Hemant Kanitkar

{{Short description|Indian cricketer (1942–2015)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Use Indian English|date=September 2016}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Hemant Kanitkar

| image =

| caption =

| full_name = Hemant Shamsunder Kanitkar

| birth_date = {{birth date|1942|12|8|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Amravati, British India

| death_date = {{death date and age|2015|6|9|1942|12|8|df=yes}}

| death_place = Pune, Maharashtra, India

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling =

| columns = 2

| column1 = Test

| matches1 = 2

| runs1 = 111

| bat avg1 = 27.75

| 100s/50s1 = 0/1

| top score1 = 65

| deliveries1 = –

| wickets1 = –

| bowl avg1 = –

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = –

| catches/stumpings1= 0/–

| column2 = First-class

| matches2 = 87

| runs2 = 5,006

| bat avg2 = 42.78

| 100s/50s2 = 13/23

| top score2 = 250

| deliveries2 = 82

| wickets2 = 1

| bowl avg2 = 54.00

| fivefor2 = 0

| tenfor2 = 0

| best bowling2 = 1/29

| catches/stumpings2= 70/20

| international = true

| country = India

| testcap = 133

| testdebutfor = India

| testdebutagainst = West Indies

| testdebutdate = 22 November

| testdebutyear = 1974

| lasttestdate = 11 December

| lasttestfor = India

| lasttestagainst = West Indies

| lasttestyear = 1974

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/30019.html ESPNcricinfo

| date = 15 April

| year = 2022

}}

Hemant Shamsundar Kanitkar {{audio|Hemant_Kanitkar.ogg|pronunciation}} (8 December 1942 – 9 June 2015) was an Indian cricketer who played in two Test matches in 1974.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/story/885753.html |title=Former India batsman Hemant Kanitkar dies |work=Cricinfo |access-date=10 June 2015 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}} His son, Hrishikesh Kanitkar represented India in 1999 – 2000.