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Full name Hrishikesh Hemant Kanitkar
Born November 14, 1974, Pune, Maharashtra
Current age 33 years 280 days
Major teams India,Air India,Maharashtra
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Relations Father - HS Kanitkar
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
2
4
0
74
45
18.50
185
40.00
0
0
8
0
0
0
ODIs
34
27
8
339
57
17.84
512
66.21
0
1
25
1
14
0
First-class
105
162
16
7879
290
53.96
26
31
67
0
List A
121
109
16
3315
133
35.64
5
21
48
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
2
1
6
2
0
-
-
-
2.00
-
0
0
0
ODIs
34
28
1006
803
17
2/22
2/22
47.23
4.78
59.1
0
0
0
First-class
105
7633
3460
73
3/21
47.39
2.71
104.5
0
0
List A
121
3476
2775
70
4/35
4/35
39.64
4.78
49.6
1
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Australia v India at Melbourne, Dec 26-30, 1999 scorecard
Last Test
Australia v India at Sydney, Jan 2-4, 2000 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
India v Sri Lanka at Indore, Dec 25, 1997 scorecard
Last ODI
Australia v India at Perth, Jan 30, 2000 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut
1994/95
Last First-class
Maharashtra v Saurashtra at Nagothane, Dec 17-19, 2007 scorecard
List A debut
1994/95
Last List A
Punjab v Maharashtra at Delhi, Mar 19, 2007 scorecard
Profile
It is on the cards that even if he has a long international career, Hrishikesh Kanitkar's name will forever be linked with his winning boundary off Saqlain Mushtaq in fading light in India's memorable victory over Pakistan at Dhaka in January 1998 when the team chased a 300 plus target in the Independence Cup final. But even though Kanitkar is proud of that stroke, he would like to consolidate his place in the Indian team, something that he has not been able to do despite getting many opportunities. This is a pity because Kanitkar is potentially a fine utility cricketer, the kind who should be indispensable in the one day game and who could also be useful in Test cricket.
A gutsy left-hand middle-order batsman, an accurate offspinner and a brilliant versatile fieldsman, Kanitkar never established himself. Flown halfway round the world from West Indies, where he was leading the India A team, to represent the Indian team in Australia as a replacement for Ajay Jadeja was his biggest opportunity but despite a couple of good performances, he was not able to find a regular place in the side. Perhaps the fault lies with his temparament, for he is not without cricketing skills. Son of Hemant Kanitkar, who played two Tests against West Indies in 1974-75, Kanitkar is young and can still claim a regular place in the Indian side, if he tightens up his technique and improves his temparament.
Partab Ramchand
