Vinod Kambli

Vinod Kambli

Personal information
Full name	Vinod Ganpat Kambli
Born	(1972-01-18) 18 January 1972 (age 45) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Batting style	Left-hand bat
Bowling style	Right arm off break
Role	Batsman
International information
National side	India
Test debut	29 January 1993 v England
Last Test	8 November 1995 v New Zealand
ODI debut	18 October 1991 v Pakistan
Last ODI	29 October 2000 v Sri Lanka
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1989–2005	Mumbai
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODIs FC List A Matches 17 104 129 221 Runs scored 1084 2477 9965 6476 Batting average 54.20 32.59 59.67 41.24 100s/50s 4/3 2/14 35/44 11/35 Top score 227 106 262 149 Balls bowled – 4 777 156 Wickets – 1 10 1 Bowling average – 7.00 49.70 159.00 5 wickets in innings – – – – 10 wickets in match – n/a – n/a Best bowling – 1/7 2/15 1/7 Catches/stumpings 7/– 15/– 56/– 50/–
Source: Cricinfo, 4 February 2006

Vinod Ganpat Kambli ( pronunciation ; born 18 January 1972) is a former Indian cricketer, who played for India as a middle order batsman, as well as for Mumbai and Boland, South Africa. He is a childhood friend of the Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar. Despite having the Highest career batting average for a Indian test cricketer of 54 and he played his last test when he was just 23 years.He was not even considered for Test cricket and only considered for one day cricket.Kambli is only second low caste Dalit or untouchable to play cricket for the Indian Cricket team which has been dominated by Brahmins . Currently he appears as a cricket expert and commentator on various television channels. He has also appeared on various reality shows and done few serials and Bollywood films as an actor. He played a supporting role in the Kannada film Bettanagere.

Kambli hails from Indira Nagar, Kanjurmarg, a suburb of Mumbai.The small patch of land that served as his first cricket pitch was surrounded on all sides by high-rise buildings.The scoring system was dictated by the lack of space, and the higher a batsman hit the ball into the buildings the more runs he scored. It explains why Kambli was one of the best over-the-top hitters of spin bowling.

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