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Vinod Kambli      

Full name Vinod Ganpat Kambli

Born January 18, 1972, Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra

Current age 37 years 311 days

Major teams India, Boland, Mumbai

Batting style Left-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm offbreak

Vinod Ganpat Kambli
Batting and fielding averages
Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
Tests 17 21 1 1084 227 54.20 4 3 124 6 7 0
ODIs 104 97 21 2477 106 32.59 3443 71.94 2 14 187 20 15 0
First-class 129 181 14 9965 262 59.67 35 44 56 0
List A 221 204 47 6476 149* 41.24 11 35 50 0
Bowling averages
Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
Tests 17 - - - - - - - - - - - -
ODIs 104 1 4 7 1 1/7 1/7 7.00 10.50 4.0 0 0 0
First-class 129 777 497 10 2/15 49.70 3.83 77.7 0 0
List A 221 156 159 1 1/7 1/7 159.00 6.11 156.0 0 0 0
Career statistics
Test debut India v England at Kolkata, Jan 29-Feb 2, 1993 scorecard
Last Test India v New Zealand at Cuttack, Nov 8-12, 1995 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut India v Pakistan at Sharjah, Oct 18, 1991 scorecard
Last ODI India v Sri Lanka at Sharjah, Oct 29, 2000 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span 1989/90 - 2004/05
List A span 1989/90 - 2003/04
Profile

Born and bred in Mumbai, Vinod Kambli's flashy strokeplay, flamboyant personality and fondness for gold jewellery were more West Indies than West India. A precocious talent, he was 17, and Sachin Tendulkar 16, when they put on a world-record unbroken 664-run partnership in a school match. Kambli started his Test career three years after Tendulkar, and three years after he had hit the first ball he received in the Ranji Trophy for six. But what a start it was: in his first seven Tests he racked up two double-centuries and two single ones. His footwork was dazzling against the spinners - he once smashed Shane Warne for 22 runs in an over - but he often got himself into a tangle against the short ball, and his flash to gully soon became a trademark. Kambli's problems were compounded by indiscipline and an obsession with the width of his bat-handle, which had nine grips on at one time. He made as many as nine comebacks into the one-day team, but played his last Test in 1995 before he had turned 24.
Rahul Bhattacharya

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Sep 2, 2006

Vinod Kambli and Andrea Hewitt will get married on September 8, Mumbai

Vinod Kambli and Andrea Hewitt will get married on September 8

© Mid-Day

Sep 17, 2003

Vinod Kambli and Sachin Tendulkar on the eve of the Irani Trophy match between Mumbai and Rest of India, September 17, 2003

Vinod Kambli and Sachin Tendulkar on the eve of the Irani Trophy match

© AFP

Nov 18, 2001

Vinod Kambli swipes the ball towards midwicket, Mumbai Board President's XI v England, 1st day, Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, November 18, 2001

Vinod Kambli hits out on his way to a run-a-ball 109

© Getty Images

Country Fixtures Country Results
Group B: Bengal v Saurashtra at Kolkata - Nov 24-27
Saurashtra 650/9d Bengal 27/1
Group A: H. Pradesh v Tamil Nadu at Dharamsala - Nov 24-27
Tamil Nadu 293/8d H. Pradesh 291/4
Group A: Hyderabad v Orissa at Hyderabad (Decc) - Nov 24-27
Orissa 276 Hyderabad 123/5
2nd Test: India v Sri Lanka at Kanpur - Nov 24-28
India 642 Sri Lanka 66/1
Group B: Maharashtra v Karnataka at Poona - Nov 24-27
Maharashtra 105 Karnataka 473/4
Group A: Punjab v Gujarat at Mohali - Nov 24-27
Gujarat 160 Punjab 361/5
Group A: Railways v Mumbai at Delhi - Nov 24-27
Railways 187 Mumbai 248/8
Group B: U. Pradesh v Delhi at Lucknow - Nov 24-27
U. Pradesh 536/7d Delhi 9/0
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