Bogdankdu at 16:01, 20 October 2025

2025-10-20T16:01:42Z

New page

{{short description|Indian cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}}

{{Infobox cricketer
| name = M. D. Nidheesh
| image =Nidheesh profile.jpg
| image_upright = yes
| country = India
| fullname = Mattakandathil Dineshan Nidheesh
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|9|5|df=yes}}{{efn|name=fn1|Discrepancy between sources on date of birth, CricketArchive records it as 5 September,<ref>{{cite web |title=Dineshan Nidheesh |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1090/1090486/1090486.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=25 April 2025 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> ESPNcricinfo lists it as 5 May}}
| birth_place = Chembu, [[Kottayam]], [[Kerala]], India
| death_date =
| death_place =
| height = 178 cm
| batting = Right handed
| bowling = Right-arm [[fast medium]]
| role = [[Bowling (cricket)|Bowler]]

| club1 = [[Kerala cricket team|Kerala]]
| year1 = 2015-present
| clubnumber1 =
| club2 = [[Mumbai Indians]]
| year2 = 2018
| clubnumber2 =

| columns = 3
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
| matches1 = 42
| runs1 = 433
| bat avg1 = 10.06
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0
| top score1 = 34
| deliveries1 = 6,087
| wickets1 = 106
| bowl avg1 = 28.74
| fivefor1 = 6
| tenfor1 = 1
| best bowling1 = 7/88
| catches/stumpings1 = 12/–

| column2 = [[List A cricket|LA]]
| matches2 = 28
| runs2 = 90
| bat avg2 = 7.50
| 100s/50s2 = 0/0
| top score2 = 40
| deliveries2 = 1,236
| wickets2 = 44
| bowl avg2 = 24.06
| fivefor2 = 1
| tenfor2 = 0
| best bowling2 = 5/49
| catches/stumpings2 = 2/–

| column3 =[[Twenty20|T20]]
| matches3 = 18
| runs3 = 20
| bat avg3 = 10.00
| 100s/50s3 = 0/0
| top score3 = 14
| deliveries3 = 360
| wickets3 = 21
| bowl avg3 = 22.52
| fivefor3 = 0
| tenfor3 = 0
| best bowling3 = 4/30
| catches/stumpings3 = 5/–
| date = 11 April 2025
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/822703.html ESPNcricinfo
}}

'''Mattakandathil Dineshan Nidheesh''' (born 5 September 1991{{efn|name=fn1}}) is an Indian [[cricket]]er who represents [[Kerala cricket team|Kerala]] in domestic cricket. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm [[medium-fast]] bowler.<ref name="Cricinfo">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/822703.html |title=M. D. Nidheesh |access-date=11 October 2015 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.cricbuzz.com/profiles/10315/md-nidheesh|title=M. D. Nidheesh|work=Cricbuzz}}</ref>

==Domestic career==
Nidheesh made his [[First class cricket|first class]] debut for [[Kerala cricket team|Kerala]] in the [[2015–16 Ranji Trophy]] on 21 January 2015 against [[Tripura cricket team|Tripura]].<ref name="FC">{{cite web |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/ranji-trophy-2014-15-775441/tripura-vs-kerala-group-c-775809/full-scorecard |title=Group C, Ranji trophy at Agartala, Jan 21-24 2015 |access-date=21 January 2015 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> He took 14 wickets from the six matches he played in the [[2017-18 Ranji Trophy]] becoming Kerala's fourth highest wicket taker in the season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=12014;type=tournament |title=Ranji Trophy, 2017/18: Most Wickets |access-date=1 January 2018 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>

He made his [[List A cricket|List A]] debut for Kerala in the [[2017–18 Vijay Hazare Trophy]] on 11 February 2018 against [[Tripura cricket team|Tripura]].<ref name="LA">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1118746.html |title=Group B, Vijay Hazare Trophy at Dharamsala, Feb 11 2018 |access-date=11 February 2018 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>

In August 2018, he was one of eight players that were fined by the [[Kerala Cricket Association]], after showing dissent against Kerala's captain, [[Sachin Baby]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/24533211/sanju-samson-13-players-sanctioned-kerala |title=Sanju Samson among 13 players sanctioned by Kerala |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=31 August 2018}}</ref>

His maiden 5-wicket haul (6 for 88) came against [[Himachal Pradesh cricket team|Himachal Pradesh]] on the [[2018-19 Ranji Trophy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/india-domestic/ranji-trophy/ranji-trophy-keralas-md-nidheesh-reaps-the-benefits-of-perseverance/articleshow/67443346.cms|title=Ranji Trophy: Kerala's MD Nidheesh reaps the benefits of perseverance|work=The Times of India}}</ref> His career best performance (7 for 88) to date was against [[Punjab cricket team (India)|Punjab]] on the [[2019-20 Ranji Trophy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cricket/domestic/ranji-trophy/md-nidheesh-kerala-punjab-first-class-cricket-fast-bowling-sreesanth/article30568771.ece|work=Sportstar|publisher=The Hindu|title=Ranji Trophy 2019-20: Hard work pays off for M. D. Nidheesh}}</ref>

He made his [[Twenty20]] debut for Kerala in the [[2018–19 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy]] on 21 February 2019 against [[Manipur cricket team|Manipur]].<ref name="T20">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1157092.html |title=Group A, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy at Krishna, Feb 21 2019 |access-date=21 February 2019 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>

He took his maiden five-wicket haul in List A during the [[2021-22 Vijay Hazare Trophy]] against [[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/vijay-hazare-trophy-2021-22-ruturaj-gaikwad-smashes-third-successive-ton-prerak-mankad-steps-up-with-bat-and-ball-1293154|title=Ruturaj Gaikwad smashes third successive ton, Prerak Mankad steps up with bat and ball|work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> He was Kerala's highest wicket-taker in the [[2021-22 Vijay Hazare Trophy|season]] with 11 wickets from six matches.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=14240;team=1912;type=tournament|title= Records / Vijay Hazare Trophy, 2021/22 - Kerala / Batting and bowling averages|access-date=27 January 2022|work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>

==Indian Premier League==
Nidheesh had earlier attended a trial camp of [[Kochi Tuskers Kerala]] but he failed to get a contract. Following an impressive [[2017-18 Ranji Trophy]] season he was bought by the [[Mumbai Indians]] for 20 lakhs INR in the [[List of 2018 Indian Premier League personnel changes|2018 IPL auction]].<ref name="IPL2018">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/22218394/ipl-2018-player-auction-list-sold-unsold-players |title=List of sold and unsold players |access-date=27 January 2018 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.crictracker.com/mumbai-indians-sign-md-nidheesh-despite-a-disastrous-trial/|title=Mumbai Indians sign MD Nidheesh despite a disastrous trial|work=Crictracker}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2018/jan/29/ipl-auctions-2018-meet-the-kerala-stars-entering-the-big-league-1765230.html|title=IPL auctions 2018: Meet the Kerala stars entering the big league|work=The New Indian Express}}</ref>

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{cricinfo|ref=ci/content/player/822703.html}}

{{Kerala cricket squad}}
{{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nidheesh, M. D.}}
[[Category:1991 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian cricketers]]
[[Category:Kerala cricketers]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Kottayam]]
[[Category:Cricketers from Kerala]]

M. D. Nidheesh - Revision history

Bogdankdu at 16:01, 20 October 2025