Dhawal Kulkarni

Dhawal Kulkarni

Personal information
Full name	Dhawal Sunil Kulkarni
Born	(1988-12-10) 10 December 1988 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm medium
Role	Bowler
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2008–present	Mumbai Indians
2007–present	Mumbai
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20 Matches 34 31 30 Runs scored 508 106 18 Batting average 29.88 13.25 6.00 100s/50s 0/2 0/0 0/0 Top score 87 23 7* Balls bowled 6143 1436 555 Wickets 114 46 27 Bowling average 25.89 26.36 27.62 5 wickets in innings 8 1 – 10 wickets in match – – – Best bowling 7/50 5/29 3/26 Catches/stumpings 13/0 11/0 5/0
Source: espncricinfo, 10 October 2011

Dhawal Sunil Kulkarni is an Indian first class cricketer. He is a right arm medium-pace bowler and right-handed lower order batsman. In first class cricket, he plays for Mumbai and in the Indian Premier League, he plays for Mumbai Indians. 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. But he was not selected to play in any of the three Test matches of the series.

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.