Vinod Kambli

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Vinod Kambli

India
Personal information
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Career statistics
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: [1]

Vinod Ganpat Kambli pronunciation  (born 18 January 1972, Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra) is a former Indian cricketer, a left-handed batsman for India, Mumbai and Boland. A prodigiously talented player, Kambli never quite fulfilled his potential.

Aged 17, Kambli shared an unbroken partnership of 664 in a schools match with the 16-year-old Sachin Tendulkar, which was a world record partnership at the time. During his early years in cricket Kambli was even considered more gifted than his good friend Sachin Tendulkar, but he never quite succeeded at the top level.[1]

He started his Ranji trophy career with a six off the first ball he faced [2]

In his first seven Tests he racked up two double-centuries and two centuries. However, technical insecurity against fast short-pitched bowling, and occasional disciplinary problems, militated against his international selection. He played in his last Test match at the age of 24.

The 1996 World Cup semi-final match between India and Sri Lanka was disrupted during the Indian innings by unruly crowd behaviour, and Sri Lanka, who were in a very dominant position were declared winners by the match referee Clive Lloyd. At this point, India had lost eight out of their ten wickets and only the full time bowlers yet to come in to bat. India needed 132 runs in 16 overs. Kambli, who was not out on 10, left the field in tears. [2]

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

  • 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
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).
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).

[edit] References

  1. ^ Kambli the rising star who ran himself out - Telegraph
  2. ^ Cricinfo - Players and Officials - Vinod Kambli

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