Vinod Kambli

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Vinod Kambli India (Ind)

Batting style	Left-hand bat
Bowling type	Right-arm offbreak
	Tests	ODIs
Matches	17	104
Runs scored	1084	2477
Batting average	54.20	32.59
100s/50s	4/3	2/14
Top score	227	106
Balls bowled	-	4
Wickets	-	1
Bowling average	-	7.00
5 wickets in innings	-	-
10 wickets in match	-	N/A
Best bowling	-	1/7
Catches/stumpings	7/-	15/-
As of 4 February 2006 Source: Cricinfo.com

Vinod Ganpat Kambli pronunciation (help·info) (born 18 January 1972, Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra) is a former Indian cricketer.

He is primarily a left-handed batsman (having bowled just 4 balls in international cricket). The major teams for which he played were India, Mumbai and Boland. He was 17, and Sachin Tendulkar 16, when they put on an unbroken 664 run partnership in a school match, which was a world record partnership at the time. In his first seven Tests he racked up two double-centuries and two centuries. Although he averages 54 in Test cricket, he is not even in contention for a Test berth, due to the perception that he is a 'minnow basher', having reserved his highest scores for 1990's easybeats Zimbabwe and England. His occasional disciplinary problems have also marked him as a player to be wary of.

Despite this unsavoury reputation, many fans (especially Indians) see Kambli as an enigma; a prodigiously talented player who never fulfilled his potential. During his early years in cricket, some claimed Kambli to have greater ability than his good friend Sachin Tendulkar, but he lacked the mental strength to transfer his talent onto the main stage. He is still remembered for crying when the 1996 World Cup semi-final match between India and Sri Lanka was disrupted due to crowd misbehaviour, and Sri Lanka was declared the winner.

Kambli played his last Test in 1995 against New Zealand and his last One-Day International (ODI) in 2000 against Sri Lanka.

Post cricket, Kambli has taken up work as a talent scout for his modelling agency, Midnight Flavor. He was the face of the company until 2004, when he hired specialist models for the task.

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