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

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 62 `First-class` matches with an average of 28.76. His total score in these matches is 2416 runs. The maximum score of Hemal Watekar in any of these matches is 142 runs. Kulamani Parida and Gagadeep Singh dismissed him mostly in the `First-class` matches. Whereas in bowling, Hemal Watekar has picked up total 95 wickets by losing 3033 runs out of the 6895 balls in `First-class` matches. His bowling average is 31.92 and economy rate is 2.63. The latest `First-class` match of Hemal Watekar was played against Madhya Pradesh at Indore, from December 15 to 18, 2010. 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 50 `List A` matches with an average of 24.12. His total score in these matches is 796 runs and his maximum score in any of these matches is 71 runs. Sunil Joshi and Saiyed Khalid mostly dismissed Hemal Watekar in the `List A` matches. Again in bowling, he has picked up total 55 wickets by losing 1429 runs from 1837 ball in the `List A` matches. The bowling average of Hemal Watekar is 25.98 and economy is 4.66 in these matches. The latest `List A` match played by Hemal Watekar was against Tamil Nadu at Malappuram, Feb 15, 2011. He dismissed Tirumalasetti Suman mostly in the `List A` matches.

Hemal Watekar debuted in Twenty20 match against Hyderabad, from October 14, 2010. He has played in total 4 Twenty20 matches scoring a total of 28 runs with highest run being 41. With ball in hand he has taken 1 wicket giving out 9 runs off 6 balls. He played his last Twenty20 match against Tamil Nadu at Hyderabad, from October 19, 2010.