List of Indian players to pick a wicket on the first ball of their career
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1. Nilesh Kulkarni is the only Indian player to pick a wicket off the first ball of his Test career. The left-arm spinner dismissed Marvan Atapattu during a Test match between India and Sri Lanka in 1997.
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2. Sadagoppan Ramesh dismissed Nixon McLean off his first delivery in ODIs against West Indies in September 1999.
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3. Ajit Agarkar dismissed Herschelle Gibbs off his very first ball in T20Is in 2006. This was also India's first T20I.
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4. Pragyan Ojha dismissed Shakib Al Hasan on the very first ball of his T20I career against Bangladesh during T20 World Cup 2009.
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5. Virat Kohli has also picked up a wicket off his maiden delivery in T20Is dismissing Kevin Pietersen off a wide ball in a match played in August 2011 in Manchester.
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6. Bhuvneshwar Kumar achieved this feat against Pakistan in ODIs dismissing Mohammad Hafeez off his very first delivery in December 2012.
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