CM Gautam

CM Gautam
Personal information
Full name Chidhambaram Muralidharen Gautam
Born (1986-03-08) 8 March 1986
Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Batting style Right-handed batsman
Role Wicket-keeper batsman
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2008–present Karnataka
2010–2012 Royal Challengers Bangalore
2013;2015-present Delhi Daredevils (squad no. 5)
2014 Mumbai Indians
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 41 34 13
Runs scored 2566 638 157
Batting average 51.32 30.38 22.42
100s/50s 8/9 0/5 0/1
Top score 264* 76 53*
Balls bowled - - -
Wickets - - -
Bowling average - - -
5 wickets in innings - - -
10 wickets in match - - -
Best bowling - - -
Catches/stumpings 129/8 35/7 13/5
Source: , 31 March 2013

Chidhambaram Muralidharen "CM" Gautam (born 8 March 1986) is an India domestic cricketer. He plays for Karnataka cricket team. He is right-handed wicket-keeper-batsman.

Domestic career

For nearly five seasons Gautam was a fixture in the Karnataka line-up breaking into the team as a batsman before taking over the gloves from the long-serving wicketkeeper Thilak Naidu.

He represented 'India Green' cricket team in the NKP Salve Challenger Trophy in 2011.

He was the second-highest run-getter of the 2012-13 Ranji Trophy. He was a significant contributor to his team’s success that season. Promoted to No. 4 position, he made a total of 943 runs at an average of 117.87, the highest season-tally in Ranji Trophy history by a wicketkeeper. He scored an unbeaten 130 in a high-scoring first-innings shootout against Tamil Nadu followed by a two-hour unbeaten 26 to deny Uttar Pradesh an outright win. He then made a second innings 71 to help beat Delhi after having conceded the first-innings lead, before scoring 250-plus scores against both Vidarbha and Maharashtra. He also had 34 dismissals to his name in 2012-13 Ranji season. He was rewarded by the national selectors with a place in the India A squad for the warm-up match against the touring Australian team in February 2013.[1]

IPL career

He was also part of Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL 2011 and IPL 2012, but never got a chance to make his IPL debut. His impressive batting was rewarded by the Delhi Daredevils who signed a one-year contract with him in 2013.

Daredevils had the services of two other wicketkeepers in Naman Ojha who has played most often for them and Puneet Bisht as well as the part-time keeping of Kedar Jadhav. Before 2014 IPL, he was bought for Rs. 20 lacs by Mumbai Indians.

References

  1. Ravindran, Siddarth. "Karnataka's 'streetsmart' keeper makes big strides". http://www.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 5 December 2014. External link in |website= (help)

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