Akshay Wakhare

A tall offspinner capable of generating extra bounce, Akshay Wakhare had his breakthrough season in 2015-16, after having made his first-class debut in the 2006-07 season. Wakhare, who considers former India legspinner Narendra Hirwani as his mentor, played all of 37 domestic matches between 2006-07 and 2013-14.

Wakhare picked up his career-best match figures of 13 for 162 in the following season and stepped up further to become the lynchpin of the Vidarbha attack in the 2015-16 season, finishing with 49 wickets in the team's run to the Ranji quarter-final. Wakhare also did well in the Vijay Hazare Trophy that season, taking 10 wickets in seven matches at an average of 16.70 and an economy rate of 3.47. He was part of Mumbai Indians' squad in the 2015 IPL, but did not get a game. He was retained by the side ahead of the 2016 auction.
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Akshay Wakhare Career Stats

Bowling

Format	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
FC	105	184	21024	9779	344	7/70	13/162	28.42	2.79	61.1	15	21	3
List A	60	59	2931	2110	63	4/22	4/22	33.49	4.31	46.5	2	0	0
T20s	62	61	1228	1399	53	4/18	4/18	26.39	6.83	23.1	1	0	0

Batting & Fielding

Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	50s	4s	6s	Ct
FC	105	130	27	1048	72	10.17	3472	30.18	3	119	0	51
List A	60	31	13	127	25	7.05	242	52.47	0	9	1	19
T20s	62	14	5	69	25*	7.66	66	104.54	0	5	2	15

Recent Matches of Akshay Wakhare

Match	Bat	Bowl	Date	Ground	Format
Vidarbha vs Tamil Nadu	1* & 0	0/2 & 1/80	08-Feb-2025	Nagpur	FC
Vidarbha vs Hyderabad	4* & 7*	2/62 & 0/16	30-Jan-2025	Nagpur	FC
Vidarbha vs Rajasthan	8* & 2*	0/50 & 3/2	23-Jan-2025	Jaipur	FC
Vidarbha vs Gujarat	9*	0/66 & 1/76	13-Nov-2024	Nagpur	FC
Vidarbha vs Himachal	25	2/43 & 2/68	06-Nov-2024	Nagpur	FC