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'''Nilesh Moreshwar Kulkarni''' {{Audio|Nilesh_Kulkarni.ogg|pronunciation}} (born 3 April 1973, in [[Dombivli]], [[Maharashtra]]) is a former [[India]]n [[cricket]]er. He is a slow left-arm bowler and left-handed lower order batsman who stood large at 6 ft 6 inches. | '''Nilesh Moreshwar Kulkarni''' {{Audio|Nilesh_Kulkarni.ogg|pronunciation}} (born 3 April 1973, in [[Dombivli]], [[Maharashtra]]) is a former [[India]]n [[cricket]]er. He is a slow left-arm bowler and left-handed lower order batsman who stood large at 6 ft 6 inches. | ||
Kulkarni was one of the many Mumbai players that got picked for India during [[Sachin Tendulkar]]'s tenure as captain. Kulkarni wrote himself into cricketing history by taking a [[wicket]] with the very first ball that he bowled in [[Test cricket]], becoming the first Indian bowler, and the twelfth bowler overall, to do so.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/149116.html |title=6, 6, 6, 6 |work=ESPN Cricinfo |accessdate=8 April 2019}}</ref> This was in the Test at Colombo against Sri Lanka in 1997–98. He took the wicket of Marvan Attapattu of his very first delivery in Test cricket. However Sri lanka went on to score excess of 900 runs in that game which was a world record at the time.<ref>[http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63762.html "India in Sri Lanka (1997): Scorecard of first Test"। Cricinfo। Retrieved: 26 April, 2017।]</ref> | Kulkarni was one of the many Mumbai players that got picked for India during [[Sachin Tendulkar]]'s tenure as captain. Kulkarni wrote himself into cricketing history by taking a [[wicket]] with the very first ball that he bowled in [[Test cricket]], becoming the first Indian bowler, and the twelfth bowler overall, to do so.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/149116.html |title=6, 6, 6, 6 |work=ESPN Cricinfo |accessdate=8 April 2019}}</ref> This was in the Test at Colombo against Sri Lanka in 1997–98. He took the wicket of Marvan Attapattu of his very first delivery in Test cricket. However Sri lanka went on to score excess of 900 runs in that game which was a world record at the time.<ref>[http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63762.html "India in Sri Lanka (1997): Scorecard of first Test"। Cricinfo। Retrieved: 26 April, 2017।]</ref> | ||