Salil Ankola

Salil Ankola
Personal information
Full name
Salil Ashok Ankola
Born (1968-03-01) 1 March 1968 (age 56)
Ankola, Uttara kannada District, Karnataka, India
Height185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Only Test (cap 186)15 November 1989 v Pakistan
ODI debut (cap 72)18 December 1989 v Pakistan
Last ODI13 February 1997 v South Africa
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1988–1990Maharashtra
1990–1997Mumbai
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 1 20 54 75
Runs scored 6 34 707 325
Batting average 6.00 3.77 15.71 11.60
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/1 0/0
Top score 6 9 63 43*
Balls bowled 180 807 8656 3329
Wickets 2 13 181 70
Bowling average 64.00 47.30 25.33 32.82
5 wickets in innings 0 0 8 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 1/35 3/33 6/47 4/22
Catches/stumpings 0/– 12/0 22/0 18/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 11 March 2013

Salil Ashok Ankola (pronunciation; born 1 March 1968) is a former international cricketer who played one Test match and 20 One Day Internationals (ODIs) from 1989 to 1997 for India. A right-arm fast-medium bowler, he played first-class cricket for Mumbai, regularly opening the bowling. Ankola's consistency for Mumbai team earned him a spot for representing India during their tour of Pakistan in 1989–90. After the first Test match at Karachi, he was dropped for the subsequent matches in the series owing to injuries. After a brief phase of playing first-class cricket, Ankola was called for the Indian ODI team during 1993, eventually led to being a part of the 1996 Cricket World Cup. At 28, Ankola retired from international cricket to pursue acting. Since then he went on to appear in a number of Indian soap operas and a few Hindi films. In 2020, he was selected as the chief selector of the Mumbai Cricket Association.[1] He was a selector of the National team from January 2023 till August 2024.[2]

  1. ^ "Former India pacer Salil Ankola named Mumbai chief selector". The Indian Express. 17 December 2020. Archived from the original on 16 December 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  2. ^ "BCCI seeks applications to replace Salil Ankola as national selector". Hindustan Times. 15 January 2024. Archived from the original on 18 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.