Vinod Kambli

Vinod Kambli
Kambli in 2007
Personal information
Full name
Vinod Ganpat Kambli
Born (1972-01-18) 18 January 1972
Bombay, Maharashtra, India
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight arm off break
RoleBatsman
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 198)29 January 1993 v England
Last Test8 November 1995 v New Zealand
ODI debut (cap 80)18 October 1991 v Pakistan
Last ODI29 October 2000 v Sri Lanka
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1989–2011Mumbai
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODIs FC LA
Matches 17 104 129 221
Runs scored 1,084 2,477 9,965 6,476
Batting average 54.20 32.59 59.97 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 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 1/7 2/15 1/7
Catches/stumpings 7/– 15/– 56/– 50/–
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing  India
ICC Champions Trophy
Runner-up2000 Kenya
ACC Asia Cup
Winner1995 United Arab Emirates
Source: Cricinfo, 4 February 2006

Vinod Kambli (pronunciation; 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