Sushil Nadkarni

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]

Sushil Nadkarni

Personal information
Full name	Sushilkumar Suhas Nadkarni
Born	(1976-05-31) 31 May 1976 (age 49) Gangtok, Sikkim, India
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off spin
Role	Batsman
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1995/96	Maharashtra
First-class debut	13 December 1995 Maharashtra v Baroda
Last First-class	17 January 1996 Maharashtra v Gujarat
List A debut	9 January 1996 Maharashtra v Bombay
Last List A	24 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

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.