Amol Muzumdar

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Amol Muzumdar India (IND)

Batting style	Right-handed batsman
Bowling type	Leg break
	First-class	List A
Matches	126	83
Runs scored	8617	2536
Batting average	51.29	41.57
100s/50s	22/50	2/22
Top score	260	109
Balls bowled	186	90
Wickets	2	2
Bowling average	48.00	40.00
5 wickets in innings	0	0
10 wickets in match	0	N/A
Best bowling	1/1	1/11
Catches/stumpings	137/0	32/0
Debut: 12 February 1994 Last appearance: 25 January 2007 Source: Cricinfo

Amol Anil Muzumdar (born 11 November 1974 in Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra, India) is an Indian cricketer who is primarily a right-handed batsman. He holds the world record for the highest-ever score by a player on his first-class debut ^[1].

Muzumdar attended Sharadashram Vidyamandir School where he was a schoolmate of future cricketing star Sachin Tendulkar. Like Tendulkar, he was coached by Ramakant Achrekar. When Tendulkar and Vinod Kambli shared in a then-record unbroken 664-run partnership for their school in a Harris Shield match, he was on the same team and was due to bat next ^[2].

On his first-class debut for Bombay, he scored 260 against Haryana at Faridabad in a Ranji Trophy match in the 1993-94 season. This was a record for any player on their debut in first-class cricket.

Muzumdar was named as the vice-captain of the Indian U-19 cricket team for their tour of England in 1994. He was regarded as one of the country's finest prospects and was labelled the "new Tendulkar" ^[3]. He also played for the India A side in the 1994-95 season alongside Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly.

However, despite a first-class career average of over 50, he slowly began to disappear from the plans of the national team selectors. While his contemporaries Tendulkar, Dravid and Ganguly went on to have long and successful international careers, he was never selected for the full Indian cricket team in either Tests or ODIs.

Muzumdar has continued to serve the Mumbai cricket team with distinction and in the 2006-07 season, he was appointed captain and led the team to victory in the Ranji Trophy. In January 2007, he became the highest-ever run-scorer in the Ranji Trophy for Mumbai beating the record set by Ashok Mankad ^[4].