Kartik Jeshwant (born 27 September 1964) is a former Indian first-class

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er who played for

Karnataka cricket team Karnataka cricket team represents the Indian state of Karnataka in domestic cricket competitions. It has traditionally been one of the strongest teams in the domestic circuit and has produced many of Indian cricket team's iconic players. It wa ...

from 1985/86 to 1995/96. He worked as a cricket coach after retirement and became the head coach of the Karnataka team twice. He also became a cricket commentator in

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-language.

Life and career

Kartik Jeshwant was born on 27 September 1964 in

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. He studied in St. Joseph's Boys' High School, Bangalore. Jeshwant played for Karnataka as an

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who batted left-handed and bowled

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. He also captained Karnataka and appeared for

South Zone cricket team The South Zone cricket team is a first-class cricket team that represents southern India in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and previously in Duleep Trophy and Deodhar Trophy also. It is a composite team of players from six first-class Indian 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. His highest first-class score of 259

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came against Tamil Nadu at Coimbatore in December 1990 and was the highest score by a Karnataka batsman against Tamil Nadu until 2015. 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. He became the head coach again for the 2011/12 season.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jeshwant, Kartik 1964 births Living people Indian cricketers Karnataka cricketers South Zone cricketers Indian cricket coaches Cricketers from Mangalore