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Karumanaseri Narayanaiyer Ananthapadmanabhan (born 8 September 1969) is an Indian former first-class cricketer from the state of Kerala. He played for the India "A" national team in international cricket and for South Zone and Kerala in Indian domestic cricket. He is the former captain of Kerala state Ranji trophy team. He now serves as an umpire at the first-class level and officiates in all the major domestic cricket tournaments in India, including the Ranji Trophy and Indian Premier League.[1] In August 2020, Ananthapadmanabhan was promoted to the International Panel of ICC Umpires.[2][3]

K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan
Personal information
Full name
Karumanaseri Narayanaiyer Ananthapadmanabhan
Born (1969-09-08) 8 September 1969 (age 53)
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm leg break and googly
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1988/89–2004/05Kerala
FC debut22 November 1988 Kerala v Hyderabad
Last FC22 December 2004 Kerala v Jammu and Kashmir
LA debut10 January 1993 Indian Board President's XI v Bombay
Last LA11 December 2002 Kerala v Hyderabad
Umpiring information
ODIs umpired4 (2021–2022)
T20Is umpired13 (2021–2022)
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 105 54
Runs scored 2,891 493
Batting average 21.90 14.93
100s/50s 3/8 0/0
Top score 200 42
Balls bowled 21,573 2,435
Wickets 344 87
Bowling average 27.54 19.31
5 wickets in innings 25 2
10 wickets in match 5 0
Best bowling 8/57 5/38
Catches/stumpings 69/— 21/—
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 9 October 2022

Playing career


Ananthapadmanabhan represented his state team Kerala and the South Zone in first-class and List A cricket in India. He also represent India "A" team in the international cricket. He was a right-arm leg spin bowler and was efficient in bowling leg break and googly. In his first-class career, Ananthapadmanabhan took 344 wickets from the 105 matches he played.[4] He also scored three hundreds, including a double century and thus played the role of an able all-rounder for his team. Ananthapadmanabhan enjoyed a very successful first-class career but could not go on to represent the national team India at the Test or ODI level, largely because his career coincided with the Indian leg spinner Anil Kumble. KN Anathapadamanabhan's miserable tale is one of the untold stories of Indian cricket.[5]


Umpiring career


Ananthapadmanabhan is now an umpire and he officiates in major domestic tournaments in India since 2008. During the 2015–16 Ranji Trophy, he went on to stand in the 2nd semi-final between Madhya Pradesh and Mumbai at Cuttack from 13 to 17 February 2016.[6] He also officiated in matches in the 2016 Indian Premier League.[7] During the 2016–17 Ranji Trophy, he was appointed to stand in the 2nd semi-final between Gujarat and Jharkhand at Nagpur from 1–5 January 2017.[8] He stood in matches in the 2017 Indian Premier League.[9]

In August 2020 he was elevated to the ICC panel of international umpires. He stood in his first Twenty20 International (T20I) match, between India and England on 12 March 2021.[10] He stood in his first One Day International (ODI) match, also between India and England, on 23 March 2021.[11]


See also



References


  1. "The wait is over for Ananthapadmanabhan". The Hindu. 1 April 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  2. "KN Ananthapadmanabhan promoted to ICC's international panel of umpires". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  3. "K.N. Ananthapadmanabhan promoted to ICC's international panel of umpires". Sport Star. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  4. "KN Ananthapadmanabhan | India Cricket | Cricket Players and Officials". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 16 February 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  5. "Ranji Trophy Memories: KN Ananthapadmanabhan". Wisden India. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  6. "Ranji Trophy, 2nd Semi-final: Madhya Pradesh v Mumbai at Cuttack, Feb 13-17, 2016". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  7. "Indian Premier League, 55th match: Kolkata Knight Riders v Sunrisers Hyderabad at Kolkata, May 22, 2016". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  8. "Ranji Trophy, 2nd Semi-final: Gujarat v Jharkhand at Nagpur, Jan 1-5, 2017". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  9. "Indian Premier League, 48th match: Sunrisers Hyderabad v Mumbai Indians at Hyderabad (Deccan), May 8, 2017". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  10. "1st T20I (N), Ahmedabad, Mar 12 2021, England tour of India". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  11. "1st ODI (D/N), Pune, Mar 23 2021, England tour of India". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 March 2021.




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