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Munaf Patel
India
Personal Information
Born Jul 12, 1983 (36 years) Birth Place Ikhar, Gujarat Height -- Role Bowler
Batting Style Right Handed Bat Bowling Style Right-arm fast-medium ICC Rankings
TestODIT20Batting -- -- -- Bowling -- -- -- Career InformationTeams India, Asia XI,
India Green, Board Presidents XI, Mumbai, Rajasthan Royals, Baroda, Mumbai Indians,
India B, West Zone, Gujarat Lions, Rajputs
Tall and wiry, Munaf Patel was regarded to be the quickest Indian bowler when he
strode onto the scene in 2003. From a remote area in Ikhar in Bahruch, Gujarat, he
burst onto the domestic sc...
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Batting Career Summary
M Inn NO Runs HS Avg BF SR 100 200 50 4s 6s
Test 13 14 6 60 15 7.5 142 42.25 0 0 0 8 1
ODI 70 27 16 74 15 6.73 112 66.07 0 0 0 7 1
T20I 3 1 0 0 0 0.0 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
IPL 63 15 9 39 23 6.5 41 95.12 0 0 0 5 0
Bowling Career Summary
M Inn B Runs Wkts BBI BBM Econ Avg SR 5W 10W
Test 13 25 2658 1349 35 4/25 7/97 3.05 38.54 75.94 0 0
ODI 70 67 3154 2603 86 4/29 4/29 4.95 30.27 36.67 0 0
T20I 3 3 60 86 4 2/25 2/25 8.6 21.5 15.0 0 0
IPL 63 63 1355 1698 74 5/21 5/21 7.52 22.95 18.31 1 0
Career Information
Test debut vs England at Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mar 09, 2006
Last Test vs West Indies at Windsor Park, Jul 06, 2011 ODI debut vs England at
Nehru Stadium, Apr 03, 2006 Last ODI vs England at Sophia Gardens, Sep 16, 2011 T20
debut vs South Africa at Moses Mabhida Stadium, Jan 09, 2011 Last T20 vs England at
Emirates Old Trafford, Aug 31, 2011 IPL debut vs Delhi Capitals at Arun Jaitley
Stadium, Apr 19, 2008 Last IPL vs Sunrisers Hyderabad at Green Park, May 13, 2017
ProfileTall and wiry, Munaf Patel was regarded to be the quickest Indian bowler
when he strode onto the scene in 2003. From a remote area in Ikhar in Bahruch,
Gujarat, he burst onto the domestic scene bowling with raw pace. Kiran More, the
then Chairman of Selectors saw him bowl in the nets and was impressed. More sent
Munaf to train under Dennis Lillee and TA Sekhar at the MRF Pace Foundation in
Chennai. Even as Gujarat and Baroda showed interest in him, he choose Mumbai after
impressing Sachin Tendulkar.

It was not all smooth sailing from that moment as injuries took a toll on his
career. But a breakthrough performance against the visiting Englishmen prompted a
call-up to the national side in 2006. He made his debut against England in Mohali,
taking 7 for 97 and heralded the arrival of a new star on the Indian pace bowling
front.

A consistent series against the West Indies followed as he troubled Brian Lara
repeatedly. But as with all fast bowlers in India, injuries, lack of discipline and
a lazy attitude sidelined him. Munaf lost his pace and his place in the side soon
after as a new breed of fast bowlers emerged on the scene.

Munaf received lot of flak for his lacklustre show in the deciding Cape Town test
against South Africa in 2007 when he declared himself fit, when he clearly wasn't
and underperformed. He was omitted from the side and only fought his way back again
through some solid domestic performances.

Munaf has the ability to get natural reverse swing when the ball becomes old - a
trait that has helped him bowl at the death. Munaf's stock ball is the leg cutter
which moves away and squares up the batsmen. Munaf has modeled his action on Glenn
McGrath and some observers have even compared his metronomic accuracy to the great
man. Munaf's greatest strength is that he sticks to his basics and doesn't try to
experiment. Due to his skill in attacking the stumps, Munaf gets a lot of bowled
and LBW dismissals.

With injuries to Zaheer and Sreesanth, Munaf was recalled to the Indian side for
the tour of Sri Lanka in 2010 and he managed to establish himself in the ODI side
with his consistent performances. With an improved fitness regimen assisting him,
he managed to stay fit and played an important, yet rarely noticed role in India's
victorious World Cup campaign in 2011. But unfortunately, it was the last year that
he played for India. Since India's horrendous tour to England, the pacer has not
been able make a comeback into the side.

Munaf starred for the Rajasthan Royals in the first three editions of the IPL and
was bought by the Mumbai Indians to play for them in the fourth edition. Munaf's
fielding and batting are nothing to write about, which have often bordered on the
comical. But during the fourth edition of the IPL, he put in a much improved
fielding performance under the guidance of fielding coach, Jonty Rhodes.

Interesting facts: Munaf's nicknames are Muke and Munna.

He had an ugly altercation with Amit Mishra during the fourth edition of the IPL.
Both exchanged heated words which ended with Mishra smashing Munaf to all parts of
the ground. Unfortunately, Munaf was not able to cement his place in the Mumbai
side and did not play any game in the 6th edition of the league. He couldn't quite
make any significant contributions even in the domestic circuit and that meant,
there were no buyers for him in the 2014 IPL auctions.

By Srivathsa - March 2014

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