Nilesh Kulkarni
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Batting | Left hand bat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Slow left arm orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: cricinfo, 04 October 2018 |
Nilesh Moreshwar Kulkarni pronunciation (help·info) (born 3 April 1973, in Dombivli, Maharashtra) is a former Indian cricketer. He is a slow left-arm bowler and left-handed lower order batsman.
Kulkarni wrote himself into cricketing history by taking a wicket with the very first ball that he bowled in Test cricket, becoming the first Indian bowler, and the twelfth bowler overall, to do so.[1] This was in the Test at Colombo against Sri Lanka in 1997–98. He took the wicket of Marvan Attapattu of his very first delivery in Test cricket.[2]
Kulkarni has spent all his first-class career with Mumbai taking over 300 wickets with best figures of 7/60 against Andhra in 2004.
- Kulkarni played for Old Hamptonians CC in the Surrey Championship in the UK during the 2007 and 2008 seasons.
Kulkarni retired From International & First Class Cricket on 28 July 2010.
References
- ^ "6, 6, 6, 6". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
- ^ "India in Sri Lanka (1997): Scorecard of first Test"। Cricinfo। Retrieved: 26 April, 2017।
External links
- Nilesh Kulkarni at ESPNcricinfo
- Nilesh Kulkarni at CricketArchive (subscription required)
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