Kamlesh Lachham Nagarkoti (born 28 December 1999) is an Indian

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er. He made his

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debut for

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in the

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on 26 February 2017. Two days later, he took the first-ever

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for Rajasthan in List A cricket, in the Vijay Hazare Trophy match against

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. Nagarkoti's father was a

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in the

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. He utilized his retirement corpus to buy a one-bedroom apartment in Jaipur so his son could learn to play cricket. Nagarkoti's childhood coach was Surendra Singh Rathod. In December 2017, he was named in India's squad for the

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. In January 2018, he was bought by the Kolkata Knight Riders in the

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for ₹3.2 crores. However, he did not play a match due to injury concerns. Despite that, he was retained for the next season. Just ahead of the

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he was again ruled out of the tournament due to back injury. In November 2019, he was named in India's squad for the

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in Bangladesh. He made his

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debut for the Kolkata Knight Riders in the

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on 26 September 2020. On 26 October 2020, Nagarkoti was named as one of four additional bowlers to travel with the

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for their tour to Australia. However, on 9 November 2020, Nagarkoti, was ruled out of the tour due to the management of his workload. In February 2022, he was bought by the Delhi Capitals in the

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for the

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tournament. He made his first-class debut on 24 February 2022, for Rajasthan in the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nagarkoti, Kamlesh 1999 births Living people Kumaoni people Indian cricketers Rajasthan cricketers People from Barmer, Rajasthan Kolkata Knight Riders cricketers Delhi Capitals cricketers