Sushil Nadkarni
Personal information
Full name
Sushilkumar Suhas Nadkarni
Born (1976-05-31) 31 May 1976
Gangtok, Sikkim, India
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm off spin
RoleBatsman
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1995/96Maharashtra
First-class debut13 December 1995 Maharashtra v Baroda
Last First-class17 January 1996 Maharashtra v Gujarat
List A debut9 January 1996 Maharashtra v Bombay
Last List A24 January 1996 Maharashtra v Saurashtra
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 3 3
Runs scored 47 91
Batting average 15.66 30.33
100s/50s 0/0 0/1
Top score 43 53
Catches/stumpings 1/0 0/0
Source: CricketArchive, 5 October 2008

Sushilkumar Suhas Nadkarni (born 31 May 1976) is an Indian-American cricketer.[1] A left-handed batsman and off spin bowler,[2] he has played for the United States national cricket team since 2006, and previously played for India Under-19s and played first-class and List A cricket for Maharashtra.[3]

Biography

Born in Gangtok, Sikkim, India in 1976,[2] Sushil Nadkarni was considered to be one of India's most promising young players in the mid-1990s. In the 1994/95 Indian Under-19 season, he averaged 99, gaining him a place on the India Under-19 tour of Australia.[1] He played two Tests and two ODIs on the tour.[4] He played six times for Maharashtra the following season, but was unable to gain a regular place in the side.[1]

After gaining good results in engineering exams, he emigrated to the United States, eventually settling in Texas. He first came to attention in the US in the 2005 inter-state competition, when he scored 171 and 214 in successive matches.[1]

He first played for the US in August 2006, playing in the ICC Americas Championship in King City, Ontario. He made his Twenty20 debut on 9 February 2010, for the United States in the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier in the United Arab Emirates.[5] In January 2012, he was declared captain of the USA cricket team. He most recently represented his adopted country in the ICC Twenty20 Cup Qualifier 2012.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Sushil Nadkarni at Cricinfo
  2. 1 2 Sushil Nadkarni at CricketArchive
  3. ↑ Teams played for by Sushil Nadkarni at CricketArchive
  4. ↑ Other matches played by Sushil Nadkarni at CricketArchive
  5. ↑ "1st Match, Group A, ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier at Abu Dhabi, Feb 9 2010". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
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