664 -run partnership … made debut in 21, career ends at the age of 23! 1 cricket star ruined by 1 bad addiction

Last updated:March 13, 2025, 18:12 IST

Vinod Kambli was a very talented cricketer. His debut in the cricket world was bang. The star player, who made his Test debut for Team India at the age of 21, made a lot of tone by scoring 4 centuries in 7 matches in a debut year …Read more

Vinod Kambli could not handle the name and fame.

New Delhi. Former batsman of the Indian cricket team Vinod Kambli was in discussion recently. His financial condition is very bad. His health was constantly falling. There was no treatment money. But Kambli has been in the discussion due to more controversies than his cricket. This left -handed batsman first came into the limelight at the age of 16. The 664 unbeaten partnership in the Harish Shield Trophy between Sachin Tendulkar made Kambli an overnight star. People started knowing them. After this, Kambli made his Test debut for Team India in the year 1993. He could not play a big innings in the debut test but after that the innings he played was recorded in the golden pages of history.

Kambli, who has become a star at a young age, could not handle this stardom further. After this, his career was affected due to controversies and poor performance. Kambli, who played the last Test at the age of 23, ended his career after this. In 1995, he last appeared in Tests. Vinod Kambli had made his ODI debut before the Test. He made his ODI debut in 1991 and his ODI career came to an end by 2000.

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After the 1996 ODI World Cup, Kambli made a comeback in Team India 9 times. Despite this, he could not gather his foot. At the age of 28, he had his ninth comeback. In the Harish Shield Trophy, Kambli played a brilliant innings of 349 runs while in that match, 326 runs were scored with Sachin’s bat. Both were Guru Ramakant Achrekar. Kambli considered more talented players than Sachin. But the career of Kambli, who is bad addiction and the parties fond of alcohol, was ruined ahead of time.

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Vinod Kambli played four centuries in the first 7 Tests. Kambli won a lot of applause against England by playing 224 runs at the Wankhede Stadium and 227 against Zimbabwe. After this, he played two centuries innings against Sri Lanka. After this, he scored only two half -centuries in 10 Tests. Kambli scored 1084 runs in 17 Tests with an average of 54.20. Vinod Kambli lost direction after a good start of his career.

He became addicted to drugs and his career soon got up. He played 17 Tests and 104 ODIs. Kambli has been surrounded by many diseases at this time. Sometimes he had to pass through heart attack and sometimes he had to pass through depression. Recently he has been hospitalized many times.