Akshay Wadkar

{{short description|Indian cricketer (born 1994)}}

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{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Akshay Wadkar

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| country = India

| fullname = Akshay Vinod Wadkar

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|7|9|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Nagpur, Maharashtra, India

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| batting = Right-handed

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| role = Wicket-keeper batsman

| club1 = Vidarbha

| year1 = 2013–present

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| columns = 3

| hidedeliveries = true

| column1 = FC

| matches1 = 61

| runs1 = 3,865

| bat avg1 = 48.92

| 100s/50s1 = 11/19

| top score1 = 146*

| catches/stumpings1 = 137/23

| column2 = LA

| matches2 = 47

| runs2 = 1,104

| bat avg2 = 35.61

| 100s/50s2 = 0/5

| top score2 = 82*

| catches/stumpings2 = 43/13

| column3 = T20

| matches3 = 28

| runs3 = 570

| bat avg3 = 23.75

| 100s/50s3 = 0/2

| top score3 = 63

| catches/stumpings3 = 14/1

| date = 1 April 2025

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/605360.html ESPNcricinfo

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Akshay Wadkar (born 9 July 1994) is an Indian cricketer.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/605360.html |title=Akshay Wadkar |access-date=17 November 2017 |work=ESPNcricinfo}} He made his first-class debut for Vidarbha in the 2017–18 Ranji Trophy on 17 November 2017.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1118684.html |title=Group D, Ranji Trophy at Porvorim, Nov 17-20 2017 |access-date=17 November 2017 |work=ESPNcricinfo}} On 31 December 2017, in the final of the tournament, he scored his maiden first-class century, batting for Vidarbha against Delhi.{{Cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/ranji-trophy-final-delhi-vs-vidarbha-live-cricket-score-day-3/story-P7fVNY5BFnnoeLISZOuqHM.html |title=Ranji Trophy final, Delhi vs Vidarbha, full cricket score, Day 3: VID lead by 233 after Wadkar ton |access-date=31 December 2017 |work=Hindustan Times}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8050/report/1118703/day/3/ |title=Wadkar's maiden hundred tightens Vidarbha's grip on final |access-date=31 December 2017 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}

In July 2018, he was named in India Red's squad for the 2018–19 Duleep Trophy, replacing Abhishek Gupta.{{cite news| last=Somani |first=Saurabh |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/24173798/akshay-wadkar-replaces-abhishek-gupta-duleep-trophy-squad |title=Akshay Wadkar replaces Abhishek Gupta in Duleep Trophy squad |work=ESPNcricinfo |date=24 July 2018 |access-date=24 July 2018}} In August 2019, he was named in the India Green team's squad for the 2019–20 Duleep Trophy.{{cite news |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/27331972/shubman-gill-priyank-panchal-faiz-fazal-lead-duleep-trophy-sides |title=Shubman Gill, Priyank Panchal and Faiz Fazal to lead Duleep Trophy sides |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=6 August 2019}}{{cite news |url=https://www.cricketcountry.com/news/duleep-trophy-2019-shubman-gill-faiz-fazal-and-priyank-panchal-to-lead-duleep-trophy-2019-squad-fixtures-schedule-876560 |title=Duleep Trophy 2019: Shubman Gill, Faiz Fazal and Priyank Panchal to lead as Indian domestic cricket season opens |work=Cricket Country |access-date=6 August 2019}}