5 players from the KPL who made it to different IPL teams

#3 Sreenath Aravind

Sreenath Aravind first played for the RCB in 2011

Coming to the bowlers, the left-arm medium pace bowler, Sreenath Aravind has also been one of the beneficiaries of the KPL, having worked his way through the cricketing ladders through the league. Having featured in its debut season for the first time, Aravind played for the Mangalore United and picked up 8 wickets from 7 matches at an economy rate of 7.17. In the following season (2010-11) the fast bowler picked up 7 more wickets from 9 matches at an economy rate of 5.50 as Mangalore finished as the eventual winners.

These KPL exploits paved the way towards his inclusion in the Royal Challengers Bangalore set up for the 2011 edition of the IPL wherein he played 13 matches and picked up 21 wickets at 17.52 and an economy rate of 8.00. After a couple of lean years (2012-2013) Aravind was back in 2014, wherein he picked up 9 wickets from 6 matches in the third edition of the KPL, this time playing for the Hubbali Tigers.

As a consequence of this, and a few impressive performances in the domestic season, Aravind was handed his India cap and he featured in the 1st T20I played between India and South Africa at Dharamsala, on October 2 last year.