First ball in Test cricket and a wicket…Nilesh Kulkarni in recall mode
Updated On: 04 August, 2022 10:45 AM IST | Mumbai | Subodh Mayure
Ex-India left-arm spinner, 49, recalls feat on 25th anniversary of the India v Sri Lanka Colombo Test
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Former India left-arm spinner Nilesh Kulkarni (extreme left), ex-BCCI Chief Administrative Officer Prof Ratnakar Shetty and former India pacer and BCCI`s General Manager Abey Kuruvilla at the International Institute of Sports Management function in Marol yesterday. Pic: Subodh Mayure
It`s 25 years since India left-arm spinner Nilesh Kulkarni bowled his first ball in Test cricket and claimed a wicket on it. At a function to mark the occasion, the tall tweaker called it a magical moment, achieved in the Colombo Test of the 1997 series. On Wednesday, Kulkarni was accompanied by then India team manager Prof Ratnakar Shetty and teammate Abey Kuruvilla at the function organised by the students of International Institute of Sports Management, of which Kulkarni is founder director.
Captain Sachin Tendulkar declared India’s first innings at 537-8 after Navjot Sidhu (111), Tendulkar (143) and Mohammed Azharuddin (126) scored centuries on Day Two at the R Premadasa Stadium. Kulkarni got the opportunity to bowl the last over of the day. He recalled: “I was not prepared and my mind was completely switched off from thinking of bowling.” But he became India’s first and only bowler — and the 15th in world cricket — to take a wicket off the very first ball in Test cricket when he dismissed Sri Lanka opener Marvan Atapattu [on 26], caught by wicketkeeper Nayan Mongia.
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