Karthik Meiyappan

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Karthik Meiyappan
Personal information
Full name
Karthik Palaniapan Meiyappan
Born (2000-10-08) 8 October 2000 (age 23)
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm leg spin
Role Bowler
International information
National side
ODI debut(cap  83)8 December 2019 v  United States
Last ODI9 June 2023 v  West Indies
T20I debut(cap  58)8 October 2021 v  Ireland
Last T20I20 October 2022 v  Namibia
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I
Matches2514
Runs scored12219
Batting average 8.139.50
100s/50s0/00/0
Top score2412
Balls bowled1028288
Wickets 3622
Bowling average 25.3815.22
5 wickets in innings 00
10 wickets in match00
Best bowling4/374/25
Catches/stumpings 2/–4/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 10 June 2023

Karthik Palaniapan Meiyappan (born 8 October 2000) is an Indian-born cricketer who plays for the United Arab Emirates national cricket team as a right-arm leg spin bowler. [1] [2] [3] He made his One Day International (ODI) debut for the UAE in 2019 and also represented the UAE at the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. Meiyappan made history being the first ever UAE player to take a hat-trick, the first UAE player to take a hat-trick in a T20 World Cup, and the first player from an ICC associate member to take a hat-trick against an ICC full member. [4]

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Personal life

Meiyappan was born in Chennai, India. [1] He grew up in Chennai, Abu Dhabi and Dubai, before his family settled in Dubai permanently in 2012. He attended The Winchester School, Jebel Ali, alongside his UAE teammate Aryan Lakra. [5]

Career

Meiyappan captained the United Arab Emirates national under-19 cricket team at the 2019 ACC Under-19 Asia Cup in Sri Lanka, having also played at the 2018 ACC Under-19 Asia Cup in Bangladesh.

In December 2019, he was named in the One Day International (ODI) squad for the 2019 United Arab Emirates Tri-Nation Series. [6] He made his ODI, against the United States on 8 December 2019. [7] Later the same month, he was named in the UAE's squad for the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. [8] [9] In December 2020, he was one of ten cricketers awarded a year-long part-time contract by the Emirates Cricket Board. [10]

In October 2021, he was named in the UAE's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the 2021 Summer T20 Bash tournament. [11] He made his T20I debut on 8 October 2021, for the UAE against Ireland. [12]

He was named in UAE's squad for the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup in Australia. In his team's second match of the group stage of the tournament against Sri Lanka, he took a hat-trick by dismissing Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Charith Asalanka, and Sri Lankan captain Dasun Shanaka. This was the first T20I hat-trick by a UAE player, the fifth at a T20 World Cup, and the first hat-trick taken by a player from an ICC associate member against an ICC full member. [13]

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