Dhawal Kulkarni

Dhawal Sunil Kulkarni (born 10 December 1988) is an Indian cricketer[1] as well as first class cricketer. He is a right arm medium-pace bowler and right-handed lower order batsman.[2]

Dhawal Kulkarni
Personal information
Full nameDhawal Sunil Kulkarni
Born (1988-12-10) 10 December 1988
Chunabhatti, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-fast
RoleBowler
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 203)2 September 2014 v England
Last ODI26 October 2016 v New Zealand
T20I debut (cap 65)20 June 2016 v Zimbabwe
Last T20I22 June 2016 v Zimbabwe
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2008–2013Mumbai Indians
2007–Mumbai
2014–2015Rajasthan Royals (squad no. 91)
2016–2017Gujarat Lions (squad no. 91)
2018–2019Rajasthan Royals
2020Mumbai Indians
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 12 2 86 119
Runs scored 27 1 1,721 483
Batting average – – 26.07 17.88
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/8 0/0
Top score 25* 1* 87 39*
Balls bowled 598 48 15,531 5,841
Wickets 19 3 261 203
Bowling average 26.73 18.33 27.48 22.80
5 wickets in innings 0 0 15 4
10 wickets in match 0 0 1 0
Best bowling 4/34 2/23 7/50 5/29
Catches/stumpings 2/– 0/– 29/– 33/–
Source: CricInfo, 31 August 2020

In first class cricket, he plays for Mumbai and in the Indian Premier League, he plays for Mumbai Indians[3] Based on his consistent performance in the domestic season and the IPL, he was selected for the Indian Test team for the away series against New Zealand in 2009.[4] But he was not selected to play in any of the three Test matches of the series.

Domestic career

In the 2012-13 Ranji Trophy, he was one of the key faces to make Mumbai the Ranji Trophy champions for the 40th time. He took 5/33 against the Services in the Semi-final, after scoring 20* in the 1st innings. He followed it up with 4/24 and 5/32 against 1st time finalists Saurashtra to bowl them out for 148 and 82, and thus ensure a win by an innings and 125 runs in the final. He was rewarded with a chance in the India A cricket squad. He was selected for the quadrangular series in 2014 where he played a key role for India winning the cup.

For his performances in the 2016 IPL season, he was named in the Cricinfo and Cricbuzz IPL XI [5][6]

He was the leading wicket-taker for Mumbai in the 2017–18 Ranji Trophy, with 21 dismissals in six matches.[7]

In January 2018, he was bought by the Rajasthan Royals in the 2018 IPL auction.[8] In July 2018, he was named in the squad for India Blue for the 2018–19 Duleep Trophy.[9] In October 2018, he was named in India A's squad for the 2018–19 Deodhar Trophy.[10] In October 2019, he was named in India C's squad for the 2019–20 Deodhar Trophy.[11]

International career

He was included in the Test squad for the tour of New Zealand in 2009 but didn't make a debut. Following this success of quadrangular series in 2014 he was selected for the ODI squad for England tour. He made his One Day International debut in the 4th ODI against England in September 2014 at Edgbaston.[12] He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut against Zimbabwe at Harare on 20 June 2016.[13]

References
  1. http://www.cricketcountry.com/players/dhawal-kulkarni
  2. https://cricket.yahoo.com/player-profile/dhawal-kulkarni_4599
  3. http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2015/content/squad/832995.html
  4. "Dhawal Kulkarni receives maiden call-up | India Cricket News | ESPN Cricinfo". Content.cricinfo.com. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
  5. http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2016/content/story/1021857.html
  6. https://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/80264/indian-premier-league-2016-cricbuzzs-team-of-the-tournament
  7. "Ranji Trophy, 2017/18: Mumbai batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  8. "List of sold and unsold players". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  9. "Samson picked for India A after passing Yo-Yo test". ESPN Cricinfo. 23 July 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  10. "Rahane, Ashwin and Karthik to play Deodhar Trophy". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  11. "Deodhar Trophy 2019: Hanuma Vihari, Parthiv, Shubman to lead; Yashasvi earns call-up". SportStar. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  12. http://www.espncricinfo.com/england-v-india-2014/content/video_audio/777121.html
  13. "India tour of Zimbabwe, 2nd T20I: Zimbabwe v India at Harare, Jun 20, 2016". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
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