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{{short description|Indian cricketer (1956–2023)}}
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{{Infobox cricketer
| name = K. Jayaraman
| image =
| fullname = Kuttikat Jayaraman
| birth_date = {{birth date|1956|4|8|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Ernakulam]], [[Travancore–Cochin]], India
| death_date = {{death date and age|2023|7|15|1956|4|8|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Kochi]], [[Kerala]], India
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm offbreak
| role =

| club1 = [[Kerala cricket team|Kerala]]
| year1 = 1977-78 to 1988-89
| clubnumber1 =
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 46
| runs1 = 2358
| bat avg1 = 29.47
| 100s/50s1 = 5/10
| top score1 = 133
| deliveries1 = 375
| wickets1 = 1
| bowl avg1 = 116.00
| fivefor1 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 1/11
| catches/stumpings1 = 15/–
| date = 27 July 2020
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/29841.html Cricinfo
}}

'''K. Jayaraman''' (8 April 1956 – 15 July 2023), also known as '''K. Jayaram''', was an Indian cricketer who played 46 [[first-class cricket|first-class]] matches between 1977 and 1989.<ref name="Bio">{{Cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/29841.html|title=K Jayaraman|accessdate=27 July 2020 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>

Jayaraman was a prominent player for [[Kerala cricket team|Kerala]] in the 1980s. He gained national coverage in 1986-87, when he scored four [[Century (cricket)|hundreds]] in five matches in the [[Ranji Trophy]] and became the first Kerala player to come close to Indian team selection.<ref>{{cite web |title=Batting and Fielding in Ranji Trophy 1986/87 |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1986-87/Batting_by_Average.html |website=CricketArchive |accessdate=28 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Nandanan |first1=Harihara |title=Top 5 Kerala cricketers |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/new-zealand-in-india-2016/top-stories/Top-5-kerala-cricketers/articleshow/5730465.cms |accessdate=27 July 2020 |work=[[The Times of India]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Suryanarayan |first1=S R |title=Kerala cricket's impressive rise kindles promise of more, Suryanarayan |url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/columns/suryanarayan/kerala-cricket-s-impressive-rise-kindles-promise-of-more-1.2451946 |accessdate=27 July 2020 |publisher=[[Mathrubhumi]] }}</ref>

Jayaraman was Kerala's captain, and served as Kerala cricket's chairman of selectors.<ref>{{cite news |title=Young stars queue up for Kochi's IPL berths |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/Young-stars-queue-up-for-Kochis-IPL-berths/article16615579.ece |accessdate=27 July 2020 |work=[[The Hindu]] }}</ref> He also served as a national junior selection committee member.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nayar |first1=KR |title=Kerala clinches top cricket board posts |url=https://gulfnews.com/sport/cricket/kerala-clinches-top-cricket-board-posts-1.1237126 |accessdate=27 July 2020 |publisher=[[Gulf News]] }}</ref>

K. Jayaraman died on 15 July 2023, at the age of 67.<ref>{{cite news |title=Former Kerala Ranji captain Jayaram passes away |url=https://www.onmanorama.com/sports/cricket/2023/07/15/former-kerala-ranji-captain-jayaram-passes-away.amp.html |access-date=15 July 2023 |publisher=On Manorama }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{cricinfo|id=29841}}

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[[Category:Kerala cricketers]]
[[Category:Indian cricketers]]
[[Category:Indian cricket administrators]]
[[Category:Cricketers from Kochi]]

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