Nilesh Kulkarni
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| Nilesh Kulkarni | ||||
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| Personal information | ||||
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| Batting style | Left hand bat | |||
| Bowling style | Slow left arm orthodox | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| 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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As of 4 February 2006 |
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Nilesh Moreshwar 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 in his second and final Test.
Kulkarni has spent all his first-class career with Mumbai (although under the name of Bombay until 1996) taking over 300 wickets with best figures of 7/60 against Andhra in 2004.
Kulkarni signed up to play the 2007 season in the Surrey Championship for Old Hamptonians Cricket Club in the UK.
