Akshay Wadkar (born 9 July 1994) is an Indian
cricket
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er.
He made his
first-class debut for
Vidarbha
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in the
2017–18 Ranji Trophy
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on 17 November 2017.
On 31 December 2017, in the final of the tournament, he scored his maiden first-class century, batting for Vidarbha against
Delhi
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.
In July 2018, he was named in India Red's squad for the
2018–19 Duleep Trophy
The 2018–19 Duleep Trophy was the 57th season of the Duleep Trophy, a first-class cricket tournament in India, which took place in August and September 2018. India Red were the defending champions. All of the matches took place at the NPR C ...
, replacing
Abhishek Gupta. In August 2019, he was named in the India Green team's squad for the
2019–20 Duleep Trophy
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.
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1994 births
Living people
Indian cricketers
21st-century Indian sportsmen
Cricketers from Nagpur
Vidarbha cricketers
India Red cricketers
Wicket-keepers
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