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Member Profiles

In order of seniority in the club
Hitesh
Full Name: Hitesh Talati
Major Teams: Nashville Cricket Association
Batting Style: Right-hand bat
Bowling Style: Right-arm medium pace

He is an outstanding swing bowler with great control and variation, he is the oldest member of the club but he can be rated as the fittest, can give a run for the money to all the young guys in the team on any day. He would never give up no matter what the situation is in a cricket game and is a live wire on the field. The main highlight of his career at NCA was bowling a great spell in the championship game of 2008.He is also the Founder and Chairman of the club.

Arun
Full Name: Arun Paul
Major Teams: Nashville Cricket Association and Nashville VOLS
Batting Style: Right-hand bat
Bowling Style: Right-arm off break

Arun is one of the best opening batsmen Nashville has ever seen, and certainly the most successful.His game is built around a near perfect technique and enormous power of concentration.It is hard to visualize a better defense, virtually unbreakable. Always has a price tag on his wicket and it is a great achievement for any bowler to get his wicket.Not to forget his achievement as a spinner who is never afraid to experiment in any situation of a match. He also has the highest number of Man of Match awards in TCL. He is the President of the club and was also the ex-captain of the team leading the team to many great victories and most memorably the inaugural 7 on 7 tournament.

Mridul
Full Name: Mridul Bajpai
Major Teams: Nashville Cricket Association
Batting Style: Right-hand bat
Bowling Style: Right-arm medium pace

Mridul is a hard hitting lower middle order batsman, who on his day can slaughter any bowling attack. He won many games for NCA from a no win position with his blistering knocks. He is a very useful bowler in death overs, he is calm and collective and that is the reason for his success in the death overs.

Sujay
Full Name: Sujay Kumar
Major Teams: Nashville Cricket Association and Nashville VOLS
Batting Style: Right-hand bat
Bowling Style: Right-arm medium pace

Sujay Kumar is a true artist with the willow – his stroke play, particularly on the offside is like what Dravid has said about Ganguly, €œGod on the off-side€. His other stroke play is nothing less than divine. He is equally adept against pace and spin- waiting on the ball against the fast men and using twinkling footwork against the spinners- and always delivers when it truly matters.

Srimanth (Captain)
Full Name: Srimanth Brindavanam
Major Teams: Nashville Cricket Association, Vanderbilt Cricket Club and Nashville VOLS
Batting Style: Right-hand bat
Bowling Style: Right-arm medium pace

An essential part of the NCA, especially when orchestrating calm chases in crisesthat often end in final overs. Srimanth brings gusto to whatever he does, whether bowling some swing bowling, hurling his ungainly bulk round the field or vigorously leading the side but he saves his loudest grunt for his batting, where he is a maverick unabashed six-hitter.He is also the leader of the pack and his greatest achievement to this day is leading the side to their first ever TCL championship victory.

Jaideep (Vice-Captain)
Full Name: Jaideep Deshmukh
Major Teams: Nashville Cricket Association and Nashville VOLS
Batting Style: Left-hand bat
Bowling Style: Right-arm medium pace

An aggressive batsman who has dismantled bowling attacks across the league. Jaideep is scrupulous at practice and has a tidy, compact style. Skilled off front foot and back, he is attractive to watch once set. He possesses the best slower ball in the league and he disguises it very well. He is as cool as a cucumber and he always delivers under pressure as a bowler. His greatest achievement for NCA was winning the man of finals in 2008. He is also the vice captain of the team.

Aniket
Full Name: Aniket Borwankar
Major Teams: Nashville Cricket Association, Vanderbilt Cricket Club, Shivaji Park Cricket Gymkhana, Mumbai

Vidharba Cricket Association U-16 and Nashville VOLS

Batting Style: Right-hand bat
Bowling Style: Right-arm fast

On his day, Aniket is outstanding. With a strong shoulder action, he hits the pitch with force, and mainly bowls in cutters and leg cutters. But batsmen never dare to mess with him as he has the best short ball in the league. As much as the slips, Aniket brings into play the man at short leg. On the dead pitches of Nashville,he learned to harness the power of the old ball off the seam rather than in the air, the finest demonstration of which was displayed on many occasions. He is very flexible in his batting and can play as a opening or a middle order batsman and he is adept at playing according to any situation. He has the safest hands in the slips and in the outfield.

Bharat
Full Name: Bharat Gupta
Major Teams: Nashville Cricket Association, Vanderbilt Cricket Club and Nashville VOLS
Batting Style: Right-hand bat
Bowling Style: Right-arm medium pace

Tenacious and technically sound, Bharat is a top-order batsman very much in the mould of Arun Paul; it is Bharat€™s mental attitude to the game that has set him apart from his peers. When in form, he is particularly adept at leaving the ball outside off stump, and he has received glowing reviews from players and spectators at every ground he has played in. When need be he can also keep the wickets efficiently.

Akshay
Full Name: Akshay Dabholkar
Major Teams: Nashville Cricket Association, Vanderbilt Cricket Club, New Mexico Cricket Club and Nashville VOLS
Batting Style: Right-hand bat
Bowling Style: Right-arm fast

One of the new generation fast bowlers for NCA, Akshay initially forced his way into the team with his outstanding fielding performances in practice games and had an immediate impact in his first League game with bagful of wickets. He also quickly mastered traditional out swing and bowls a mean yorker. He is no mug with the bat, with his bulky appearance and strong wrist he can easily clear the boundary at will.

Srivatsan
Full Name: Srivatsan Pallavaram
Major Teams: Nashville Cricket Association and Vanderbilt Cricket Club
Batting Style: Left-hand bat
Bowling Style: Left-arm slow

In a land of dashers and crashers Srivatsan is a grafter, a battler, He may be short of stature but he is tall in enthusiasm. His strong-willed performances were a highlight in his short career with NCA. He is also the marketing manager of Nashville Cricket Association.

Sathish
Full Name: Sathish Ramachandran
Major Teams: Nashville Cricket Association
Batting Style: Right-hand bat
Bowling Style: Right-arm off break

A player of passion, with talent to match, Sathish is NCA€™s most talented off spin bowler. Bowling with a windmilling, whiplash action, he exercises great command over the ball, has the ability to vary his length and pace. His main wicket-taking ball, however, is the one that climbs wickedly on the unsuspecting batsman from a good length, forcing him to alter his stroke at the last second.

Nikkon
Full Name: Nikkon Ghosh
Major Teams: Nashville Cricket Association and Vanderbilt Cricket Club
Batting Style: Right-hand bat
Fielding Position: Wicket Keeping

It took just one season for Nikkon Ghosh to be transformed from a second-choice wicketkeeper for NCA to be the number one wicket keeper for NCA. He has very good foot work behind the stumps; naturally he keeps brilliantly for the faster men. He has the great ability to cover the ground and he makes it all look so easy. Best man to stand behind the stumps for Nashville cricket Association. He is also a very talented batsman who plays a free flowing and aggressive innings

Srinivas
Full Name: Srinivas Gunna
Major Teams: Nashville Cricket Association
Batting Style: Left-hand bat
Bowling Style: Left-arm fast-medium

Tall and slim, Srinivas bowls a full length moves the ball both ways in the air and off the seam and after few practice sessions he fitted easily into NCA. He was also instrumental in helping NCA win their first TCL championship. He is easily the most penetrative and successful new-ball bowler for NCA. He swings and seams the ball with skill, his trademark delivery being the late out swinger. However,

he also bowls a beautifully disguised slower one.

Ravi
Full Name: Ravi Palakodetti
Major Teams: Nashville Cricket Association and Vanderbilt Cricket Club
Batting Style: Right-hand bat
Bowling Style: Right-arm medium

Player with a good technique, who builds his innings steadily and can always be trusted to anchor at one end when things get tough. He is a handy medium pacer and a developing leg spinner and a decent wicket keeper.

Gideon
Full Name: Gideon Packianathan
Major Teams: Nashville Cricket Association, Nashville Cricket Club and Nashville VOLS
Batting Style: Right-hand bat
Fielding Position: Wicket Keeping

A slow starter, Gideon shows immense strength of character once he gets his eye in. He is a master of the percentage game, his caution a counterpoint to the risks taken by his opening partner’s. An elegant player to watch, Gideon’s signature shot is the flick towards the square leg.

PAST MEMBERS
Pratik
Full Name: Pratik Pandharipande
Major Teams: Nashville Cricket Association
Batting Style: Right-hand bat
Fielding Position: Wicket Keeper

The best keeper Nashville Cricket Association has ever witnessed and he can be swashbuckling with the bat and secure with the wicket keeping gloves. He has been part of many explosive opening partnerships with Arun Paul and was also instrumental in securing a win in the inaugural 7 on 7 tournament finals in 2006.

Siraj
Full Name: Siraj Ahmed
Major Teams: Nashville Cricket Association
Batting Style: Right-hand bat
Bowling Style: Right-arm off spin

Lanky off-spinner who is never afraid to flight the ball and he is a perfect example of how a team guy should be, lastly an explosively batsman who is really very strong in the €œV€.

Ramadass
Full Name: Ramadass Prabhakar
Major Teams: Nashville Cricket Association. Moved to Charlotte, NC
Batting Style: Right-hand bat
Bowling Style: Right-arm medium fast

Raj
Full Name: Raj Chamarthi
Major Teams: Nashville Cricket Association. Moved to Memphis, TN.
Batting Style: Right-hand bat
Bowling Style: Right-arm medium

Shareef
Full Name: Shareef Syed
Major Teams: Nashville Cricket Association. Moved to San Jose, CA
Batting Style: Right-hand bat
Bowling Style: Right-arm medium

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