Dhawal Kulkarni

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

Dhawal Kulkarni

Personal information
Full name	Dhawal Sunil Kulkarni
Born	(1988-12-10) 10 December 1988 (age 35) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Role	Bowling-All rounder
International information
National side	India (2014–2016)
ODI debut (cap 203)	2 September 2014 v England
Last ODI	26 October 2016 v New Zealand
ODI shirt no.	91
T20I debut (cap 65)	20 June 2016 v Zimbabwe
Last T20I	22 June 2016 v Zimbabwe
T20I shirt no.	91
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2006/07–present	Mumbai
2008–2013	Mumbai Indians
2008/09–present	Wellington
2014–2015	Rajasthan Royals (squad no. 91)
2016–2017	Gujarat Lions (squad no. 91)
2018–2019	Rajasthan Royals
2020–2021	Mumbai Indians
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA Matches 12 2 96 130 Runs scored 27 1 1,793 533 Batting average – – 24.22 16.15 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/8 0/0 Top score 25* 1* 87 39* Balls bowled 598 48 16,919 6,353 Wickets 19 3 285 223 Bowling average 26.73 18.33 27.11 22.13 5 wickets in innings 0 0 15 5 10 wickets in match 0 0 1 0 Best bowling 4/34 2/23 7/50 5/29 Catches/stumpings 2/– 0/– 30/– 35/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 11 October 2024

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 ESPNcricinfo 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. "Dhawal Kulkarni". Archived from the original on 16 June 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
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3. "Rajasthan Royals Squad – Royals Squad – Pepsi Indian Premier League, 2015 Squad".
4. "Dhawal Kulkarni receives maiden call-up. India Cricket News". Content.cricinfo.com. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
5. "Morris and Mustafizur, Krunal and Chahal in IPL XI".
6. "Indian Premier League 2016: Cricbuzz's Team of the Tournament".
7. "Ranji Trophy, 2017/18: Mumbai batting and bowling averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
8. "List of sold and unsold players". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
9. "Samson picked for India A after passing Yo-Yo test". ESPNcricinfo. 23 July 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
10. "Rahane, Ashwin and Karthik to play Deodhar Trophy". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
11. "Deodhar Trophy 2019: Hanuma Vihari, Parthiv, Shubman to lead; Yashasvi earns call-up". SportStar. 24 October 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
12. "Highlights : England v India, 4th ODI, Edgbaston. Highlights: England v India, 4th ODI, 1st Innings. Cricket videos, MP3, podcasts, cricket audio". Archived from the original on 2 September 2014.
13. "India tour of Zimbabwe, 2nd T20I: Zimbabwe v India at Harare, Jun 20, 2016". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2016.