Hemal Watekar is a right-handed batsman of Andhra Pradesh Cricket team. He was born on December 1, 1977 at Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. His full name is Hemal Haribhai Watekar.

This right-arm offbreak bowler of Andhra Pradesh team has also played for Gujarat Cricket team and South Zone Cricket team. Hemal Watekar entered in the "First-class" cricket in 1990/2000. He has played in altogether 45 "First-class" matches with an average of 25.66. His total score in these matches is 1437 runs, which includes two centuries and five half-centuries. The maximum score of Hemal Watekar in any of these matches is 137 runs. Kulamani Parida and Gagadeep Singh dismissed him mostly in the "First-class" matches.

Whereas in bowling, Hemal Watekar has picked up total 89 wickets by losing 2758 runs out of the 6333 balls he played in "First-class" matches. His bowling average is 30.98 and economy is 2.61. The latest "First-class" match of Hemal Watekar was played against Bengal team from December 25 to 27 in 2007, which was played at Kolkata. He caught Shadab Jakati, Sairaj Bahutule and Sunil Oasis mostly in these matches.

In the "List A" matches, Hemal Watekar debuted in 1999/2000. He has played in altogether 33 "List A" matches with an average of 16.06. His total score in these matches is 257 runs and his maximum score in any of these matches is 48 runs. Sunil Joshi and Saiyed Khalid mostly dismissed Hemal Watekar in the "List A" matches.

Again in bowling, he has picked up total 43 wickets by losing 1102 runs from 1513 ball he played in the "List A" matches. The bowling average of Hemal Watekar is 25.62 and economy is 4.37 in these matches. The latest "List A" match played by Hemal Watekar was against Railways Cricket team on March 14 in 2006, which was held at Kanpur. He dismissed Tirumalasetti Suman mostly in the "List A" matches.