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Full name Nilesh Moreshwar Kulkarni
Born April 3, 1973, Dombivli, Maharashtra
Current age 35 years 187 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
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
3
2
1
5
4
5.00
42
11.90
0
0
0
0
1
0
ODIs
10
5
3
11
5*
5.50
20
55.00
0
0
0
0
2
0
First-class
101
100
29
860
54
12.11
0
1
108
0
List A
93
36
18
178
31*
9.88
0
0
44
0
Twenty20
8
2
2
21
21*
-
17
123.52
0
0
1
1
2
0
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
Bengal v Mumbai at Ahmedabad, Apr 19, 2007 scorecard
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 but did not get an opportunity to bowl and was
not considered again. 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. Of late however, with so many young players fighting for a place in the state squad, Kulkarni has been in and out of the side.
AC Ganesh
