Full Name

Hemant Shamsunder Kanitkar

Born

December 08, 1942, Amravati, Maharashtra

Died

June 09, 2015, Pune, (aged 72y 183d)

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Fielding Position

Wicketkeeper

RELATIONS

Hemant Kanitkar came into national reckoning by a series of splendid performances around the domestic circuit. But his international record did not come anywhere near his feats at the national level. A stocky and gritty right-hand batsman and a sound wicketkeeper, Kanitkar scored a career-best 65 in his first Test innings against West Indies at Bangalore, but successive scores of 18, 8 and 20 meant that he could not consolidate his place in the side and he was discarded for good. He remained a tower of strength for Maharashtra in the Ranji Trophy in which he scored 3632 runs (43.75), with a highest score of 250 against Rajasthan in 1970-71. In a first-class career that lasted from 1963 to 1978, Kanitkar scored 5007 runs (42.79) with 13 centuries and 87 dismissals, 68 of them caught. He is the father of Hrishikesh Kanitkar.
Partab Ramchand

Hemant Kanitkar Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAve100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests2401116527.750117000
FC8713316500625042.781323--7020
List A420954.5000--20

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests2------------
FC87-825411/29-54.003.9582.0-00
List A4-000-----000
Hemant Kanitkar

Explore Statsguru Analysis

Test

Debut/Last Matches of Hemant Kanitkar

FC Matches

Span
1963/64 - 1977/78

List A Matches

Span
1973/74 - 1974/75

Recent Matches of Hemant Kanitkar