Umesh Kulkarni (cricketer)

{{Short description|Indian cricketer (born 1942)}}

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{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}

{{Use Indian English|date=July 2013}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Umesh Kulkarni

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| fullname = Umesh Narayan Kulkarni

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1942|3|7|df=y}}

| birth_place = Alibagh, British India

| death_date =

| death_place =

| batting = Left-handed

| bowling = Left-arm fast-medium

| heightft = 5

| heightinch = 6.5{{cite web|last1=Mukherjee|first1=Abhishek|title=Umesh Kulkarni: Unexpected selection before disappearance for good|url=http://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/umesh-kulkarni-unexpected-selection-before-disappearance-for-good-275622|website=Cricket Country|date=19 April 2015 |accessdate=7 March 2018}}

| columns = 2

| column1 = Test

| matches1 = 4

| runs1 = 13

| bat avg1 = 4.33

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 7

| deliveries1 = 448

| wickets1 = 5

| bowl avg1 = 47.60

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 2/37

| catches/stumpings1= 0/–

| column2 = First-class

| matches2 = 29

| runs2 = 158

| bat avg2 = 7.90

| 100s/50s2 = 0/0

| top score2 = 26*

| deliveries2 = 2,969

| wickets2 = 40

| bowl avg2 = 39.95

| fivefor2 = 0

| tenfor2 = 0

| best bowling2 = 4/43

| catches/stumpings2= 4/–

| international = true

| country = India

| testcap = 117

| testdebutagainst = Australia

| testdebutdate = 23 December

| testdebutyear = 1967

| lasttestdate = 22 February

| lasttestagainst = New Zealand

| lasttestyear = 1968

| source = http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/30154.html Cricinfo

| date = 10 September

| year = 2022

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Umesh Narayan Kulkarni {{audio|Umesh_Kulkarni.ogg|pronunciation}} (born 7 March 1942) is a former Indian cricketer who played four Test matches for India in 1967–68 on the tour to Australia and New Zealand.

A left-arm fast-medium bowler, Kulkarni played domestic cricket in India, mostly for Bombay, from 1963–64 to 1969–70. His best first-class figures were 4 for 43 for India against Ceylon in 1964–65.{{cite web |title=India v Ceylon, Ahmedabad 1964-65 |url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1960S/1964-65/CEYLON_IN_IND/INDIA_CEYLON_02-05JAN1965.html |website=Cricinfo |access-date=11 May 2024}} He was selected for the 1967–68 tour to Australia and New Zealand despite having taken only four wickets in four matches in the 1966–67 season in India.{{cite web |title=First-Class Bowling in Each Season by Umesh Kulkarni |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1/1306/f_Bowling_by_Season.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=11 May 2024}} He played in four of the eight Tests on the tour, taking five wickets.Wisden 1969, pp. 839, 853.

After the tour, injuries ended Kulkarni's playing career. He later worked for the Tata Group.