Dinesh Nakrani (born 21 September 1991) is an Indian-born cricketer who represents the Uganda cricket team.
He made his Twenty20 debut for Saurashtra against Maharashtra in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy in India on 31 March 2014.In July 2018, he was part of Uganda's squad in the Eastern sub region group for the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Africa Qualifier tournament.
He was the leading run-scorer for Uganda in their opening match, against Kenya, making 88 not out.
In the same match, he also made an unbeaten partnership of 167 runs for the fourth wicket, with Riazat Ali Shah.
In the final match of the Eastern sub region group, also against Kenya, Nakrani scored 102 not out, and was named the man of the match.
He also finished as the leading run-scorer in the qualifying group, with 320 runs in six matches.In September 2018, he was named in Uganda's squad for the 2018 Africa T20 Cup.
He was the leading run-scorer for Uganda in the tournament, with 84 runs in four matches.
The following month, he was named in Uganda's squad for the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Three tournament in Oman.
Ahead of the tournament, he was named as the player to watch in Uganda's squad.In May 2019, he was named in Uganda's squad for the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier tournament in Uganda.
He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for Uganda against Botswana on 20 May 2019.
In July 2019, he was one of twenty-five players named in the Ugandan traning squad, ahead of the Cricket World Cup Challenge League fixtures in Oman.
In November 2019, he was named in Uganda's squad for the Cricket World Cup Challenge League B tournament in Oman.
He made his List A debut, for Uganda against Jersey, on 2 December 2019.