Vinod Kambli

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Vinod Kambli

Personal information

Full name

Vinod Ganpat Kambli

Born

18 January 1972 (age 41)

Batting style

Left-hand bat

Bowling style

Right arm off break

Role

Batsman

International information

National side

India

Test debut Last Test ODI debut Last ODI

29 January 1993 v England 8 November 1995 v New Zealand 18 October 1991 v Pakistan 29 October 2000 v Sri Lanka Domestic team information

Years 19892005 Mumbai Career statistics

Competition Matches Runs scored Batting average 100s/50s Top score Balls bowled Wickets Bowling average 5 wickets in innings 10 wickets in match Best bowling Catches/stumpings

Team

Tests 17 1084 54.20 4/3 227 7/

ODIs 104 2477 32.59 2/14 106 4 1 7.00 n/a 1/7 15/

FC 129 9965 59.67 35/44 262 777 10 49.70 2/15 56/

List A 221 6476 41.24 11/35 149 156 1 159.00 n/a 1/7 50/

Source: Cricinfo, 4 February 2006

Vinod Ganpat Kambli ( pronunciation (helpinfo) (born 18 January 1972, Bombay, Maharashtra, India) is a former Indian cricketer, who played for India as a middle order batsman, as well as for Mumbai and Boland, South Africa.[1][2] He is a childhood friend of the Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar.[3] Currently he appears as a cricket expert and commentator on various television channels. He has also appeared on various reality shows.[4]

Contents
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1 Early life

2 School cricket and later 3 List of test double centuries 4 Records 5 Personal life 6 Politics 7 Movie career o 7.1 Filmography o 7.2 Television 8 References 9 External links

Early life[edit]
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.

School cricket and later[edit]

He shared an unbroken partnership of 664 runs in a school match against St. Xavier's School, Fort, with Sachin Tendulkar.[5] Kambli contributed 349 runs before their coach Acharekar forced the pair to declare; he then took 6 wickets for 37 in St. Xavier's first innings.[6] Kambli, who started his Ranji trophy career with a six off the first ball he faced,[7] soon followed Sachin in to the Indian team. Kambli made two double-centuries and two centuries in seven tests. He played his last Test match at the age of 24[8] and formally announced his retirement from first class cricket on 22 September 2011.[9] He played his last ODI in the year 2000.

Test debut: India vs England at Kolkata, 1st Test, 1992/93 Last Test: India vs New Zealand at Cuttack, 3rd Test, 1995/96 ODI debut: India vs Pakistan at Sharjah, Wills Trophy, 2nd Match, 1991/92 Last ODI: India vs Sri Lanka at Sharjah, Coca-Cola Champions Trophy, 2000/01[10]

On 15 August 2009, Kambli launched his Khel Bharti Sports Academy[11] in Mumbai and announced his retirement from cricket as he wished to coach at Khel Bharti Academy.

An innings-by-innings breakdown of Kambli's Test match batting career, showing runs scored (red bars) and the average of the last ten innings (blue line).

List of test double centuries[edit]

No. Score 1 2 224 227 Against England Inn. Test 1 3 4 Venue H/A Date Wankhede Stadium, Bombay Home 19 February 1993 Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Home 13 March 1993 Result Won[12] Won[13]

Zimbabwe 1

Records[edit]

Kambli holds the record of "quickest 1000 test runs" by an Indian. He took just 14 test innings to reach this feat.[14]

Personal life[edit]
Vinod Kambli married fashion Model Andrea Hewitt; the couple has a child born in June 2010.[15] The boy's name is Jesus Christiano. ' On 29 November 2013 former Indian Test batsman Vinod Kambli was admitted to Mumbai's Lilavati Hospital, following a heart attack on Friday. Kambli was taken ill while he was driving from Chembur to Bandra and suddenly stopped the car. A policewoman on duty, Sujata Patil noticed he could not drive and arranged to rush him to Lilavati Hospital. Hospital sources say he is under observation and undergoing various tests to determine his health condition. Kambli had undergone angioplasty on two of his blocked arteries in July 2012s.

Politics[edit]

Vinod Kambli Joined Lok Bharati Party[16] and was made vice-president of the party.In the 2009 Vidhan Sabha election, he Contested from Vikhroli, Mumbai as a Lok Bharati Party candidate. He lost the election.[17] Though he continues to do social work. In 2011, He supported Anna Hazare's campaign India against Corruption.

Movie career[edit]
Filmography[edit]
Vinod Kambli has also appeared as an actor in two films.

Year

Film

Language

Cast

Director

Notes

2002 Annarth[18]

Hindi

Sanjay Dutt, Sunil Ravi Shetty, Preeti Jhangiani Dewan

2009

Pal Pal Dil Ke Hindi Ssaat

Ajay Jadeja, Mahi Gill, Satish Shah

V.K.Kumar

Dubbed in Malayalam as Aayiram Varnangal