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Sachin-Kambli…Jab de Met, my friend, what happened?
NDTV’s Sports Editor Vimal Mohan has talked about the friendship between Sachin and Kambli. He said, “This story starts from their childhood. It is the year 1980.. At that time, Amitabh Bachchan’s film Dostana was released. The famous song ‘Mere Dost Kissa Yeh Ho Gaya’ made us emotional after such a long time that both of them were on the same stage. Seeing him on the stage, it can be understood that his condition is no longer the same as before. Seeing him, this song reminds him.
Vimal Mohan further said about Sachin and Kambli, “Once a news was published in Sportstar in which Tendulkar was compared with Lara. Then many former players of Pakistan had said that Basit Ali should also be talked about. Then that At the time, Sunil Gavaskar had said that Vinod Kambli had played better than Sachin in many matches, in which Shane Warne was out. This was the first time that a batsman had hit a six in an over against Shane Warne. Sachin has dreams but it was Vinod Kambli who was the first to break Warne’s fear.”
fate had something else in store
Like their careers, Tendulkar and Kambli’s looks have also gone in different directions. They are almost the same age – Tendulkar is a year younger than him – but Kambli looks much older.
Tendulkar made himself a great cricketer by playing international cricket for 24 years. With 35,000 runs and 100 international centuries, Sachin emerged as the greatest batsman of all time. Tendulkar has joined the category of greatest of all time. On the other hand, the left-handed Kambli scored 1,084 runs in 17 Tests at an average of 54.20 and 2,477 runs in 104 ODIs at an average of 32.59. However, indiscipline saw him dropped from the team. He played his last international match in 2000.
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Even though Kambli is lost in the pages of cricket history today, the manner in which he started his career had shocked world cricket. You will also believe it after seeing his record.
Unique feats in Vinod Kambli’s short career
- Innings of 349 runs and record partnership of 664 runs with Sachin in school cricket.
- Six on the first ball in the first match of Ranji Trophy
- Indian record for scoring fastest 1000 runs in test matches
- A total of four centuries with two double centuries in the first 7 tests.
- Average of 54 in test and more than 60 in first class
- First test at the age of 21, but only 14 matches
- 22 runs in one over of legendary spinner Shane Warne
- Last test at the age of 23 and the way back closed
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