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Munaf Patel

India

Full name Munaf Musa Patel

Born July 12, 1983, Ikhar, Gujarat

Current age 25 years 359 days

Major teams India, Asia XI, Gujarat, India Green, Indian Board President's XI, Maharashtra, Mumbai, Rajasthan Royals

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast

Batting and fielding averages


	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	12	13	5	56	15*	7.00	137	40.87	0	7	1	6
ODIs	41	15	8	52	15	7.42	78	66.66	0	5	1	6
First-class	42	47	14	485	78	14.69			1			11
List A	79	28	13	133	28	8.86			0			18
Twenty20	26	7	4	33	23*	11.00	27	122.22	0	5	0	6

Bowling averages


	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	12	23	2394	1230	34	4/25	7/97	36.17	3.08	70.4	1	0	0
ODIs	41	39	1825	1464	46	4/49	4/49	31.82	4.81	39.6	1	0	0
First-class	42		7646	3635	148	6/50		24.56	2.85	51.6	8	5	1
List A	79		3645	2761	93	4/49	4/49	29.68	4.54	39.1	1	0	0
Twenty20	26	26	539	661	30	3/17	3/17	22.03	7.35	17.9	0	0	0

Career statistics

Test debut	India v England at Mohali, Mar 9-13, 2006 scorecard
Last Test	New Zealand v India at Wellington, Apr 3-7, 2009 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	India v England at Margao, Apr 3, 2006 scorecard
Last ODI	New Zealand v India at Christchurch, Mar 8, 2009 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut	2003/04
Last First-class	New Zealand v India at Wellington, Apr 3-7, 2009 scorecard
List A debut	2003/04
Last List A	New Zealand v India at Christchurch, Mar 8, 2009 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Delhi Daredevils v Rajasthan Royals at Delhi, Apr 19, 2008 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Kolkata Knight Riders v Rajasthan Royals at Durban, May 20, 2009 scorecard

Profile

Few medium-pacers had generated as much hype before bowling a ball in first-class, let alone international cricket as Munaf Musa Patel, the young boy from the little town of Ikhar in Bahruch, Gujarat did in early 2003. Kiran More, now chairman of selectors, had seen him bowl in the nets and sent him straight to the MRF Pace Foundation in Chennai to train under TA Sekhar and Dennis Lillee. Soon he was being hailed as the fastest man in Indian cricket. Then, even as Baroda and Gujarat vied for his services, Patel chose Mumbai, after Sachin Tendulkar had taken special interest in him and had a word with the authorities in the Mumbai Cricket Association. Even then Patel's first-class career was anything but smooth as he spent more time recovering from various injuries than actually playing.

Strongly built though not overly tall, a wild mane flowing behind him as he bustles up to the bowling crease, gathering momentum before releasing the ball with a windmill-whirl of hands, Patel's priority is to bowl quick. And it was this that first caught the eye about three years ago. Now he has added reverse swing to his repertoire and has troubled batsmen with a well-directed yorker. After plenty of speculation and close calls he finally received a call from the national selection panel for the second Test against England in March 2006, after an impressive performance for the Board President's XI saw him pick up 10 English wickets for 91 runs. Things just got better a couple of weeks later against England at Mohali when he ended with 7 for 97, the best performance by an Indian fast bowler on Test debut. A consistent series against West Indies later that year meant he had established himself as a regular member of the side.
Anand Vasu July 2006