Kartik Jeshwant

Kartik Jeshwant
Personal information
Full name Kartik Achuta Jeshwant
Born (1964-09-27) 27 September 1964
Mangalore, Karnataka, India
Batting Left-handed
Bowling Slow left-arm orthodox
Role All-rounder
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1985/86-1995/96 Karnataka
Career statistics
Competition FC List A
Matches 68 26
Runs scored 3,905 378
Batting average 43.38 19.89
100s/50s 9/19 0/1
Top score 259* 84
Balls bowled 5,642 875
Wickets 105 21
Bowling average 25.62 30.80
5 wickets in innings 4 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a
Best bowling 6/24 3/28
Catches/stumpings 34/– 11/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 3 January 2016

Kartik Jeshwant (born 27 September 1964) is a former Indian first-class cricketer who played for Karnataka cricket team from 1985/86 to 1995/96. He worked as a cricket coach after retirement and became the head coach of the Karnataka team twice.

Life and career

Kartik Jeshwant was born on 27 September 1964 in Mangalore. He studied in St. Joseph's Boys' High School, Bangalore.[1]

Jeshwant played for Karnataka as an all-rounder who batted left-handed and bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He also captained Karnataka[2] and appeared for South Zone cricket team. Jeshwant appeared in 68 first-class matches, scoring close to 4000 runs and taking over 100 wickets. He appeared for Rest of India in the 1988–89 Irani Cup match against Tamil Nadu.[3] His highest first-class score of 259 not out came against Tamil Nadu at Coimbatore in December 1990 and was the highest score by a Karnataka batsman against Tamil Nadu until 2015.[4] He was part of the Karnataka team that won the 1995–96 Ranji Trophy, which was also his last season in first-class cricket.

Jeshwant was the head coach of Karnataka for two seasons in the early-2000s.[5] He became the head coach again for the 2011/12 season.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "St Joseph's Indian Educational Institutions in Bengaluru turn glorious 110". Daiji World. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "KSCA honours Ranji champions Karnataka". Zee News. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "Tamil Nadu v Rest of India in 1988/89". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "Karnataka rock the charts in Ranji Trophy triumph". IBNLive. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  5. ↑ "Jeshwant set to take charge of State team". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  6. ↑ "Karnataka get new batting, bowling coaches". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
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