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Jonty Rhodes
Jonty Rhodes (Jonathan Neil Rhodes, born 1969), South African cricketer famed for revolutionary fielding and the 1992 World Cup diving run-out of Inzamam-ul-Haq; 52 Tests, 245 ODIs, Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1999.
Jos Buttler
Jos Buttler, English wicketkeeper-batter born 1990, 2019 ODI World Cup and 2022 T20 World Cup winner, former England white-ball captain, fastest England ODI century (61 balls), IPL star for Rajasthan Royals and Gujarat Titans.
Josh Hazlewood
Josh Hazlewood (Josh Reginald Hazlewood, born 1991, Tamworth) is an Australian right-arm fast-medium bowler, 196cm, likened to Glenn McGrath; 295 Test wickets, 2015/2023 ODI and 2021 T20 World Cup winner, IPL with CSK and RCB.
Josh Inglis
Josh Inglis (Joshua Patrick Inglis, born 1995, Leeds) is an Australian wicketkeeper-batter for Western Australia, Perth Scorchers, and Lucknow Super Giants; Test debut century 102 in Galle, 43-ball T20I hundred record, 2023 World Cup winner.
Joshua Da Silva
Joshua Da Silva, born 1998 in Port of Spain, is a West Indies right-handed wicketkeeper-batter. Test debut 2020 vs New Zealand; 34 Tests, 1,258 runs; dropped January 2025, recalled 2026 after a maiden double century.
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.
Justin Langer
Justin Lee Langer is an Australian cricket coach and former opening batsman who played 105 Tests, then coached Australia's men's team from 2018 to 2022, winning the Twenty20 World Cup.
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.
Kamil Pooran
Kamil Pooran (born 1996) is a West Indian right-handed opening batsman and right-arm medium bowler, distinct from Nicholas Pooran; T20I debut October 2026 vs India, CPL 2026 Saint Lucia Kings 81.
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.
Karachi Kings (کراچی کنگز)
Karachi Kings (کراچی کنگز) is a Pakistan Super League T20 cricket franchise from Karachi, founded 2015, owned by Salman Iqbal, captained by David Warner, and the 2020 HBL PSL champion.
Karnataka cricket team
Karnataka cricket team, formerly Mysore, the Karnataka State Cricket Association's men's first-class side based at Bengaluru's M. Chinnaswamy Stadium; multiple Ranji Trophy titles (eight per KSCA, six per ESPNcricinfo), five Vijay Hazare titles level with Tamil Nadu, and two Syed Mushtaq Ali titles.
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.
Kochi Tuskers Kerala
Kochi Tuskers Kerala was an Indian Premier League franchise cricket team representing Kochi, Kerala, that played one season in 2011 before its contract was terminated.
Kolkata Knight Riders
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), IPL franchise from Kolkata, India, founded 2008, owned by Knight Riders Sports (Shah Rukh Khan, Juhi Chawla, Jay Mehta); three IPL titles (2012, 2014, 2024), home ground Eden Gardens, captain Ajinkya Rahane.
Kranti Gaud (क्रांति गौड)
Kranti Gaud (क्रांति गौड), also spelled Goud, born 2003, is an Indian right-arm medium-fast cricketer from Madhya Pradesh; 2025 Women's World Cup winner, 6/52 vs England, UP Warriorz, Lord's Honours Board.
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.