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Munaf Patel
Personal information
Full name
Munaf Musa Patel
NicknameMuKe
Height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight arm medium-fast
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 255)9 March 2006 v England
Last Test3 April 2009 v New Zealand
ODI debut (cap 163)3 April 2006 v England
Last ODI23 Jan 2011 v South Africa
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2003/04–2004/05Mumbai
2005/06–2008/09Maharashtra
2008/09–presentBaroda
2008–2010Rajasthan Royals
2011-presentMumbai Indians
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODIs FC List A
Matches 12 55 47 84
Runs scored 56 73 485 142
Batting average 7.00 8.11 14.69 8.35
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/1 0/0
Top score 15* 15 78 28
Balls bowled 2,394 2,479 8,431 3,888
Wickets 34 69 169 102
Bowling average 36.17 28.66 24.04 29.24
5 wickets in innings 0 0 7 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a 1 n/a
Best bowling 4/25 4/29 6/50 4/49
Catches/stumpings 6/– 9/– 12/– 19/–
Source: CricketArchive, 11 April 2009

Munaf Musa Patel pronunciationⓘ (born 12 July 1983, Ikhar, Gujarat, India) is an Indian cricketer who has also played for the West Zone in the Duleep Trophy and Gujarat, Mumbai cricket team and Maharashtra cricket team.

Born to a Muslim family which was opposed to cricket, Patel first gained prominence in 2003 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. However, with the backing of Sachin Tendulkar, he was captured by Mumbai in a transfer deal, in late 2003, without ever representing his native Gujarat.

In 2004, he struggled with injuries, and was criticized by India A coach Sandeep Patil, who believed that he had a mental problem dealing with his injuries. He was also sent to Australian Institute of Sport for bio-mechanical analysis on his bowling action, to improve its efficiency. In August 2005, he transferred to Maharashtra, and after taking 10 wickets against England in a tour match for the Board President's XI, he was rewarded with his selection in the Indian Test Squad for the 2nd Test against England in Mohali, when he made his Test debut.

Patel recorded the figures of 7/97 on debut, including an impressive 4/25 in the second innings and demonstrated an ability to swing the ball in both directions.

In the 2005-2006 Test Series against West Indies, Munaf proved he was arguably the fastest bowler in India, bowling regularly at speeds of over 85 mph and has produced balls at a pace over the 90mph mark. However, more impressive than his ability to bowl at a very quick pace has been his control, a skill lacking in recent Indian fast bowlers. In the West Indies, however, Munaf suffered the ignominy of being hit for 6 fours in an over by Ramnaresh Sarwan. Patel fell short of the record of conceding the most runs off an over by 4 runs.

Patel bowling in the nets.

In the second match of the DLF Cup in Malaysia, Munaf came up with impressive figures of 3/54 against Australia, picking up the wickets of Phil Jacques, Michael Clarke and Stuart Clark. In the final game of the same tournament, he dismissed Australian captain Ricky Ponting for just 4, on the way to 1/32 off 9 overs.

In the first match of the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy against England, Munaf Patel again produced impressive figures of 3/18 - winning the match for India and gaining the man of the match award.

He was part of the Indian 2007 Cricket World Cup squad which failed to progress from the group stage and played during India's One-day International series against Bangladesh shortly after the tournament before playing 2 games in England in August 2007. He took four wickets before being ruled out of the remainder of the series through injury. He was subsequently left out of the squad to play Pakistan in November although was recalled to the Test squad following injuries to R. P. Singh and S. Sreesanth.[1]

He was selected for the 2009 tour to Sri Lanka and played in the opening match. He bowled five wicketless overs for 32 runs. He then picked up a groin injury before the second match and was replaced in the squad by Lakshmipathy Balaji[2]

He was brought back into the ODI squad for India's last preparatory series before the 2011 Cricket World Cup, with the series taking place in South Africa. After India were beaten quite handily in the first match, they made only 190 when M S Dhoni chose to bat first in the second match. However, Patel put in a Man of the Match performance to return personal best figures of 4/29 off nine overs, taking the final wicket of Wayne Parnell to lead India to a spectacular 1-run victory, India's first against South Africa in South Africa since 2003. He was eventually named to India's World Cup squad.

In India's first World Cup match against Bangladesh, Patel again took four wickets, albeit with India defending a comfortable 370 from their innings.

Patel at fielding practice.

References

  1. ^ Sreesanth And RP Singh To Miss Opening Test, Cricket World, Retrieved on 20 November 2007
  2. ^ Balaji replaces injured Munaf for SL tour, Cricinfo
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