NILESH KULKARNI

Personal Information

Born

Apr 03, 1973 (43 years)

Birth Place

Dombivli, Maharashtra

Nickname

Kulkarni

Height

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Role

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Batting Style

Left Handed Bat

Bowling Style

Left-arm orthodox

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Batting Career Summary

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	200	50	4s	6s	St
Tests	3	2	1	5	4	5	42	11.9	0	0	0	0	0	0
ODI	10	5	3	11	5	5.5	20	55	0	0	0	0	0	0

Bowling Career Summary

	M	Inn	B	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Econ	Avg	SR	5W	10W
Tests	3	3	738	332	2	70/1	137/1	2.7	166	369	0	0
ODI	10	8	402	357	11	27/3	27/3	5.33	32.45	36.55	0	0

Career Information

Intl Debut

at 24y  vs Sri Lanka . Jul 26, 1997

Last Intl Match

vs Australia . Mar 18, 2001

Current Teams

Mumbai, India 

Profile

Nilesh Kulkarni was a steady left-arm spinner who turned out to be one of the stalwarts of Mumbai's cricket in 1990s and 2000s. He also played for India in three Tests and a handful of ODIs. In fact, Kulkarni took a wicket off his first ball in Test cricket when he dismissed Marvan Atapattu at Colombo (RPS) in 1997. He is the only cricketer from India to achieve this landmark. But as the fate would have it, he bowled 70 overs in that innings and didn't pick another scalp. Sri Lanka went on to amass the highest ever total in Test cricket.

The tall spinner could play only two more Tests for the country. In the ODI format, Kulkarni turned out to be a handy performer in the few opportunities he got. One of his better spells came in Pakistan in a ODI played in Hyderabad (Pakistan) in 1997. He took 3 for 27 on a wicket that offered some assistance for the spinners, but that effort went in vain as Pakistan won by five wickets.

Domestically, he was part of a very successful Mumbai unit. After serving the Mumbai team for more than a decade he retired from the game in 2010. He snaffled 357 wickets in First-Class cricket and at an impressive average of 24.89.