Ganesh Gaikwad (born 4 December 1987) is an Indian

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er. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm off-break bowler who plays for

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. He was born in

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. Gaikwad made his cricketing debut for the Under-14s team during the 2000–01 season, and made his way through the Under-15s, Under-17s, Under-19s and Under-22s teams. He made his first-class debut in December 2008, and made four appearances during the 2008-09 Vijay Hazare Trophy competition. Since May 2009 he has appeared for the Maharashtra Cricket Association XI in tours of Bangladesh and Australia. In the fourth season of

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, he was signed by Pune Warriors India.

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