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Full name | Tarun Sai Nethula | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, India [1] | 8 May 1983|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm leg break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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ODI debut(cap 171) | 6 February 2012 v Zimbabwe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 7 July 2012 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI shirt no. | 36 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2008/09–2009/10 | Auckland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010/11–2013/14 | Central Districts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014/15–2017/18 | Auckland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018/19 | Northern Districts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:ESPNcricinfo,7 May 2022 |
Tarun Sai Nethula (born 8 May 1983) is an Indian-born cricketer who has played for the New Zealand national cricket team. He started his cricket training at St. Johns Cricket Academy in Hyderabad,Telangana [2] and moved to New Zealand at the age of 11. [3]
He made his international debut for New Zealand in 2012 in a One Day International against Zimbabwe. He completed all ten overs,but did not take a wicket. [4]
He was the leading wicket-taker in the 2017–18 Ford Trophy,with 21 dismissals in ten matches for Auckland [5] as Auckland took the title from Nethula's former team,the Central Stags. Jeet Raval commented:"It's a big game,big players step up and Tarun has been a big player for the Aces for the last four to five years and long may it continue". Nethula took 43 Plunket Shield wickets in 2016–17,one behind Stags left-arm spinner and former teammate Ajaz Patel. [6]
Besides playing cricket,he has a career as sports director at Mount Roskill Grammar School,since May 2017. He graduated from Massey University with a degree in International Business. [7]
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