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Nilesh Kulkarni

India

Full name Nilesh Moreshwar Kulkarni

Born April 3, 1973, Dombivli, Maharashtra

Current age 40 years 45 days

Major teams India, Mumbai, Mumbai Cricket Association President's XI

Batting style Left-hand bat

Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	3	2	1	5	4	5.00	42	11.90	0	0	0	1
ODIs	10	5	3	11	5*	5.50	20	55.00	0	0	0	2
First-class	101	100	29	860	54	12.11			1			108
List A	93	36	18	178	31*	9.88			0			44
Twenty20	8	2	2	21	21*	-	17	123.52	0	1	1	2

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	3	3	738	332	2	1/70	1/137	166.00	2.69	369.0	0	0	0
ODIs	10	8	402	357	11	3/27	3/27	32.45	5.32	36.5	0	0	0
First-class	101		24086	8887	357	7/60		24.89	2.21	67.4		24	3
List A	93		4640	3223	135	5/41	5/41	23.87	4.16	34.3	3	2	0
Twenty20	8	8	192	184	7	2/12	2/12	26.28	5.75	27.4	0	0	0

Career statistics

Test debut	Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (RPS), Aug 2-6, 1997 scorecard
Last Test	India v Australia at Chennai, Mar 18-22, 2001 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (RPS), Jul 26, 1997 scorecard
Last ODI	India v Kenya at Gwalior, May 28, 1998 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut	1994/95
Last First-class	Mumbai v Saurashtra at Mumbai, Dec 25-28, 2007 scorecard
List A debut	1994/95
Last List A	Mumbai v Rajasthan at Jaipur, Mar 28, 2007 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Baroda v Mumbai at Mumbai, Apr 3, 2007 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Bengal v Mumbai at Ahmedabad, Apr 19, 2007 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
0/61, 0*	Electric Bd	v Air India	Bangalore	2 Sep 2011	Other OD
2/46	Electric Bd	v SB Patiala	Bangalore	1 Sep 2011	Other OD
0/32	Ind Masters	v Eng Masters	Bridgetown	9 Nov 2010	Other T20
1/26, 6	Ind Masters	v Eng Masters	Bridgetown	7 Nov 2010	Other T20
6*, 0/19	Ind Masters	v WI Masters	Bridgetown	6 Nov 2010	Other T20
3/22	Ind Masters	v SL Masters	Bridgetown	5 Nov 2010	Other T20
1, 0/20	Electric Bd	v India Cem	Visakhapatnam	3 Sep 2010	Other OD
1/23	Electric Bd	v SB of Hyd	Visakhapatnam	2 Sep 2010	Other OD
1/40, 1*	Mumbai	v England XI	Mumbai (BS)	9 Nov 2008	Other OD
0/15	Lashings XI	v Staffs	Wellington	10 Jul 2008	Other T20

Profile

This tall (6'4") and lanky player from Dombivili, a suburb in Mumbai, etched a name for himself in the history books by taking a wicket with his first ball in Test cricket. This was against Sri Lanka at Colombo in 1997-98. He is the only Indian bowler to achieve this feat and the 12th bowler in the history of the game. He sent down 70 overs but amazingly enough that was the only Test wicket he took for he had the misfortune to bowl when the Sri Lankan batsmen set several records in running up the highest total in Tests. He played in one more Test at home against Sri Lanka and was recalled in 2001 against Australia in Chennai, his last game for India. He however played in a few one-dayers. With a smooth and easy action, Kulkarni has been fairly successful in the domestic circuit. Since making his debut for Mumbai in 1994-95, he has been one of the side's most successful bowlers. His best bowling figures is 10 for 124 against Baroda. With so many young players fighting for a place in the state squad in the coming seasons, Kulkarni was in and out of the side and he quit first-class cricket in 2010.
AC Ganesh