31 Facts About Vinod Kambli

Vinod Kambli 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.

Vinod Kambli was a part of the squad which finished as runners-up at the 2000 ICC Champions Trophy.

Vinod Kambli 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.

Vinod Kambli 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.

Vinod Kambli has been a part of various reality shows and done a few serials and Bollywood films as an actor.

Vinod Kambli played a supporting role in the Kannada film Bettanagere.

Vinod Kambli is a childhood friend of the Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar.

Vinod Kambli shared an unbroken partnership of 664 runs with Sachin Tendulkar in a school cricket match against St Xavier's School, Fort.

Vinod Kambli contributed 349 runs before their coach Ramakant Acharekar forced the pair to declare the innings; he then took six wickets for 37 runs in St Xavier's first innings.

Vinod Kambli started his Ranji Trophy career with a six off the first ball he faced.

Vinod Kambli made his One Day International and Test debuts in 1991 and 1993, respectively.

Vinod Kambli holds the record for the fastest Indian player to reach 1,000 runs in Tests.

Vinod Kambli scored 224 against England at Wankhede Stadium in 1993 as his maiden test century in his third test.

Vinod Kambli is the only cricketer to hit three consecutive test centuries in three innings against three different countries.

Vinod Kambli made his ODI debut in 1991 against Pakistan during the Wills Sharjah Trophy.

Vinod Kambli played world cup tournaments in 1992 and 1996.

Vinod Kambli has 2 ODI centuries into his credit: 100 not out against England at Jaipur in 1993 on his birthday, setting the record for becoming the first batsman to score an ODI hundred on his birthday and 106 against Zimbabwe at Kanpur in the 1996 World Cup.

Vinod Kambli played his last Test match at the age of only 23 while he played his last ODI in the year 2000 and formally announced his retirement from first-class cricket on 22 September 2011.

Vinod Kambli played for Boland province in the South African domestic circuit.

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

Vinod Kambli has been the Head Coach for the MCA Academy in BKC, Mumbai.

Vinod Kambli fulfilled a position within Tendulkar Middlesex Global Academy between 2018 and 2022.

Vinod Kambli finished his full time role as TMGA Head Coach for the Academy at DY Patil, Navi Mumbai in early 2022.

Vinod Kambli first married Noella Lewis, a Catholic at St Patrick's Cathedral, Poona.

Vinod Kambli worked as a receptionist at Hotel Blue Diamond in the year 1998.

Journalist Kunal Purandare has penned his biography called Vinod Kambli: The Lost Hero.

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

Vinod Kambli was taken ill while he was driving from Chembur to Bandra and suddenly stopped the car.

Vinod Kambli underwent angioplasty on two of his blocked arteries in 2013.

Vinod Kambli joined the Bhakti Shakti Party and was appointed vice-president of the party.

Vinod Kambli contested the 2009 Assembly election from Vikhroli, Mumbai as a Lok Bharati Party candidate and lost the election.