He has also played for Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

India won the match but Badrinath scored a single run in the only innings which turned out to be the last of his short test career.

[12] His last ODI match came against West Indies at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in North Sound on 13 June 2011.

[13] Badrinath played his only T20 international against West Indies at Queen's Park Oval at Port of Spain on 4 June 2011 scoring 43 runs and winning the Man of the match award in an Indian victory.

[14] Badrinath made his debut for Tamil Nadu in the 2000–01 season and was a prolific scorer in first class cricket scoring more than ten thousand runs with 32 centuries.

[15] He was also part of the team that won the domestic one day cup two times in 2002-03 and 2004–05 and the Vijay Hazare Trophy during the 2008–09 and 2009–10 seasons.

[26][27] Before the inaugural season, Badrinath was signed by the Indian Premier League (IPL) side Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in 2008.

[30] Badrinath was not retained by Chennai Super Kings ahead of the 2014 Indian Premier League season and he was unsold in 2014 player auction.