Dinesh Salunkhe
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| Born | 12 November 1982 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Legbreak | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2008 | Rajasthan Royals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 1 March 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dinesh Salunkhe (born 12 November 1982 in Bombay)[1] is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a leg-break bowler. Played Legend League in 2022. Salunkhe made six appearances for the victorious Rajasthan Royals team in the 2008 Indian Premier League competition. To date all his professional appearances have been in Twenty20 cricket; he has never played first-class cricket.
Salunkhe shot to fame when he was chosen as 'Man of the Series' in there first season of Cricket Star, India's first-ever cricket talent-hunting reality television show. His prize was a scholarship with Leicestershire County Cricket Club for the 2007 English cricket season. During this period, Salunkhe played in some games for Leicestershire Second XI. Upon returning to India he was signed up to play for the Air India cricket team.