Konda Bhaskar Arun Karthik (born 15 February 1986 in Walajapet,

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) is an Indian

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

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squad. Karthik is a right-hand batsman and leg-spin bowler. He was a

wicket-keeper In cricket, the wicket-keeper is the Cricket player, player on the fielding (cricket), fielding side who stands behind the wicket, ready to stop Delivery (cricket), deliveries that pass the batsman, and take a Caught, catch, Stumped, stump the ...

batsman for Royal Challengers Bangalore. Karthik made his List A debut for Sri Lankan side

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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

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, opening the innings he scored 149, sharing in a 246-run stand with Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan. For the

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tournament, he moved from Kerala to Puducherry cricket team.

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