Full Name

Hrishikesh Hemant Kanitkar

Born

November 14, 1974, Pune, Maharashtra

Age

49y 126d

Batting Style

Left hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Offbreak

Playing Role

Top order Batter

RELATIONS

(father)

Hrishikesh Kanitkar's name will forever be linked with his winning boundary off Saqlain Mushtaq in fading light in India's memorable victory over Pakistan at Dhaka in January 1998, when the team chased a 300-plus target in the Independence Cup final. That, however, was one of the few highlights of his international career, which included two Tests and 34 one-day internationals.

A gutsy left-hand middle-order batsman, an accurate offspinner and a brilliant versatile fieldsman, Kanitkar never established himself as a regular in the Indian team. In 1998 and 1999, he played a fair number of ODIs, and notched up his only half-century in the format in his third innings, against Australia in Kochi. His biggest opportunity came when he was flown halfway round the world from the West Indies, where he was leading the India A team, to represent the Indian side in Australia as a replacement for Ajay Jadeja. However, against a top-notch Australian side, he was clearly not equipped enough. He failed in a couple of Tests and in the ODIs - as did most of the players in that series - and never played another game for India. However, he continued to play first-class cricket successfully for well over a decade after that, for Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan.

Hrishikesh is the son of Hemant Kanitkar, who played two Tests against West Indies in 1974-75.
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Hrishikesh Kanitkar Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests240744518.5018540.00008000
ODIs342783395717.8451266.2101251140
FC146222231040029052.26--3346--850
List A12811616352613335.26--621--490
T20s220321.50742.85000010

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests21620---2.00-000
ODIs34281006803172/222/2247.234.7859.1000
FC146-77533546743/21-47.912.74104.7-00
List A128-34762775704/354/3539.644.7849.6100
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VVS Laxman, the head of the National Cricket Academy of India, and Hrishikesh Kanitkar, the head coach of India Under-19, before the final
Deepti Sharma and Richa Ghosh talk to India coach Hrishikesh Kanitkar
Harmanpreet Kaur and Hrishikesh Kanitkar in deep conversation
Batting coach Hrishikesh Kanitkar addresses the players before the game
Batting coach Hrishikesh Kanitkar speaks to the players
Yash Dhull and Hrishikesh Kanitkar pose with the World Cup trophy