Darshan Nalkande is a cricketer from India who was born on October 4th, with the year 1998. In the 2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy, which took place on October 2, 2018, he made his debut for Vidarbha in the List A competition. The first day of November 2018 was his maiden appearance for Vidarbha in a first-class match of the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy. When the player auction for the 2019 Indian Premier League (IPL) took place in December 2018, the Punjab Kings were the ones that purchased his services.
On February 21, 2019, he made his debut for Vidarbha in the Twenty20 competition, which was part of the 2018–19 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. The Gujarat Titans were the ones who purchased him during the auction for the 2022 Indian Premier League competition, which took place in February of that year. In April of 2022, he won his first Indian Premier League match against Punjab Kings. In times of difficulty, those who can persevere prevail.
Now, Shubman Gill will cling to these words of encouragement as GT endured a devastating defeat at the hands of the Punjab Kings tonight at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. The match resulted in the Punjab Kings winning with one ball left. Gill was finally able to find his form, as he struck his first fifty of the Indian Premier League 2024 season and led his side today with a swashbuckling captain’s knock of 89* while standing till the very end of the match.
Because Nalkande had a brother who was both a wicketkeeper and a batter while he was growing up in Akola, it is easy to see why he decided to become a bowler. The 25-year-old player began playing cricket with a leather ball when he was nine years old. He progressed through Vidarbha’s age group divisions, beginning with the U13 and continuing through the U19, until finally making it to the senior squad in 2018.
Darshan Nalkande Biography
| Name | Darshan Nalkande |
| Full Name | Darshan Girish Nalkande |
| Date of Birth | October 4, 1998 |
| Place of Birth | Wardha, Maharashtra |
| Other Names | NA |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Father’s Name | NA |
| Mother’s Name | NA |
| Siblings | NA |
| Spouse | NA |
| Marriage Date | NA |
| Children | NA |
| Role | Batting Allrounder |
| Batting | Right-handed |
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium |
| ODI Debut | NA |
| Test Debut | NA |
| Favourite Food | NA |
| Favourite Actor | NA |
| Favourite Actress | NA |
| Favourite Colour | Blue |
| Retirement | Still Playing |
The talented right-arm medium-fast bowler has already established his mark on the local circuit. He has excelled to the point that Gujarat Titans, a team involved in the Indian Premier League (IPL), have decided to keep him on their roster in advance of the IPL 2024 player auction event. With the Punjab Kings, the fast bowler’s first experience in the Indian Premier League (IPL) came in the 2019 season. The Punjab Kings selected him for INR 30 lakh, beating off competition from the Rajasthan Royals.
Nevertheless, he did not get a single game for either the 2019 or 2020 seasons of the game. Under the terms of the 2022 auction, the Titans selected Nalkande for a base price of twenty lakh Indian rupees. During the 2022 and 2023 seasons of the Indian Premier League, he has participated in three matches for the Titans, during which he has taken three wickets. He dismissed Vidarbha colleagues Jitesh Sharma and Odean Smith off consecutive deliveries during the Indian Premier League 2022 match between the Kings and the Titans in Mumbai. He got two wickets for 37 runs (two wickets for 37 runs).
Rahul Tewatia’s heroics, which included hammering two sixes, have indelibly carved the contest into the annals of cricket mythology. Twelve runs were required from the last two deliveries. A swift bowler named Nalkande demonstrated his craftiness at the KL Saini Stadium when he foxed the well-established Ankeet Bawne by bowling a full slower ball to trap him in front of the wicket. Considering that fresh hitters are coming in and that there is a possibility of reverse swing.
The fast bowler went back to the fundamentals, delivering rapid deliveries at the top of off-stump, and he was successful in getting three hitters out in the span of less than six balls. The Indian Premier League website describes Nalkande as an all-rounder. In 2018, he made his debut in the Vijay Hazare Trophy against Maharashtra at Alur, where he hit a 56 off of thirty balls. However, since then, he has had little opportunity to demonstrate his batting prowess.
Batting & Fielding Stats
| YEAR | MAT | NO | RUNS | HS | AVG | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4S | 6S | CT | ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | 6 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 6.00 | 12 | 100.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 12.00 | 11 | 109.09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| YEAR | MAT | BALLS | RUNS | WKTS | BBM | AVE | ECON | SR | 4W | 5W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | 6 | 84 | 148 | 6 | 2/21 | 24.67 | 10.57 | 14.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 3 | 29 | 45 | 3 | 2/21 | 15.00 | 9.31 | 9.67 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 24 | 44 | 1 | 1/44 | 44.00 | 11.00 | 24.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2 | 31 | 59 | 2 | 2/37 | 29.50 | 11.42 | 15.50 | 0 | 0 |
Watch Out for These Indian Fast Bowling All-rounders Fast bowling all-rounders have always been in demand in India; yet, the alternatives available to them are still restricted. On the other hand, the Indian Premier League serves as a one-of-a-kind platform for discovering this kind of talent. The Indian Premier League has not provided Nalkande with sufficient opportunities to far; nevertheless, he has a good record in List A cricket, with 49 wickets in 29 matches and a bowling economy of 5.41.
The bat was another area in which he contributed, as he scored 327 runs at an average of 23.35. A remarkable turn of events has taken place at the Ekana Stadium, where Nalkande has said goodbye to the ‘Half-Century Boy,’ Marcus Stoinis, during the match between LSG and GT that is now taking place. As a result of a remarkable comeback by the young prodigy Darshan Nalkande, the fans exploded in applause as Stoinis left the game at a crossroads.
Despite this, he failed to time his stroke properly, which resulted in a heavy leading edge off the bat. Behind the wicket, the ball shot into the night sky, leaving the onlookers gasping for air as it flew into the air. Sharath BR, who was making his debut in the Indian Premier League, demonstrated his abilities by taking the chance and collecting his first catch with exquisite technique. Despite a little stumble, Sharath was able to keep control of the situation and get a very important dismissal.
