Nilesh Kulkarni
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Nilesh Moreshwar Kulkarni (born April 3, 1973, in Dombivli
, Mumbai
) is a former India
n cricket
er. 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 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. He took the wicket of Marvan Attapattu of his very first delivery in Test cricket. Kulkarni bowled 70 overs in the match without taking another wicket. After Attapattu's wicket Sanath Jayasurya & Roshan Mahanama batted nearly for 2 days. Sri Lanka scored 952 runs in that innings. 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 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 July 28, 2010.
Dombivli
Dombivli or Dombivali is a town in Thane district, Kalyan tehsil in Maharashtra, India. It is located about fifty kilometres from the city of Mumbai, and about twenty kilometres from Thane. The population of the city, according to the 2011 census is 2,293,000,...
, Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
) is a former India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er. He is a slow left-arm bowler and left-handed lower order batsman.
Kulkarni wrote himself into cricketing history by taking a wicket
Wicket
In the sport of cricket the word wicket has several distinct meanings:-Definitions of wicket:Most of the time, the wicket is one of the two sets of three stumps and two bails at either end of the pitch...
with the very first ball that he bowled in Test cricket
Test cricket
Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...
, 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. He took the wicket of Marvan Attapattu of his very first delivery in Test cricket. Kulkarni bowled 70 overs in the match without taking another wicket. After Attapattu's wicket Sanath Jayasurya & Roshan Mahanama batted nearly for 2 days. Sri Lanka scored 952 runs in that innings. Kulkarni's next Test was against Australia
Australian cricket team
The Australian cricket team is the national cricket team of Australia. It is the joint oldest team in Test cricket, having played in the first Test match in 1877...
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
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
career with Mumbai
Mumbai cricket team
The Mumbai cricket team is a cricket team representing the city of Mumbai in Indian domestic cricket. It is the most successful team in the Ranji Trophy, India's top domestic cricket competition, with 39 titles, the most recent being in 2009–10. The team's home ground is the Wankhede Stadium in...
(although under the name of Bombay until 1996) taking over 300 wickets with best figures of 7/60 against Andhra
Andhra Pradesh cricket team
The Andhra cricket team is an Indian domestic cricket team representing the coastal areas of the South Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is, one of two teams representing the people of Andhra Pradesh, the other team being the Hyderabad cricket team, which represents the Talangana Telangana.It has...
in 2004.
Kulkarni played for Old Hamptonians CC in the Surrey Championship
Surrey Championship
The Surrey Championship is a cricket organisation in Surrey running 6 divisions for 1st & 2nd XI cricket, 3 for 3rd XI and 1 for 4th XI. It is a designated ECB Premier League.-History:...
in the UK during the 2007 and 2008 seasons.
Kulkarni retired From International & First Class Cricket on July 28, 2010.