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Vinod Kambli

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Vinod Ganpat Kambli is a former Indian cricketer, who played for India as a middle order batsman, as well as for Mumbai and Boland, South Africa. He is a childhood friend of the Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar.Wikipedia
Born: January 18, 1972 (age 43), Mumbai
Spouse: Andrea Hewitt
Batting style: Left-handed
Movies: Annarth
Children: Jesus Christiano
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Vinod Kambli

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Vinod Kambli

Personal information

Full name

Vinod Ganpat Kambli

Born

18 January 1972 (age 43)
Bombay, Maharashtra, India

Batting style

Left-hand bat

Bowling style

Right arm off break

Role

Batsman

International information

National side

India

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

Years

Team

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 (help·info) (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 a childhood friend of the Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar.^[3]Currently he appears as a cricket expert and commentator on varioustelevision channels. He has also appeared on various reality showsand done few serials and Bollywood films as an actor.

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Early life[edit]

Kambli hails from Indira Nagar, Kanjurmarg, a suburb of Mumbai.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[edit]

He shared an unbroken partnership of 664 runs in a school match against St. Xavier's School, Fort, with Sachin Tendulkar.^[4] Kambli contributed 349 runs before their coach Acharekar forced the pair to declare; he then took 6 wickets for 37 in St. Xavier's first innings.^[5]Kambli, who started his Ranji trophy career with a six off the first ball he faced,^[6] soon followed Sachin in to the Indian team. Kambli made two double-centuries and two centuries in seven tests. He played his last Test match at the age of only 24^[7] and formally announced his retirement from first class cricket on 22 September 2011.^[8] He played his last ODI in the year 2000.

Test debut: India vs England at Kolkata, 1st Test, 1992/93
Last Test: India vs New Zealand at Cuttack, 3rd Test, 1995/96
ODI debut: India vs Pakistan at Sharjah, Wills Trophy, 2nd Match, 1991/92
Last ODI: India vs Sri Lanka at Sharjah, Coca-Cola Champions Trophy, 2000/01^[9]

On 15 August 2009, Kambli launched his Khel Bharti Sports Academy^[10] in Mumbai and announced his retirement from cricket as he wished to coach at Khel Bharti Academy.

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).

List of test double centuries[edit]

No.	Score	Against	Inn.	Test	Venue	H/A	Date	Result
1	224	England	1	3	Wankhede Stadium, Bombay	Home	19 February 1993	Won^[11]^[12]
2	227	Zimbabwe	1	4	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi	Home	13 March 1993	Won^[13]

Records[edit]

Kambli holds the record of "quickest 1000 test runs" by an Indian. He took just 14 test innings to reach this feat.^[14] He is also the only cricketer to hit three consecutive test centuries in three innings, all centuries against different countries.

Personal life[edit]

Vinod Kambli first married Noella Lewis, who was working as a receptionist at Hotel Blue Diamond (in Pune) in the year 1998.^[15]^[16] After separating from her Vinod Kambli married fashion Model Andrea Hewitt, the couple has a child born in June 2010.^[17] The boy's name is Jesus Christiano.

Vinod Kambli converted to Christianity in 2010.

On 29 November 2013, Kambli was admitted to Mumbai's Lilavati Hospital, following a heart attack on Friday.

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 July 2012.

Politics[edit]

Vinod Kambli joined the Lok Bharati Party^[18] and was appointed as vice-president of the party. He contested the 2009Vidan Sabha election from Vikhroli, Mumbai as a Lok Bharati Party candidate and lost the election.^[19] However, he continues to do social work. In 2011, He supported Anna Hazare's campaign of India against Corruption.

Movie career[edit]

Filmography[edit]

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

Year	Film	Language	Cast	Director	Notes
2002	Annarth^[20]	Hindi	Sanjay Dutt, Sunil Shetty, Preeti Jhangiani	Ravi Dewan
2009	Pal Pal Dil Ke Ssaat	Hindi	Ajay Jadeja, Mahi Gill, Satish Shah	V.K.Kumar	Dubbed in Malayalam asAayiram Varnangal

Television[edit]

Vinod Kambli made his debut on the small screen on DD National in a serial called Miss India in 2002.^[21]

References[edit]

Jump up^ Kunal Purandare (2011). Vinod Kambli: The Lost Hero. Har-Anand Publications. ISBN 978-81-241-1582-4. Retrieved31 May 2012.
Jump up^ Ashish Magotra. "Kambli to play in South Africa". Rediff.com.
Jump up^ India today. Aroon Purie for Living Media India Ltd. April 1993. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
Jump up^ Pringle, Derek (8 August 2007). "Kambli the rising star who ran himself out". The Daily Telegraph (London).
Jump up^ Cricinfo: Shardashram Vidyamandir v St Xavier's High School, 1988. Static.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved on 14 July 2014.
Jump up^ Cricinfo – Players and Officials – Vinod Kambli. Content-ind.cricinfo.com. Retrieved on 14 July 2014.
Jump up^ "Vinod Kambli: The Departure of the Prodigal Son".
Jump up^ Mulgund, Shreyas (23 September 2011). "Kambli announces retirement from first class cricket". The Hindu. Retrieved28 September 2011.
Jump up^ "Vinod Kambli: Statistics, Milestones, Articles, News, Pictures".
Jump up^ "Kambli awaits Sachin's visit to new academy".
Jump up^ "India vs. England, Wankhede Stadium, Bombay, February 19–23, 1992". Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
Jump up^ "Youngest Indian double century-Vinod Kambli 224 vs England". youtube. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
Jump up^ "India vs. Zimbabwe, Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi, March 13–17, 1993". Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
Jump up^ Records | Test matches | Batting records | Fastest to 1000 runs | ESPN Cricinfo. Stats.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved on 14 July 2014.
Jump up^ Vinod Kambli. uniBlogger.com. Retrieved on 14 July 2014.
Jump up^ Story- July 1998. Sabrang.com. Retrieved on 14 July 2014.
Jump up^ Times of India. Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com (13 January 2010). Retrieved on 14 July 2014.
Jump up^ "Vinod Kambli takes on a different ball game". MumbaiMirror.com.
Jump up^ Kambli, Yuvraj's father lose in election – IBNLive. Cricketnext.in.com (23 October 2009). Retrieved on 14 July 2014.
Jump up^ India today international. Living Media India Ltd. January 2001. p. 74. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
Jump up^ Kambli captures Miss India. mid-day.com. 29 May 2004

External links[edit]

Cricinfo Player Profile : Vinod Ganpat Kambli
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