Vinod Kambli

Vinod Kambli
Kambli in 2007
Personal information
Full name
Vinod Ganpat Kambli
Born (1972-01-18) 18 January 1972 (age 52)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight arm off break
RoleBatsman
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 198)29 January 1993 v England
Last Test8 November 1995 v New Zealand
ODI debut (cap 80)18 October 1991 v Pakistan
Last ODI29 October 2000 v Sri Lanka
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1989–2011Mumbai
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODIs FC LA
Matches 17 104 129 221
Runs scored 1,084 2,477 9,965 6,476
Batting average 54.20 32.59 59.97 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 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 1/7 2/15 1/7
Catches/stumpings 7/– 15/– 56/– 50/–
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing  India
ICC Champions Trophy
Runner-up 2000 Kenya
ACC Asia Cup
Winner 1995 United Arab Emirates
Source: Cricinfo, 4 February 2006

Vinod Kambli (pronunciation; born 18 January 1972)[1] is an Indian former international cricketer, who played for India as a left-handed middle order batsman, as well as for Mumbai and Boland, South Africa.[2][3] Kambli became the first cricketer to score a century in a One-day International on his birthday.[4] He was a part of the squad which finished as runners-up at the 2000 ICC Champions Trophy.

He has the highest career batting average for an Indian test cricketer of 54[5][6] but he played his last test when he was just 23 years old. Thereafter, he was only considered for One Day International matches, although his last appearance in that format was also at the young age of 28.[7][8]

He has appeared as a commentator on various television channels and worked with a Marathi news channel as a cricket expert for the 2019 Cricket World Cup.[9][10] He has also been a part of various reality shows and done a few serials and Bollywood films as an actor. He played a supporting role in the Kannada film Bettanagere.[11][12] Kambli is currently on the Cricket Improvement Committee for Mumbai Cricket Association [13]

  1. ^ Vinod Kambli at ESPNcricinfo Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ Kunal Purandare (2011). Vinod Kambli: The Lost Hero. Har-Anand Publications. ISBN 978-81-241-1582-4. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  3. ^ Ashish Magotra. "Kambli to play in South Africa". Rediff.com.
  4. ^ "Birthday bullies, ODI oldies and poultry-laden Tests". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  5. ^ "India Cricket Team Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  6. ^ "The Home of CricketArchive". cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  7. ^ Tarun J Tejpal (15 May 1996). "Killing of Kambli". Outlook. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  8. ^ Pringle, Derek (7 August 2007). "Kambli the rising star who ran himself out". Daily Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  9. ^ "Majha Katta | क्रिकेट विश्वचषकाच्या निमित्ताने माजी क्रिकेटपटू विनोद कांबळी यांच्याशी खास गप्पा | माझा कट्टा | ABP Majha". marathi.abplive.com. 1 June 2019.
  10. ^ sarthak (17 May 2021). "Cricket Commentators You Don't Know About I Cricketfile". Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  11. ^ Taniya Talukdar (29 November 2013). "Vinod Kambli suffers heart attack, Kannada debut to be delayed?". timesofindia. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  12. ^ Kavya Christopher (27 October 2015). "Vinod Kambli's Junglee avatar for Kannada film". timesofindia. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  13. ^ Harit Joshi, Clayton Murzello (17 August 2022). "I need work, I have a family to look after: Former India cricketer Vinod Kambli". Mid-Day. Retrieved 17 August 2022.