karnataka’s Abhinav Manohar displayed these qualities on debut as he propelled his team into the quarterfinals of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy in New Delhi on Tuesday.

The moments of ecstasy and jubilation, which Air Marshal Kodandera C Cariappa experienced exactly 50 years ago, are still fresh in his mind. For KC Cariappa, who is the son of Field Marshal KM Cariappa (first Indian to be Chief of Army Staff), January 22 will always remains a special day in his life, as it was on January 22, 1966, that KC Cariappa along with half-a-dozen IAF officers got repatriated in exchange of Pakistani POWs. And it was a Hindu safaiwala, who first conveyed the news to one of the POWs that they might be reunited with their families after January 10, 1966.

Upcoming all-rounder Aneeshwar Gautam, who was part of the India U-19 team which emerged world champions last week, has been named in the Karnataka squad for the Ranji Trophy season beginning on February 17. The 19-year-old left-handed batsman and left-arm spinner featured in two matches – against Ireland and Uganda.

Rising pacer Prasidh Krishna turned out to be the top draw among Karnataka players on the opening day of the IPL auction here on Saturday.

At 27, Abhinav Manohar could be considered a late bloomer but not when you spend a few years knocking on the doors of the highly competitive Karnataka dressing room. With Karnataka being a feeder for the India and India 'A' teams and players returning to wear the state colours at regular intervals, a number of players on the bench are left waiting in the wings.

Win PS Ram Mohan Rao Trophy

Karnataka stunned heavyweights Mumbai by nine runs despite Test vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane's 75 off 54 balls in a Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy group B match on Thursday.

The big-hitting Abhinav Manohar was the top draw at the player auction for the Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20 tournament. The middle-order batter was picked up by Shivamogga Lions for Rs 15 lakh at the M Chinnaswamy stadium on Saturday.

Bengal put up an all-round show to prevail over Chhattisgarh by 26 runs and register their second successive win, that kept alive their Super League hopes in Group D of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Twenty20 tournament on Thursday.

Rajasthan Royals completed their full squad strength of 25 after buying nine players in the IPL 2023 mini-auction in Kochi on Friday. West Indies all-rounder Jason Holder was the biggest buy for RR as they splurged Rs 5.75 crore for his services.