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JP Duminy
JP Duminy (Jean-Paul Duminy, born 1984, Cape Town), South African left-handed batting allrounder and off-spinner; 46 Tests, 199 ODIs, 81 T20Is 2004-2019; only South African with a Cricket World Cup hat-trick (2015); later Proteas white-ball batting coach.
K. S. Bharat (కోన శ్రీకర్ భరత్)
Kona Srikar Bharat (కోన శ్రీకర్ భరత్), KS Bharat, Indian wicketkeeper-batter from Visakhapatnam; first Ranji Trophy triple century by a keeper (308 vs Goa), seven Tests for India 2023-24, retired from international cricket June 2026.
Kagiso Rabada
Kagiso Shaquille Rabada (born 1995, Johannesburg) is a South African right-arm fast bowler, ODI debut hat-trick taker (6/16), youngest to top ICC Test rankings and 150 Test wickets, 2020 IPL Purple Cap winner, and 2024 300-Test-wicket reacher.
Kamindu Mendis
Kamindu Mendis (Pasqual Handi Kamindu Dilanka Mendis), Sri Lankan allrounder born 1998 in Galle; ambidextrous spinner; 50+ in first eight Tests, 1,000 Test runs in 13 innings matching Bradman; ICC Emerging Cricketer 2024; SRH IPL debut 2025.
Kamran Akmal
Kamran Akmal, born 1982 in Lahore, is a former Pakistan wicketkeeper-batter (2002-2017) who played 53 Tests, 157 ODIs, and 58 T20Is, scored 6,871 international runs, and retired in February 2023.
Kane Williamson
Kane Williamson (Kane Stuart Williamson), New Zealand batsman and former captain in all formats; retired June 2026 as NZ's leading run-scorer with 19,346 runs, 48 centuries, 2021 World Test Championship title, and Fab Four membership.
Kapil Dev
Kapil Dev (Kapil Dev Nikhanj, born 1959, Chandigarh), the Haryana Hurricane, Indian fast-bowling all-rounder; 434 Test wickets (then a world record), 5,248 Test runs, and captain of India's 1983 World Cup win.
Karun Nair
Karun Kaladharan Nair (born 1991, Jodhpur) is an Indian right-handed batsman, the second Indian to score a Test triple-century (303 vs England, 2016); Vidarbha's 2024-25 Ranji-winning captain, recalled to India's Test team in 2025.
Kedar Jadhav
Kedar Jadhav, Indian batting all-rounder (ODI debut 2014 vs Sri Lanka), 73 ODIs, 1,389 runs at 42.09, 27 wickets with low-release off-spin; retired June 3, 2024; joined BJP April 2025.
Keshav Maharaj
Keshav Maharaj (born 1990), South African left-arm orthodox spinner, Test debut 2016 at Perth; best 9/129 vs Sri Lanka 2018; 220 Test wickets; 2025 WTC winner; first descendant of an indentured labourer to play for South Africa.
Kevin Curran (cricketer)
Kevin Malcolm Curran (1959–2012) was a Zimbabwean seam-bowling all-rounder who played 11 ODIs in the 1983 and 1987 World Cups, spent 18 seasons with Gloucestershire and Northamptonshire, and coached Zimbabwe nationally from 2005 to 2007.
Kevin Pietersen
Kevin Pietersen, born 1980 in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, is a former England batter (2004-2014) with 13,779 international runs, 2005 Ashes hero, 2010 World T20 Player of the Tournament, ICC Hall of Fame 2026 inductee, and England white-ball mentor from 2026.
Kieron Pollard
Kieron Pollard (born 1987), Trinidadian West Indies all-rounder and T20 specialist; five IPL titles with Mumbai Indians, first to 500 T20 appearances, T20 history's leading run-scorer, now MI London coach in The Hundred.
Kirti Azad
Kirtivardhan Bhagwat Jha Azad (born 1959, Purnea, Bihar), Indian all-rounder, 7 Tests and 25 ODIs, 1983 World Cup winner who dismissed Ian Botham in the semi-final; later BJP then Trinamool Congress MP from Bardhaman-Durgapur.
KL Rahul
KL Rahul (Kannur Lokesh Rahul), born 1992 in Bangalore, is an Indian wicketkeeper-batter who has opened and batted middle order in all formats, with 12 Test and 9 ODI centuries, and plays IPL for Delhi Capitals.
Krishnamachari Srikkanth
Krishnamachari Srikkanth, known as Krish Srikkanth, is an Indian former cricketer, an aggressive opening batsman from 1981 to 1992 who top-scored for India in the 1983 World Cup final.
Krunal Pandya
Krunal Pandya (Krunal Himanshu Pandya, born 1991) is an Indian left-handed all-rounder who played for Mumbai Indians and India, and set the fastest half-century record on ODI debut in 2021.
Kuldeep Yadav (कुलदीप यादव)
Kuldeep Yadav (कुलदीप यादव), born 1994, is an Indian left-arm wrist-spin (chinaman) bowler in all formats, known for his disguised googly and an ODI hat-trick against Australia.
Kumar Sangakkara (කුමාර් චෝක්ෂනාද සංගක්කාර)
Kumar Sangakkara (කුමාර් චෝක්ෂනාද සංගක්කාර), Sri Lankan wicketkeeper-batter born 1977 in Matale; 28,016 international runs, 12,400 Test runs at 57.40, 2014 T20 World Cup winner, MCC president 2019-21.
Kusal Mendis
Kusal Mendis (Balapuwaduge Kusal Gimhan Mendis), Sri Lankan wicketkeeper-batter born 1995; appointed Test captain 8 October 2026 after Dhananjaya de Silva stepped down, already white-ball captain; 75 Tests, 4,836 runs at 36.36.
Kwena Maphaka
Kwena Tshegofatso Maphaka (born 2006, Johannesburg) is a South African left-arm fast bowler, youngest SA Test debutant (18y 270d), 2024 U19 World Cup leading wicket-taker with 21 wickets, and Rajasthan Royals IPL player.
Kyle Jamieson
Kyle Alex Jamieson, New Zealand 2.03 m right-arm fast-medium bowler-batter, Test debut 2020 vs India, 90 Test wickets at 20.24, player of the match in the 2021 World Test Championship final, twice sidelined by back stress fractures.
Lala Amarnath (लाला अमरनाथ भरद्वाज)
Lala Amarnath (Nanik Amarnath Bhardwaj, 1911-2000), Indian cricketer, first Indian to score a Test century (118 on debut, 1933) and first Test captain of independent India, later chairman of selectors.
Lance Cairns
Lance Cairns (Bernard Lance Cairns, born 1949, Picton), New Zealand swing bowler and lower-order hitter, 43 Tests and 78 ODIs 1974-1985; famous for six sixes with his bat Excalibur at the MCG in 1983; father of Chris Cairns.
Lasith Malinga (සෙපරමාදු ලසිත මාලිංග)
Separamadu Lasith Malinga (සෙපරමාදු ලසිත මාලිංග), Sri Lankan right-arm fast bowler born 1983 in Galle; 546 international wickets, first ODI four-wickets-in-four-balls (2007 World Cup), 2014 T20 World Cup-winning captain, retired 2021.
Lhuan-dre Pretorius
Lhuan-dre Pretorius (born 2006, Potchefstroom) is a South African left-handed wicketkeeper-batter. Youngest SA Test centurion (153 on debut, 2025); SA20 2025 top scorer; maiden T20I century 101 off 53 balls in 2026.
Liam Livingstone
Liam Livingstone is an English cricketer and all-rounder, born in 1993 in Barrow-Furness, Cumbria; he is known for winning the 2022 T20 World Cup with his team.
List of Australia national cricket captains
List of Australia national cricket captains: 47 men's Test captains from Dave Gregory (1877) to Pat Cummins (2021), plus ODI, T20I, and women's captains; records held by Border (93 Tests), Ponting (48 wins), and Waugh (71.93%).
Lockie Ferguson
Lockie Ferguson (Lachlan Hammond Ferguson, born 1991, Auckland) is a New Zealand right-arm fast bowler, an express-pace white-ball specialist; 2019 World Cup second-highest wicket-taker with 21 wickets, fastest delivery 157.3 km/h, T20I 76 wickets at 17.82.
Madan Lal
Madan Lal Udhouram Sharma, born 1951 in Amritsar, Indian medium-pace all-rounder 1974-1987; 39 Tests, 67 ODIs; took 17 wickets including 3/31 in India's 1983 World Cup final win; later India coach and analyst.