Kartik Jeshwant

Kartik Jeshwant (born 27 September 1964) is a former Indian first-class cricketer who played for Karnataka cricket team from 1985/86 to 1995/96. He worked as a cricket coach after retirement and became the head coach of the Karnataka team twice.

Kartik Jeshwant
Personal information
Full nameKartik Achuta Jeshwant
Born (1964-09-27) 27 September 1964
Mangalore, Karnataka, India
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
RoleAll-rounder
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1985/86-1995/96Karnataka
Career statistics
Competition FC List A
Matches 68 26
Runs scored 3,905 378
Batting average 43.38 19.89
100s/50s 9/19 0/1
Top score 259* 84
Balls bowled 5,642 875
Wickets 105 21
Bowling average 25.62 30.80
5 wickets in innings 4 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a
Best bowling 6/24 3/28
Catches/stumpings 34/– 11/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 3 January 2016

Life and career

Kartik Jeshwant was born on 27 September 1964 in Mangalore. He studied in St. Joseph's Boys' High School, Bangalore.[1]

Jeshwant played for Karnataka as an all-rounder who batted left-handed and bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He also captained Karnataka[2] and appeared for South Zone cricket team. Jeshwant appeared in 68 first-class matches, scoring close to 4000 runs and taking over 100 wickets. He appeared for Rest of India in the 1988–89 Irani Cup match against Tamil Nadu.[3] His highest first-class score of 259 not out came against Tamil Nadu at Coimbatore in December 1990 and was the highest score by a Karnataka batsman against Tamil Nadu until 2015.[4] He was part of the Karnataka team that won the 1995–96 Ranji Trophy, which was also his last season in first-class cricket.

Jeshwant was the head coach of Karnataka for two seasons in the early-2000s.[5] He became the head coach again for the 2011/12 season.[6]

References
  1. "St Joseph's Indian Educational Institutions in Bengaluru turn glorious 110". Daiji World. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  2. "KSCA honours Ranji champions Karnataka". Zee News. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  3. "Tamil Nadu v Rest of India in 1988/89". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  4. "Karnataka rock the charts in Ranji Trophy triumph". IBNLive. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  5. "Jeshwant set to take charge of State team". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  6. "Karnataka get new batting, bowling coaches". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
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