Sushil Nadkarni


Sushilkumar Suhas "Sushil" Nadkarni is an Indian-American cricketer. A left-handed batsman and off spin bowler, he has played for the United States national cricket team since 2006, and previously played for India Under-19s and played first-class and List A cricket for Maharashtra.

Biography

Born in India in 1976, Sushil Nadkarni was considered to be one of India's most promising young players in the mid-1990s. In the 1994/95 Indian Under-19 season, he averaged 99, gaining him a place on the India Under-19 tour of Australia. He played two Tests and two ODIs on the tour. He played six times for Maharashtra the following season, but was unable to gain a regular place in the side.
After gaining good results in engineering exams, he emigrated to the United States, eventually settling in Texas. He first came to attention in the USA in the 2005 inter-state competition, when he scored 171 and 214 in successive matches.
He first played for the USA in August 2006, playing in the ICC Americas Championship in King City, Ontario. He made his Twenty20 debut on 9 February 2010, for the United States in the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier in the United Arab Emirates. In January 2012, he was declared captain of the USA cricket team. He most recently represented his adopted country in the ICC Twenty20 Cup Qualifier 2012.
Nowadays Sushil Nadkarni actively working to teach the young kids the basics of cricket through Master Strokes Cricket Academy. He has the vision to root the cricket at the basics with this young generation.