Nikhil Dutta
Nikhil Dutta (born 13 October 1994) is a Kuwait-born Canadian cricketer. Dutta is right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off spin. Dutta made his One Day International debut for Canada against Kenya in March 2013.
He was originally included in Canada's squad for the 2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament in July 2015, but he chose to stay with the St Kitts and Nevis Patriots in the Caribbean Premier League. He was replaced by Hiral Patel.
Caribbean Premier League
Dutta played for St Kitts and Nevis Patriots in the 2015 Caribbean Premier League, he only got to play in three matches but he impressed everyone with his bowling, especially after he got the wicket of the well known English batsman Kevin Pietersen.
Bangladesh Premier League
Dutta was drafted into the Barisal Bulls, one of the six teams playing in the 2015 Bangladesh Premier League. Some of the well recognized players in Dutta's team are; Chris Gayle, Mohammad Sami, Brendan Taylor, Imad Wasim and Mahmudullah Riyad.
Nikhil
Nikhil (Sanskrit: निखिल) is a male name of Sanskrit origin. It is predominantly found in India, Nepal and the diaspora of these countries. The word means "complete" or "entire", that is, perfect.
It refers ‘Complete’ as without boundary. Whereas ‘Complete’ with boundary is described by name Akhil. The name may also refer to ‘Perfection’ or ‘One who is perfect in all aspects’.
The literal translation for Nikhil in Sanskrit means “One who is free from bondage or the obstacles imposed by Prakruti (the operative aspect of Bramha) viz. Time, Space and Causation.
Sanskrit fragmentation of the word yields: Ni (without) + Kh (sky or boundary) + L (agreed or liked). It can sometimes refer to “Perfection” or “Perfectionism”. It also means “Complete” or “Whole”. It also refers to Lord Brahma,Vishnu and also Mahesh.
Also the word “Nikhil” came in old ayurveda samhitas like Sushruta Samhita, where it denotes the meaning “entire”.
Notable people named Nikhil
Nikhil Siddharth
Nikhil Siddhartha (born 1 June 1985) is an actor in the Telugu film industry. After playing minor roles in few films, Nikhil rose to fame with Sekhar Kammula's college drama Happy Days (2007). He went on to star in several critically and commercially acclaimed films like Yuvatha (2008), Alasyam Amrutham (2010), Veedu Theda (2011) Swamy Ra Ra (2013), Karthikeya (2014) and Surya vs Surya (2015).
Career
Nikhil was born in Begumpet, Hyderabad, and studied at Hyderabad Public School (HPS) in Begumpet. He calls himself a "Begumpet boy". He studied at the Muffakham Jah College of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad. He started out as an assistant director for the film Hyderabad Nawaabs. He had minor roles in various movies before doing Happy Days, the first movie in Tollywood with an overseas release date earlier than the Indian release. Directed by National award winner Sekhar Kammula, Nikhil plays one of the 4 male leads in the movie. It was declared a Smash Hit and gave Nikhil overnight fame.Happy Days was one among a few low budget movies made in 2007 that became commercially successful. His first solo lead movie was Ankit, Pallavi & Friends. He has appeared in hit movies like Yuvatha and Veedu Theda which ran for 50 days in Andhra Pradesh. and got his major breakthrough in 2013 with the smash hit film Swamy Ra Ra, which was a Blockbuster. His next movie, titled Karthikeya, (October 2014) earned him brilliant reviews from critics. The trade pundits have declared the movie to have collected over 20 crores at the World wide Box Office and certified the film a SuperHit. His 2015 1st release is Surya vs Surya Which opened to largely Positive Reviews and was appreciated for its Fresh Theme and Storyline. It went on to Gross 11cr in less than two weeks and stood as another Success at the Box Office. His latest release ShankaraBharanam has opened to mixed reviews but has taken in Record collections standing as his best Weekend Box Office Opening.
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