Vinod Kambli
Indian cricketer (born 1972)
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- Vinod Kambli ( ; born 18 January 1972) is an Indian former international cricketer, who played for India as a left-handed middle order batsman, as well as for Mumbai and Boland, South Africa.
- He was a part of the squad which finished as runners-up at the 2000 ICC Champions Trophy.
- Thereafter, he was only considered for One Day International matches, although his last appearance in that format was also at the young age of 28.
- He has also been a part of various reality shows and done a few serials and Bollywood films as an actor.
- Kambli is currently on the Cricket Improvement Committee for Mumbai Cricket Association Early life Vinod Kambli was born into a Maharashtrian family.
Vinod Kambli (; born 18 January 1972) is an Indian former international cricketer, who played for India as a left-handed middle order batsman, as well as for Mumbai and Boland, South Africa. Kambli became the first cricketer to score a century in a One-day International on his birthday. He was a part of the squad which finished as runners-up at the 2000 ICC Champions Trophy.
He has the highest career batting average for an Indian test cricketer of 54 but he played his last test when he was just 23 years old. Thereafter, he was only considered for One Day International matches, although his last appearance in that format was also at the young age of 28.
He has appeared as a commentator on various television channels and worked with a Marathi news channel as a cricket expert for the 2019 Cricket World Cup. He has also been a part of various reality shows and done a few serials and Bollywood films as an actor. He played a supporting role in the Kannada film Bettanagere. Kambli is currently on the Cricket Improvement Committee for Mumbai Cricket Association
Early life
Vinod Kambli was born into a Maharashtrian family. He hails from Bhadakambe, Sakharpa (Ratnagiri). He is a childhood friend of the Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar.
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 Ramakant Achrekar forced the pair to declare the innings; he then took six wickets for 37 runs in St. Xavier's first innings.
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