Munaf patel biography

Biography

Munaf Patel's tale is similar to a breed of Indian bowlers such as Sreesanth, Balaji and RP Singh who also broke through the Indian ranks with the same amount of experience backing them as this lad did. Blessed with raw pace, injuries forced him to reorder his motives to become a more all-round bowler with variations.

Yet, it was that pace which saw Patel lauded much before his international debut. When it did arrive, against England in in a Test at Mohali, it created history. He added supplementary feathers in his cap following a successful Caribbean tour the same year, by which time Patel started to make inroads into a permanent slot. Best ODI figures against Sri Lanka in further added up to a place in India's bowling attack for the World Cup. Despite the team's failure in the tournament, Patel kept his place in the ODI team until after which injuries started to hamper the fast bowler. He played for Rajasthan in the first three season

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Munaf Patel

Tall and wiry, Munaf Patel was regarded to be the quickest Indian bowler when he strode onto the scene in From a remote area in Ikhar in Bahruch, Gujarat, he burst onto the domestic sc
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Batting Career Summary

M	Inn	Runs	BF	HS	Avg	SR	NO	4s	6s	50
Test	13	14	60		15			6	8	1	0	0	0
ODI	70	27	74		15			16	7	1	0	0	0
T20	3	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0
IPL	63	15	39	41	23			9	5	0	0	0	0

Bowling Career Summary

M	Inn	B	Runs	Wkts	Avg	Econ	SR	BBI	BBM	5w	10w
Test	13	25			35				4/25	7/97	0	0
ODI	70	67			86				4/29	4/29	0	0
T20	3	3	60	86	4				2/25	2/25	0	0
IPL	63	63			74				5/21	5/21	1	• Munaf Patel Indian cricketer Munaf Patel (born 12 July ) is a former Indiancricketer who played all formats of the game. He played for the West Zone in the Duleep Trophy and Gujarat, Mumbai cricket team and Maharashtra cricket team in domestic arena. Patel was a member of the Indian team that won the Cricket World Cup. In November , he announced his retirement from cricket.[1] He was born in Ikhar, Gujarat, India. Domestic career [edit] Patel first gained prominence in 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. There he attracted the attention of visiting Australian captain Steve Waugh, and the director Dennis Lillee, a former Australian fast bowler, with his raw pace. With the backing of Sachin Tendulkar, he was signed by Mumbai in a transfer deal, in late , without ever representing his native Gujarat. He was signed by Raj