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{{Infobox cricketer
| name = CM Gautam
| image =
| country = India
| fullname = Chidhambaram Muralidharen Gautam
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1986|3|8|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Bangalore]], [[Karnataka]], India
| nickname =
| batting = Right-handed batsman
| bowling =
| role = [[Wicket-keeper|Wicket-keeper batsman]]
| family =
| club1 = [[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]
| year1 = 2008–2019
| clubnumber1 =
| club2 = [[Royal Challengers Bangalore]]
| year2 = 2010–2013
| clubnumber2 =
| club3 = [[Delhi Daredevils]]
| year3 = 2013;2015
| club4 = [[Mumbai Indians]]
| year4 = 2014
| clubnumber3 = 5
| columns = 3
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
| matches1 = 41
| runs1 = 2566
| bat avg1 = 51.32
| 100s/50s1 = 8/9
| top score1 = 264*
| deliveries1 = -
| wickets1 = -
| bowl avg1 = -
| fivefor1 = -
| tenfor1 = -
| best bowling1 = -
| catches/stumpings1 = 129/8
| column2 = [[List A cricket|LA]]
| matches2 = 34
| runs2 = 638
| bat avg2 = 30.38
| 100s/50s2 = 0/5
| top score2 = 76
| deliveries2 = -
| wickets2 = -
| bowl avg2 = -
| fivefor2 = -
| tenfor2 = -
| best bowling2 = -
| catches/stumpings2 = 35/7
| column3 = [[Twenty20|T20]]
| matches3 = 13
| runs3 = 157
| bat avg3 = 22.42
| 100s/50s3 = 0/1
| top score3 = 53*
| deliveries3 = -
| wickets3 = -
| bowl avg3 = -
| fivefor3 = -
| tenfor3 = -
| best bowling3 = -
| catches/stumpings3 = 13/5
| date = 31 March
| year = 2013
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/302208.html Cricinfo
}}

'''Chidhambaram Muralidharen "CM" Gautam''' (born 8 March 1986) is an India domestic cricketer. He played for [[Karnataka cricket team]] before moving to [[Goa cricket team|Goa]]. He is right-handed wicket-keeper-batsman. In November 2019, he along with [[Abrar Kazi]] was arrested for allegedly fixing in [[Karnataka Premier League|KPL]]. [[Goa cricket team|Goa]] sacked him of captaincy and cancelled his contract.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/cricketnext/news/goa-terminates-cm-gautams-contract-after-being-arrested-for-fixing-2378149.html |title= Goa Terminates CM Gautam's Contract After Being Arrested for Fixing Allegations |work=CricketNext(News18) |date=8 November 2019|accessdate=8 November 2019}}</ref>

==Domestic career==
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.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Ravindran|first1=Siddarth|title=Karnataka's 'streetsmart' keeper makes big strides|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/story/605209.html|website=www.espncricinfo.com|accessdate=5 December 2014}}</ref>

Ahead of the [[2019–20 Ranji Trophy]], he moved from Karnataka to Goa.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cricket/cm-gautam-karnataka-shifts-to-goa-ranji-trophy-2019-20-season-domestic-cricket/article28857555.ece |title=C.M. Gautam to play for Goa in Ranji Trophy |work=Sport Star |accessdate=7 August 2019}}</ref>

==IPL career==
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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==External links==
*[http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/302208.html Muralidharen Gautam - Cricinfo Profile]
*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/163/163294/163294.html Muralidharen Gautam - CricketArchive Profile]

{{Karnataka cricket squad}}
{{Mumbai Indians Squad}}
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[[Category:1986 births]]
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[[Category:Indian cricketers]]
[[Category:Karnataka cricketers]]
[[Category:South Zone cricketers]]
[[Category:Royal Challengers Bangalore cricketers]]
[[Category:Delhi Capitals cricketers]]
[[Category:India Green cricketers]]
[[Category:Mumbai Indians cricketers]]
[[Category:Cricketers from Bangalore]]

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