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{{short description|Indian cricketer}}
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{{Infobox cricketer
|name = Akshay Karnewar
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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|10|12|df=yes}}
|birth_place = [[Wagholi]], Maharashtra, India
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|batting =Left-handed
|bowling =Right arm [[off spin]], [[Slow left arm orthodox]]
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|club1 = [[Vidarbha cricket team|Vidarbha]]
|year1 = 2015–
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|date = 10 January 2016
|source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/528730.html ESPNcricinfo
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'''Akshay Kisanrao Karnewar''' (born 12 October 1992) is an Indian [[cricket]]er who plays for [[Vidarbha cricket team|Vidarbha]].<ref name="Bio">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/528730.html |title=Akshay Karnewar |access-date=10 January 2016 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> He made his [[List A cricket|List A]] debut on 10 December 2015 in the [[2015–16 Vijay Hazare Trophy]].<ref name="ListA">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/901929.html |title=Vijay Hazare Trophy, Group C: Odisha v Vidarbha at Delhi, Dec 10, 2015 |access-date=10 January 2016 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> He made his [[Twenty20]] debut on 3 January 2016 in the [[2015–16 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy]].<ref name="T20">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/902111.html |title=Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, Group A: Gujarat v Vidarbha at Nagpur, Jan 3, 2016 |access-date=10 January 2016 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> He started off as a right arm [[Off spin|off-spinner]], but since he does everything except writing with his left hand, he was encouraged to learn to bowl [[Left-arm orthodox spin|slow left-arm orthodox]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Akshay Karnewar: Vidarbha's ambidextrous trumpcard |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-domestic-2015-16/content/story/963119.html |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=18 January 2016}}</ref>

He made his [[first-class cricket|first-class]] debut for Vidarbha in the [[2016–17 Ranji Trophy]] on 27 October 2016.<ref name="FC">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1053549.html |title=Ranji Trophy, Group B: Jharkhand v Vidarbha at Wayanad, Oct 27-30, 2016 |access-date=27 October 2016 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> In October 2017, he took his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket, taking 6 wickets for 47 runs against [[Punjab cricket team (India)|Punjab]] in the [[2017–18 Ranji Trophy]].<ref name="Karnewar5wkt">{{cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8050/report/1118635/ |title=Dinda, Shami leave Chhattisgarh in tatters |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=16 October 2017 |access-date=16 October 2017}}</ref> He was the leading wicket-taker for Vidarbha in the [[2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy]], with fifteen dismissals in seven matches.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=11523;team=2230;type=tournament |title=Vijay Hazare Trophy, 2016/17 - Vidarbha: Batting and bowling averages |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=9 October 2018}}</ref>

On 8 November 2021, in the [[2021–22 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy]] match between [[2021–22 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Plate Group#Round 4|Vidarbha and Manipur]], Karnewar became the first bowler to bowl four overs in a Twenty20 cricket match without conceding a run.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/smat-2021-karnewar-first-player-in-t20-to-concede-zero-runs-after-bowling-full-quota-7613358/ |title=Syed Mushtaq Ali trophy: Akshay Karnewar first player in T20 to concede zero runs after bowling full quota |work=The Indian Express |access-date=9 November 2021}}</ref> The following day, in Vidarbha's match against [[Sikkim cricket team|Sikkim]], Karnewar took a [[hat-trick (cricket)|hat-trick]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/vidarbha-bowler-akshay-karnewar-scripts-historic-t20-world-record-bowls-4-maidens-in-4-overs-claims-hat-trick-next-day-101636444738459.html |title=Vidarbha bowler Akshay Karnewar scripts historic T20 world record, bowls 4 maidens in 4 overs; claims hat-trick next day |work=Hindustan Times |access-date=9 November 2021}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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