IPL: Mumbai Indians's first ever IPL XI- Where are they now?

#11 Dhawal Kulkarni

Kulkarni played for Mumbai Indians from 2008-2013, before turning out for Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2014 who bought him at the 2014 IPL auctions. After Rajasthan Royals was suspended in 2016 for two seasons, Kulkarni appeared for Gujarat Lions in 2016 and 2017 editions of IPL. In the recently concluded IPL 2018 auction, Kulkarni was once again brought back by Rajasthan Royals for Rs. 75 lakhs.

In Mumbai Indians maiden IPL match, Kulkarni went for 19 runs from 2.4 overs and picked up the prized wicket of Shivnarine Chanderpaul. On the back of strong performances in the domestic season 2009, Kulkarni was included in the Indian Test squad for the tour of New Zealand in 2009 but did not get a game.

After toiling hard in the domestic circuit for a very long time, Kulkarni finally made his Indian debut in the 4th ODI against England on September 2014 at Edgbaston, and later on went on to make his T20 international debut against at Harare on 20 June 2016. But he failed to impress with his bowling at the international arena, and played his last international match against New Zealand in October 2016.

Currently, Kulkarni is the captain of Mumbai team in the domestic circuit, with the hope of donning Indian colors once again.