Mulewa Dharmichand (born 4 April 1984) is an Indian-born

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er. A right-handed

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and

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bowler,CricketArchive profile
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since 2004, having previously played under-19

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for India Under-19sOther matches played by Mulewa Dharmichand
at CricketArchive and

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for

Karnataka Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Karnat ...

Biography

Born in

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in 1984, Mulewa Dharmichand played for Karnataka at Under-16, Under-19 and Under-22 levels before making his first-class debut for them in a

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match against

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in November 2000.First-class matches played by Mulewa Dharmichand
at CricketArchive He played three Test matches for India Under-19s against England Under-19s in January 2001. He played his only

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match for Karnataka against

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in January 2002,List A matches played by Mulewa Dharmichand
at CricketArchive and his first-class career with them came to an end in November that year with Ranji Trophy matches against

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and

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. He first played for Singapore in the

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series against

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in 2004, playing in the event again the following two years. He played in the

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in 2006, and in the

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match against Malaysia the same year. In 2007, he played in the Saudara Cup match and in the

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, whilst in 2008 he played in the Stan Nagaiah Trophy series, Division Five of the

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, and most recently represented his adopted country in the 2008 ACC Trophy, where he played in the team's fifth place play-off against Malaysia.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dharmichand, Mulewa 1984 births Living people Rajasthan cricketers Indian cricketers Singaporean cricketers Karnataka cricketers People from Pali, Rajasthan Cricketers from Rajasthan Indian emigrants to Singapore SEA Games gold medalists for Singapore SEA Games silver medalists for Singapore SEA Games medalists in cricket Competitors at the 2017 SEA Games