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Munaf Patel

Munaf Patel Munaf Musa Patel (born July 12, 1983, Ikhar, Gujarat, India) is an Indian Test 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 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.His main support was Mr Ismail M Matadar who is running Matadar Cricket Club in bharuch district since 1992and munaf started playing competitive cricket from this club.

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 87 mph and has produced balls at a pace over the 90 mph 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 3 runs.

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.

 
Full name Munaf Musa Patel
Born July 12, 1983, Ikhar, Gujarat
Major teams India, Asia XI, Gujarat, Indian Board President's XI, Maharashtra, Mumbai
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast

 Career statistics
 
Test debut  India v England at Mohali - Mar 9-13, 2006
ODI debut  India v England at Margao - Apr 3, 2006
First-class span  2003/04 - 2006/07
List A span  2003/04 - 2007







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India vs Sri Lanka in India, Nov-Dec 2009

Sri Lanka in India, Three Test, five ODI and Two T20 match series
Date Match Venue
November 11-13 Indian Board Preisdent's XI vs Sri Lanka - Warm-up match Mumbai
November 16-20 India vs Sri Lanka - First Test Ahmedabad
November 24-28 India vs Sri Lanka - Second Test Kanpur
December 2-6 India vs Sri Lanka - Third Test Mumbai
December 9 India vs Sri Lanka - 1st Twenty20 international Nagpur
December 12 India vs Sri Lanka - 2nd Twenty20 international Mohali
December 15 India vs Sri Lanka - First ODI Rajkot
December 18 India vs Sri Lanka - Second ODI Visakhapatnam
December 21 India vs Sri Lanka - Third ODI Cuttack
December 24 India vs Sri Lanka - Fourth ODI Kolkata
December 27 India vs Sri Lanka - Fifth ODI Delhi

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Schedule Match Venue
Sunday Oct 25
09:00 local | 03:30 GMT | 23:30 EDT
India vs Australia - First ODI Reliance Stadium, Vadodara
Wednesday Oct 28 D/N
14:30 local | 09:00 GMT | 05:00 EDT
India vs Australia - Second ODI Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur
Saturday Oct 31 D/N
14:30 local | 09:00 GMT | 05:00 EDT
India vs Australia - Third ODI Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Monday Nov 2 D/N
14:30 local | 09:00 GMT | 04:00 EST
India vs Australia - Fourth ODI Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
Thursday Nov 5 D/N
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India vs Australia - Fifth ODI Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad
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Wednesday Nov 11 D/N
14:30 local | 09:00 GMT | 04:00 EST
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