Hrishikesh Kanitkar

Hrishikesh Hemant Kanitkar (pronunciationⓘ; born 14 November 1974) is a former Indian cricketer, who played Tests and ODIs.

Hrishikesh Kanitkar
Personal information
Full name
Hrishikesh Hemant Kanitkar
Born (1974-11-14) 14 November 1974
Pune, Maharashtra, India
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm offbreak
RoleAll-rounder
RelationsHemant Kanitkar (father)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 224)26 December 1999 v Australia
Last Test2 January 2000 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 109)7 December 1997 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI30 January 2000 v Australia
ODI shirt no.14
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 2 34 146 128
Runs scored 74 339 10,400 3,526
Batting average 18.50 17.84 52.26 35.26
100s/50s 0/0 0/1 33/46 6/21
Top score 45 57 290 133
Balls bowled 6 1,006 7,753 3,476
Wickets 0 17 74 70
Bowling average – 47.23 47.91 39.64
5 wickets in innings – 0 0 0
10 wickets in match – 0 0 0
Best bowling – 2/22 3/21 4/35
Catches/stumpings 0/– 14/– 85/– 49/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 20 February 2016

He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm offbreak bowler. When he retired in 2015, he was one of only three batsmen to have scored 8000-plus runs in the Ranji Trophy and also the only captain in the Ranji Trophy's history to lift the Elite and Plate league titles.

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