Tarun Nethula

Tarun Sai Nethula (born 8 May 1983) is an Indian-born cricketer who has played for the New Zealand national cricket team. He started his cricket training at St. Johns Cricket Academy in Hyderabad, Telangana^[2] and moved to New Zealand at the age of 11.^[3]

Tarun Nethula

Personal information
Full name	Tarun Sai Nethula
Born	(1983-05-08) 8 May 1983 (age 42) Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, India[1]
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm leg break
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	New Zealand
ODI debut (cap 171)	6 February 2012 v Zimbabwe
Last ODI	7 July 2012 v West Indies
ODI shirt no.	36
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2008/09–2009/10	Auckland
2010/11–2013/14	Central Districts
2014/15–2017/18	Auckland
2018/19	Northern Districts
Career statistics
Competition ODI FC LA T20 Matches 5 80 69 71 Runs scored 12 1,692 568 139 Batting average 6.00 19.67 17.75 8.17 100s/50s 0/0 1/3 0/1 0/0 Top score 9* 108 51 27 Balls bowled 264 15,093 3,521 1,474 Wickets 5 245 104 76 Bowling average 49.80 36.89 29.77 24.61 5 wickets in innings 0 11 1 1 10 wickets in match 0 2 0 0 Best bowling 2/41 6/32 5/57 6/23 Catches/stumpings 2/– 27/– 21/– 22/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 7 May 2022

He made his international debut for New Zealand in 2012 in a One Day International against Zimbabwe. He completed all ten overs, but did not take a wicket.^[4]

Domestic career

He was the leading wicket-taker in the 2017–18 Ford Trophy, with 21 dismissals in ten matches for Auckland^[5] as Auckland took the title from Nethula's former team, the Central Stags. Jeet Raval commented: "It's a big game, big players step up and Tarun has been a big player for the Aces for the last four to five years and long may it continue". Nethula took 43 Plunket Shield wickets in 2016–17, one behind Stags left-arm spinner and former teammate Ajaz Patel.^[6]

Besides playing cricket, he has a career as sports director at Mount Roskill Grammar School, since May 2017. He graduated from Massey University with a degree in International Business.^[7]