Konda Bhaskar Arun Karthik (born 15 February 1986 in

Walajapet Walajapet is a town or municipality and a part of Ranipet district in the state of Tamil Nadu. The streets in the town form a square shape which is a unique feature of the town. It will be easy for you to reach any part of the town with this k ...

Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a state in southern India. It is the tenth largest Indian state by area and the sixth largest by population. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu is the home of the Tamil people, whose Tamil language ...

) is an Indian

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by st ...

er, who currently plays for Puducherry and was a member of the

Royal Challengers Bangalore Royal Challengers Bangalore (often abbreviated as RCB) are a franchise cricket team based in Bangalore, Karnataka, that plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). It was founded in 2008 by United Spirits and named after the company's liquor ...

squad. Karthik is a right-hand batsman and leg-spin bowler. He was a Wicket-keeper batsman for Royal Challengers Bangalore. Karthik made his List A debut for Sri Lankan side

Badureliya Sports Club Badureliya Sports Club is a first-class cricket team in Sri Lanka. It plays its home matches at Surrey Village Cricket Ground, Maggona. In late 2008, the club threatened to boycott the Sri Lankan domestic tournaments due to their objections to bei ...

in November 2007, scoring 38. He was an ever-present in the Badureliya one-day team during the 2007–08 season and finished as their highest runscorer. In November 2008 Karthik made his first-class debut for Tamil Nadu against

Karnataka Karnataka (; ISO 15919, ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a States and union territories of India, state in the southwestern region of India. It was Unification of Karnataka, formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reor ...

, opening the innings he scored 149, sharing in a 246-run stand with

Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan (born 3 December 1981) is an Indian cricketer. He is the son of cricketer Venkatraman Sivaramakrishnan (a left hand batsman who represented Tamil Nadu) and nephew of Venkatraman Ramnarayan (Who was an editor of Sruti ma ...

. For the

2019–20 Ranji Trophy The 2019–20 Ranji Trophy was the 86th season of the Ranji Trophy, the premier first-class cricket tournament in India. It took place between December 2019 and March 2020. Chandigarh competed in the Ranji Trophy for the first time. Vidarbha wer ...

tournament, he moved from Kerala to

Puducherry cricket team The Pondicherry cricket team (also Puducherry cricket team) is a cricket team that represents the state of Puducherry in Indian domestic competitions. In July 2018, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) named the team as one of the ni ...

References

External links

Cricinfo Profile
1986 births Living people Indian cricketers Tamil Nadu cricketers Assam cricketers Royal Challengers Bangalore cricketers Badureliya Sports Club cricketers South Zone cricketers Chennai Super Kings cricketers India Red cricketers Victoria Sporting Club cricketers Wicket-keepers {{India-cricket-bio-1986-stub