- Nikhil Haldipur
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Nikhil Haldipur (Born December 19, 1977 in Kolkata) is an Indian first class cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and represented West Bengal,India B, India A, Rest of India, East Zone and Goa.[1]
In the year 1998 he won the Castrol Most Promising Cricketer Award along with Amit Pagnis (Mumbai), Mohammed Kaif (Uttar Pradesh) and Reetinder Singh Sodhi (Punjab). [2]
He was a part of the first batch National Cricket Academy, Bangalore training group in the year 2000. But,soon along with Murali Karthik and Harbhajan Singh, Nikhil Haldipur were released from the academy citing indiscipline. [3]
Nikhil Haldipur never made it to the Indian National Team despite being recognized as one of the best left handed batsmen in the country. He was written about in the article named "The unsung heroes" by SPORTSSTAR Magazine, edition dated Jan. 27, 2007 [4]
References
- ^ Player profile: Nikhil Haldipur from ESPNcricinfo
- ^ Template:Http://www.expressindia.com/ie/daily/19981202/33650854.html
- ^ Template:Http://hindu.com/2000/09/30/stories/0730028v.htm
- ^ Template:Http://www.hindu.com/tss/tss3004/stories/20070127001601300.htm
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