Hrishikesh Hemant Kanitkar represented India in 34 ODI and 2 Test Matches. Hrishikesh is a right-arm off break bowler of Maharashtra team. He has also played under team India and Air India Cricket team. Hrishikesh`s remarkable part in the Indian cricket was during the Independence Cup final against Pakistan at Dhaka in January 1998. He knocked the winning boundary off Saqlain Mushtaq in India`s unforgettable victory against Pakistan and that too in fading light. He is a middle-order batsman, an off-spinner and a multi-talented fieldsman but still due to his temperament could not be a regular player in the Indian team.
Hrishikesh had his "Test match" debut at Melbourne on December 26-30, 1999 against Australia. Hrishikesh debuted in One Day International (ODI) matches against Sri Lanka on December 25, 1997, which was held at Indore.
Cricket statistics of Hrishikesh Hemant Kanitkar
Batting and fielding averages
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
| Tests | 2 | 4 | 0 | 74 | 45 | 18.50 | 185 | 40.00 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ODIs | 34 | 27 | 8 | 339 | 57 | 17.84 | 512 | 66.21 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 14 | 0 |
| First-class | 135 | 204 | 21 | 9723 | 290 | 53.13 | 31 | 43 | 79 | 0 | ||||
| List A | 128 | 116 | 16 | 3526 | 133 | 35.26 | 6 | 21 | 49 | 0 | ||||
| Twenty20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1.50 | 7 | 42.85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
| Tests | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | 2.00 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ODIs | 34 | 28 | 1006 | 803 | 17 | 2/22 | 2/22 | 47.23 | 4.78 | 59.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| First-class | 135 | 7753 | 3546 | 74 | 3/21 | 47.91 | 2.74 | 104.7 | 0 | 0 | |||
| List A | 128 | 3476 | 2775 | 70 | 4/35 | 4/35 | 39.64 | 4.78 | 49.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Twenty20 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Test debut | Australia v India at Melbourne, Dec 26-30, 1999 |
| Last Test | Australia v India at Sydney, Jan 2-4, 2000 |
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| ODI debut | India v Sri Lanka at Indore, Dec 25, 1997 |
| Last ODI | Australia v India at Perth, Jan 30, 2000 |
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| First-class debut | 1994/95 |
| Last First-class | Tamil Nadu v Rajasthan at Chennai, Jan 19-23, 2012 |
| List A debut | 1994/95 |
| Last List A | Rajasthan v Uttar Pradesh at Kanpur, Feb 13, 2011 |
| Twenty20 debut | Madhya Pradesh v Rajasthan at Jaipur, Oct 24, 2010 |
| Last Twenty20 | Rajasthan v Vidarbha at Jaipur, Oct 25, 2010 |