Chanila Krishna Bhat Nandan (born 14 October 1963) is a

cricket umpire In cricket, an umpire (from the Old French ''nompere'' meaning not a peer, i.e. not a member of one of the teams, impartial) is a person who has the authority to make decisions about events on the cricket field according to the ''Laws of Cricke ...

and former cricketer from India. His playing career included three first-class matches for

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, over a period from 1983 to 1988. He made his umpiring debut in 1999, and has since umpired in various Indian domestic competitions, including

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and

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matches. (Alias O Nandan)

Playing career

Born in

Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders wi ...

, before making his first-class debut, Nandan played representative matches for Karnataka schools and under-22 teams, and also appeared in inter-university matches for

Bangalore University Bangalore University (BU) is a public state university located in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. The university is a part of the Association of Indian Universities (AIU), Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) and affiliated by Univer ...

. A

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, he made his Ranji Trophy debut in December 1983, playing the first match of the season against

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before being dropped. On debut, he played solely as a

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, with future Indian national team player Sadanand Viswanath keeping wicket. Nandan's next first-class appearance came late in the 1984–85 season, in his team's Ranji semi-final against

. Both of Karnataka's first-choice wicket-keepers, Sadanand Viswanath and

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, were unavailable for the match. Nandan recorded four dismissals (three catches and a stumping) in Delhi's only innings, with Karnataka eliminated on its first innings total. His third and final Ranji appearance came in December 1988, when he played against

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, making 20 runs in the second innings (his highest first-class score).

Umpiring career

Nandan made his Ranji Trophy debut as an umpire during the 1999–2000 season, umpiring two matches between

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and Jammu and Kashmir (one in the main tournament, and one in the one-day equivalent). In December 2003, he umpired a

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(ODI) between

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and

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, which was his maiden ODI. Beginning from the 2011–12 season, when

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toured, Nandan has occasionally been a reserve umpire for India's home ODI series, and on one occasion for a home

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, when England toured during the 2012–13 season. At the

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, he was the

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for four matches (including the final between

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and

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), his first series outside of India. Nandan made his IPL umpiring debut during the tournament's 2013 edition, and has since also umpired in the

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and 2015 editions of the tournament, as well as the 2014 Champions League. He was the fourth umpire for both the

and 2015 IPL finals.CK Nandan as reserve umpire in Indian Premier League matches
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 May 2015. He stood in his first

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match on 5 October 2015, in the game between India and South Africa. He stood in his first

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match on 29 October 2016, in the game between India and New Zealand. In January 2018, he was named as one of the seventeen on-field umpires for the

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. He was eventually removed from the ICC International Panel for poor performance.

References

External links

CK Nandan
at CricketArchive

at ESPNcricinfo {{DEFAULTSORT:Nandan, C. K. 1963 births Living people Indian cricketers Indian cricket umpires Indian One Day International cricket umpires Indian Twenty20 International cricket umpires Karnataka cricketers Cricketers from Delhi Bangalore University alumni Wicket-keepers

Playing career

Umpiring career

See also

References

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