Full Name

Akshay Kisanrao Karnewar

Born

October 12, 1992, Wagholi, Maharashtra

Age

31y 159d

Batting Style

Left hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Offbreak, Slow Left arm Orthodox

Playing Role

Bowler

Akshay Karnewar was 13 when Balu Navghare, his coach at the time, noticed that the right-arm offspinner batted and threw left. Navghare encouraged him to take up left-arm spin seriously, and Karnewar ended up becoming an ambidextrous bowler. Standing at nearly six feet, Karnewar bowls with a flattish action and does not spin the ball much. In 2008, Karnewar, who hails from Pandharkawda village in Maharashtra's Yavatmal district, attended the Vidarbha Cricket Academy trials and found a backer in former Mumbai wicketkeeper Sulakshan Kulkarni, who encouraged him to bowl in BCCI-organised tournaments.

Karnewar went on to play the DY Patil T20 league in Mumbai and trialed for Rajasthan Royals, but he was not selected. His big break came in December 2015 when Vidarbha handed him a List-A debut against Odisha in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. In that match, Karnewar, who is also a handy batsman, scored 72 and picked up two wickets in a losing cause. With 16 victims from seven matches, he finished as Vidarbha's leading wicket-taker in the tournament, and went on to take seven wickets from nine games in the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament. Karnewar was bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 10 lakh in the 2016 IPL auction.
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Akshay Karnewar Career Stats

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
FC17292164952376/478/5725.722.6358.4020
List A515123101666694/134/1324.144.3233.4500
T20s646312701376624/54/522.196.5020.4200

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
FC1723369510234.75113261.3912772270
List A51398762104*24.5891483.36145033200
T20s6447115164214.33389132.64004024200

Recent Matches of Akshay Karnewar

Photos of Akshay Karnewar

Akshay Karnewar scored a century
Akshay Karnewar plays a shot
Akshay Karnewar, the left-arm spin version