K. S. Bharat was born in Visakhapatnam on 3 October 1993 to Kona Srinivas Rao, a master craftsman at the city's naval dockyard, and Manga Devi, a housewife.He studied at the St. Aloysius High School and graduated from Dr. Lankapalli Bullayya College with a BCom degree. Bharat began training with the Andhra Ranji Trophy squad at the age of 11. He was one of the ball boys for the India-Pakistan ODI match at Visakhapatnam in 2005.He started keeping wickets at the age of 19. Cricket. In November 2019, Bharat was added to India's Test squad for the second Test against Bangladesh, as cover for Wriddhiman Saha.In January 2020, he was added to Indian's squad for the One Day International (ODI) series against Australia, after Rishabh Pant suffered a concussion. In January 2021, he was named as one of five standby players in India's Test squad for their series against England. In May 2021, Bharat was added to India's Test squad for their series against England as cover for Wriddhiman Saha. In November 2021, Bharat took the field in the first Test for India against defending world test champions New Zealand during the New Zealand tour of India in 2021 as a replacement for the injured Wriddhiman Saha. In the match he kept wicket and took 2 catches behind the stumps, also dismissing Tom Latham for 95 by stumping him off of Axar Patel's bowling.