Nilesh Kulkarni
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| Batting style | Left-hand bat | |
| Bowling type | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| Tests | ODIs | |
| Matches | 3 | 10 |
| Runs scored | 5 | 11 |
| Batting average | 5.00 | 5.50 |
| 100s/50s | -/- | -/- |
| Top score | 4 | 5* |
| Balls bowled | 738 | 402 |
| Wickets | 2 | 11 |
| Bowling average | 166.00 | 32.45 |
| 5 wickets in innings | - | - |
| 10 wickets in match | - | N/A |
| Best bowling | 1/70 | 3/27 |
| Catches/stumpings | 1/- | 2/- |
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Nilesh Kulkarni pronunciation (born April 3, 1973 in Dombivli, Mumbai) is an Indian cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a slow left-arm bowler.
Kulkarni wrote himself into cricketing history by taking a wicket with the very first ball that he bowled in Test cricket, becoming the only Indian bowler, and the twelfth bowler in the history of the game, to do so. This was in the Test at Colombo against Sri Lanka in 1997-98. Kulkarni bowled 70 overs in the match without taking another wicket. Kulkarni's next Test was against Australia four years later where he took one wicket for 137 runs. His second wicket came 588 balls after the first.
However, without playing Test matches in his home country, he was lacking experience and was never considered for play again. His domestic statistics, however, have been steady, having once hit match figures of 10 for 124.
