IPL playerIndia2015 to 2019
KC Cariappa
Right-hand bat
KC Cariappa, a bowler, played four IPL seasons for two franchises.
The arrival
KC Cariappa arrived through the auction: Kolkata Knight Riders paid ₹2.40 cr, against a base price of ₹10 lakh.
That first season brought 1 match and 1 wicket.
The peak
The best season was 2017, for Kings XI Punjab: 4 wickets at 8.37 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 8.23, with best figures of 2 for 24.
Franchise by franchise
2015, Kolkata Knight Riders. Bought at the 2015 auction for ₹2.40 cr. 1 match and 1 wicket.
2016 to 2017, Kings XI Punjab. Bought at the 2016 auction for ₹80 lakh. 9 matches and 7 wickets.
2019, Kolkata Knight Riders, second time round. Back outside the auction. 1 match.
3 spells with two franchises in all. The longest was with Kings XI Punjab, 2016 to 2017. 2018 is missing from the record: a season without an IPL appearance.
How the wickets came
With the ball, 8 wickets in 218 deliveries, at 9.58 runs an over against a league rate of 8.19 for the same seasons: 1.39 an over more expensive than the typical bowler of the time.
The fielding record: 2 catches.
At the auction
KC Cariappa went under the hammer seven times, bought four times and left unsold three times. The highest price was ₹2.40 cr, paid by Kolkata Knight Riders in 2015, more than 24 times the base price. The market cooled over time: the last purchase, in 2022, cost ₹30 lakh. Being bought did not always mean playing: no match followed for Rajasthan Royals in 2021 and Rajasthan Royals in 2022.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
The legacy
KC Cariappa made 11 IPL appearances, the last for Kolkata Knight Riders in 2019.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 0/0 | 1 | 14.00 | 1/28 | 0 | ||
| 2016 | Kings XI Punjab | 5 | 13 | 12* | 13.0 | 118.2 | 0/0 | 3 | 9.26 | 2/16 | 2 | ||
| 2017 | Kings XI Punjab | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 28.6 | 0/0 | 4 | 8.37 | 2/24 | 0 | ||
| 2019 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 1 | 9 | 9* | – | 300.0 | 0/0 | 0 | 17.00 | - | 0 |
Franchise journey
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 2015
- Kings XI Punjab: 2016 to 2017
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 2019
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 38.1% |
| Balls per four | 21 |
| Balls per six | 10.5 |
| Dot balls bowled | 28.2% |
| Balls per wicket | 27 |
| Catches | 2 |
| Run-outs | 0 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
| Auction | Set | Base price | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | – | ₹10 lakh | Sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for ₹2.40 cr |
| 2016 | – | ₹10 lakh | Sold to Kings XI Punjab for ₹80 lakh |
| 2021 | USP1 | ₹20 lakh | Sold to Rajasthan Royals for ₹20 lakh |
| 2022 | USP1 | ₹20 lakh | Sold to Rajasthan Royals for ₹30 lakh |
| 2024 | USP2 | ₹20 lakh | Unsold |
| 2025 | UAL6 | ₹30 lakh | Unsold |
| 2026 | USP2 | ₹30 lakh | Unsold |
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet