Vinod Kambli

Vinod Kambli
Personal information
Full name Vinod Ganpat Kambli
Born (1972-01-18) 18 January 1972
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Batting Left-hand bat
Bowling Right arm off break
Role [Batsman (cricket)
International information
National side
Test debut 29 January 1993 v England
Last Test 8 November 1995 v New Zealand
ODI debut 18 October 1991 v Pakistan
Last ODI 29 October 2000 v Sri Lanka
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1989–2005 Mumbai
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODIs FC List A
Matches 17 104 129 221
Runs scored 1084 2477 9965 6476
Batting average 54.20 32.59 59.67 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 – – – –
10 wickets in match – n/a – n/a
Best bowling – 1/7 2/15 1/7
Catches/stumpings 7/– 15/– 56/– 50/–
Source: Cricinfo, 4 February 2006

Vinod Ganpat Kambli ( pronunciation ; born 18 January 1972) 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 the first man to score a century in a One-day International on his birthday.[3]

Despite having the highest career batting average for an Indian test cricketer of 54 [4] he played his last Test when he was just 23 years. He was not even considered for Test cricket[5] and only considered for one day cricket.[6][7] Currently he appears as a cricket expert and commentator on various television channels. He has also appeared on various reality shows and done few serials and Bollywood films as an actor. He played a supporting role in the Kannada film Bettanagere.[8][9][10]

Early life

Kambli hails from Indira Nagar, Kanjurmarg, a suburb of Mumbai. He is a childhood friend of the Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar.[11] 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

He shared an unbroken partnership of 664 runs with Sachin Tendulkar in a school cricket match against St. Xavier's School, Fort. Kambli contributed 349 runs before their coach Acharekar forced the pair to declare the innings; he then took six wickets for 37 runs in St. Xavier's first innings.

Kambli started his Ranji Trophy career with a six off the first ball he faced. He made his One Day International and Test debuts in 1991 and 1992, respectively. In Tests, he made four centuries including two double-centuries. He also holds the record for the fastest Indian player (14 innings) to reach 1000 runs in Tests.[12]

International career

He scored 224 against England at Wankhede Stadium in 1993 as his maiden test century in his third test. In the next test against Zimbabwe, he scored 227. In his next test series he scored 125 and 120 against Sri Lanka. He is also the only cricketer to hit three consecutive test centuries in three innings, all centuries against different countries. In his 17 Tests, he averaged 69.13 in the first innings, and just 9.40 in the second innings, with a difference of 59.73.

He made his ODI debut in 1991 against Pakistan during the Wills Sharjah Trophy. He played world cup tournaments in 1992 and 1996. He has 2 ODI centuries in to his credit: 100 not out against England at Jaipur in 1993 on his birthday, setting the record for becoming the first batsman to score an ODI hundred on his birthday[13][14] and 106 against Zimbabwe at Kanpur in the 1996 World Cup. Cricket lovers won't forget the picture of Kambli crying when he went back to the dressing room after Sri Lanka were awarded the semi-final match of the 1996 World Cup.

He played his last Test match at the age of only 24[11] while he played his last ODI in the year 2000 and formally announced his retirement from first class cricket on 22 September 2011.[12]

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).

He played for Boland province in the South African domestic circuit.

Academy

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

Personal life

Vinod Kambli first married Noella Lewis, who was working as a receptionist at Hotel Blue Diamond (in Pune) in the year 1998.[16][17] After separating from her Vinod Kambli married fashion model Andrea Hewitt. The couple has a child born in June 2010.[18]

After his marriage to his second wife Andrea, Kambli converted to Christianity, naming his son Jesus Christiano Kambli.[19] Despite his conversion Kambli stated that he still respects all religions.[20]

Journalist Kunal Purandare has penned his biography called Vinod Kambli: The Lost Hero. He played for Boland province in the South African domestic circuit.

On Friday, 29 November 2013, Kambli was admitted to Mumbai's Lilavati Hospital, following a heart attack. 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. Kambli had undergone angioplasty on two of his blocked arteries in 2012.

Politics

Vinod Kambli joined the Lok Bharati Party[21][22] and was appointed vice-president of the party. He contested the 2009 Assembly election from Vikhroli, Mumbai as a Lok Bharati Party candidate and lost the election.[23] However, he continues to do social work. In 2011, He supported Anna Hazare's campaign of India against Corruption.

Movie career

Vinod Kambli has also appeared as an actor in few films also.

YearFilmLanguageCastDirectorNotes
2002AnnarthHindiSanjay Dutt, Sunil Shetty, Preeti JhangianiRavi Dewan[24]
2009Pal Pal Dil Ke SsaatHindiAjay Jadeja, Mahi Gill, Satish ShahV.K.KumarDubbed in Malayalam as Aayiram Varnangal
2015BettanagereKannadaSumanth Shailendra, AkshayMohan Gowda

Television

Vinod Kambli made his debut on the small screen on DD National in a serial called Miss India in 2002.[25] He also was a contestant on Bigg Boss.

International centuries

Test centuries

Test centuries of Vinod Kambli
NoRunsMatchAgainstCity/CountryVenueStart dateResult
[1]2243 EnglandIndia Mumbai, IndiaWankhede Stadium19 February 1993Won
[2]2274 ZimbabweIndia Delhi, IndiaFeroz Shah Kotla13 March 1993Won
[3]1256 Sri LankaSri Lanka Colombo, Sri LankaSinhalese Sports Club Ground27 July 1993Won
[4]1207 Sri LankaSri Lanka Colombo, Sri LankaP Sara Oval4 August 1993Drawn

ODI centuries

One Day International centuries of Vinod Kambli
NoRunsMatchAgainstCity/CountryVenueStart dateResult
[1]100*11 EnglandIndia Jaipur, IndiaSawai Mansingh Stadium18 January 1993Lost
[2]10667 ZimbabweIndia Kanpur, IndiaGreen Park Stadium6 March 1996Won

International awards

One Day International Cricket

Man of the Match awards

No. Opponent Venue Date Match Performance Result
1 England Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur 19 January 1993 100* (149 balls: 9x4, 1x6)  England won by 4 wickets.[26]
2 Zimbabwe Nahar Singh Stadium, Faridabad 19 March 1993 80 (75 balls: 8x4, 1x6)  India won by 67 runs.[27]
3 Zimbabwe Nehru Stadium, Pune 25 March 1993 47* (62 balls: 5x4)  India won by 8 wickets.[28]
4 South Africa Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali 22 November 1993 86 (116 balls: 10x4)  India won by 43 runs.[29]
5 United Arab Emirates Sharjah Cricket Stadium, UAE, Sharjah 13 April 1994 82* (66 balls: 4x4, 3x6)  India won by 71 runs.[30]

References

  1. ↑ Kunal Purandare (2011). Vinod Kambli: The Lost Hero. Har-Anand Publications. ISBN 978-81-241-1582-4. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  2. ↑ Ashish Magotra. "Kambli to play in South Africa". Rediff.com.
  3. ↑ "Birthday bullies, ODI oldies and poultry-laden Tests". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  4. ↑ "Records / India / Test matches / Highest averages". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
  5. ↑ Tarun J Tejpal (1996-05-15). "Killing of Kambli". Outlook. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
  6. ↑ Derek Pringle (2006-08-08). "Kambli the rising star who ran himself out". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
  7. ↑ "RHIGHEST CAREER BATTING AVERAGE FOR INDIA IN TEST MATCHES". Cricket archives. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
  8. ↑ Taniya Talukdar (2013-11-29). "Vinod Kambli suffers heart attack, Kannada debut to be delayed?". timesofindia. Retrieved 2015-10-27.
  9. ↑ Aravind Gowda (2014-06-04). "Cricketer Kambli set for Kannada film debut". dailymail. Retrieved 2015-10-27.
  10. ↑ Kavya Christopher (2015-10-27). "Vinod Kambli's Junglee avatar for Kannada film". timesofindia. Retrieved 2015-10-27.
  11. ↑ India today. Aroon Purie for Living Media India Ltd. April 1993. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  12. ↑ "RECORDS / TEST MATCHES / BATTING RECORDS / FASTEST TO 1000 RUNS". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  13. ↑ "Birthday hundreds, and the fastest to 2000 Test runs". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2017-05-25.
  14. ↑ Pushp, Pushkar (2015-04-24). "Birthday Bashes: Cricketers who made it big on their birthdays". Sports-nova | Live Scores, Current Sports News, Articles and Quiz. Retrieved 2017-05-25.
  15. ↑ "Kambli awaits Sachin's visit to new academy".
  16. ↑ Vinod Kambli. uniBlogger.com. Retrieved on 14 July 2014.
  17. ↑ Story- July 1998. Sabrang.com. Retrieved on 14 July 2014.
  18. ↑ Times of India. Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com (12 January 2010). Retrieved on 14 July 2014.
  19. ↑ Nishad Pai Vaidya (18 January 2017). "Vinod Kambli: 16 facts about one of biggest wastes of talent in cricket history". Cricket Country. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  20. ↑ Chaturvedi, Vinita (12 December 2010). "'Christ has come home!'". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  21. ↑ https://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/India/20090204/1169412.html
  22. ↑ "Vinod Kambli takes on a different ball game". MumbaiMirror.com.
  23. ↑ Kambli, Yuvraj's father lose in election – IBNLive. Cricketnext.in.com (23 October 2009). Retrieved on 14 July 2014.
  24. ↑ India today international. Living Media India Ltd. January 2001. p. 74. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  25. ↑ Kambli captures Miss India. mid-day.com. 29 May 2004
  26. ↑ "1992-1993 India v England - 1st Match - Jaipur".
  27. ↑ "1992-1993 India v Zimbabwe - 1st Match - Faridabad".
  28. ↑ "1992-1993 India v Zimbabwe - 3rd Match - Pune".
  29. ↑ "1993-1994 C.A.B. Jubilee Tournament - 10th Match - India v South Africa - Mohali, Chandigarh".
  30. ↑ "1993-1994 Pepsi Austral-Asia Cup - 1st Match - United Arab Emirates v India - Sharjah".
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.