Akshay Wadkar (born 9 July 1994) is an Indian
cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by str ...
er.
He made his
first-class debut for
Vidarbha
Vidarbha (Pronunciation: ‹id̪əɾbʱə is a geographical region in the east of the Indian state of Maharashtra and a proposed state of central India, comprising the state's Amravati and Nagpur divisions. Amravati Division's former name is Ber ...
in the
2017–18 Ranji Trophy on 17 November 2017.
On 31 December 2017, in the final of the tournament, he scored his maiden first-class century, batting for Vidarbha against
Delhi
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.
In July 2018, he was named in India Red's squad for the
2018–19 Duleep Trophy
The 2018–19 Duleep Trophy was the 57th season of the Duleep Trophy, a first-class cricket tournament in India, which took place in August and September 2018. India Red were the defending champions. All of the matches took place at the NPR Co ...
, replacing
Abhishek Gupta. In August 2019, he was named in the India Green team's squad for the
2019–20 Duleep Trophy
The 2019–20 Duleep Trophy was the 58th season of the Duleep Trophy, a first-class cricket tournament in India. It took place in August and September 2019, starting the 2019–20 domestic cricket season in India. India Blue were the defending c ...
.
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1994 births
Living people
Indian cricketers
Cricketers from Nagpur
Vidarbha cricketers
India Red cricketers
Wicket-keepers
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