Chidhambaram Muralidharen Gautam (born 8 March 1986) is an India domestic cricketer. He played for Karnataka cricket team before moving to Goa.

CM Gautam
Personal information
Full name
Chidhambaram Muralidharen Gautam
Born (1986-03-08) 8 March 1986 (age 38)
Bangalore, Karnataka, India
BattingRight-handed
RoleWicket-keeper
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2008–2019Karnataka
2013; 2015Delhi Daredevils (squad no. 5)
2014Mumbai Indians
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 94 58 48
Runs scored 4,716 1,212 511
Batting average 41.36 31.89 17.03
100s/50s 10/24 1/6 0/1
Top score 264* 109* 53*
Catches/stumpings 296/21 62/16 40/14
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 31 March 2013

Domestic career

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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 the 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]

Ahead of the 2019–20 Ranji Trophy, he moved from Karnataka to Goa.[2]

IPL career

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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

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  1. ^ Ravindran, Siddarth. "Karnataka's 'streetsmart' keeper makes big strides". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  2. ^ "C.M. Gautam to play for Goa in Ranji Trophy". Sport Star. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
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