Sushilkumar Suhas Nadkarni (born 31 May 1976) is an Indian-American

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since 2006, and previously played for India Under-19s and played first-class and

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Biography

Born in Gangtok, Sikkim, India in 1976, Sushil Nadkarni was considered to be one of India's most promising young players in the mid-1990s. In the 1994/95 Indian Under-19 season, he averaged 99, gaining him a place on the India Under-19 tour of

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. He played two Tests and two ODIs on the tour.Other matches played by Sushil Nadkarni
at CricketArchive He played six times for Maharashtra the following season, but was unable to gain a regular place in the side. After gaining good results in engineering exams, he emigrated to the

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, eventually settling in

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. He first came to attention in the US in the 2005 inter-state competition, when he scored 171 and 214 in successive matches. He first played for the US in August 2006, playing in the

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. He made his

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debut on 9 February 2010, for the United States in the

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in the United Arab Emirates. In January 2012, he was declared captain of the USA cricket team. He most recently represented his adopted country in the ICC Twenty20 Cup Qualifier 2012.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nadkarni, Sushil 1976 births Living people Indian emigrants to the United States American cricketers American sportspeople of Indian descent Maharashtra cricketers American people of Marathi descent American cricket captains