15 Facts About Munaf Patel

Munaf Patel was born on 12 July 1983 and is a former Indian cricketer who played all formats of the game.

Munaf Patel has played for the West Zone in the Duleep Trophy and Gujarat, Mumbai cricket team and Maharashtra cricket team in domestic arena.

Munaf Patel first gained prominence in 2003 at the age of 20 before he had even played first class cricket for Gujarat, when he was invited to the MRF Pace Foundation in Chennai by the Indian chairman of selectors Kiran More.

Munaf Patel was signed by Rajasthan Royals for the inaugural IPL season taking 14 wickets as the Royals won the title.

Munaf Patel was sent to Australian Institute of Sport for bio-mechanical analysis on his bowling action, to improve its efficiency.

Munaf Patel fell short of the record of conceding the most runs off an over by 4 runs.

Munaf Patel was part of the Indian 2007 World Cup squad which failed to progress from the group stage and played during India's One-day International series against Bangladesh shortly after the tournament before playing two games in England in August 2007.

Munaf Patel took four wickets before being ruled out of the remainder of the series through injury.

Munaf Patel was selected for the 2009 tour to Sri Lanka and played in the opening match.

Munaf Patel then picked up a groin injury before the second match and was replaced in the squad by Lakshmipathy Balaji.

Munaf Patel was brought back into the ODI squad for India's last preparatory series before the 2011 World Cup, with the series taking place in South Africa.

Munaf Patel was eventually named in India's World Cup squad.

In India's first World Cup match against Bangladesh, Munaf Patel took four wickets, albeit with India defending a comfortable 370 run target.

Munaf Patel played an important role in the India Pakistan semi-final match at Mohali where he performed well and played in the finals of the World Cup.

Munaf Patel last played for India on the 2011 tour of England.