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Full name Munaf Musa Patel
Born July 12, 1983, Ikhar, Gujarat
Current age 25 years 129 days
Major teams India,Asia XI,Gujarat,India Green,Indian Board President's XI,Maharashtra,Mumbai,Rajasthan Royals
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
9
10
3
32
13
4.57
103
31.06
0
0
3
1
5
0
ODIs
35
15
8
52
15
7.42
78
66.66
0
0
5
1
4
0
First-class
38
43
12
454
78
14.64
0
1
10
0
List A
72
28
13
133
28
8.86
0
0
16
0
Twenty20
15
2
2
0
0*
-
1
0.00
0
0
0
0
2
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
9
18
1890
940
28
4/25
7/97
33.57
2.98
67.5
1
0
0
ODIs
35
34
1675
1281
42
4/49
4/49
30.50
4.58
39.8
1
0
0
First-class
38
6860
3224
136
6/50
23.70
2.81
50.4
7
5
1
List A
72
3436
2545
87
4/49
4/49
29.25
4.44
39.4
1
0
0
Twenty20
15
15
330
420
14
3/17
3/17
30.00
7.63
23.5
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
India v England at Mohali, Mar 9-13, 2006 scorecard
Last Test
India v Pakistan at Kolkata, Nov 30-Dec 4, 2007 scorecard
Delhi Daredevils v Rajasthan Royals at Delhi, Apr 19, 2008 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Chennai Super Kings v Rajasthan Royals at Mumbai, Jun 1, 2008 scorecard
Profile
Few medium-pacers had generated as much hype before bowling a ball in first-class, let alone international cricket as Munaf Musa Patel, the young boy from the little town of Ikhar in Bahruch, Gujarat did in early 2003. Kiran More, now chairman of selectors, had seen him bowl in the nets and sent him straight to the MRF Pace Foundation in Chennai to train under TA Sekhar and Dennis Lillee. Soon he was being hailed as the fastest man in Indian cricket. Then, even as Baroda and Gujarat vied for his services, Patel chose Mumbai, after Sachin Tendulkar had taken special interest in him and had a word with the authorities in the Mumbai Cricket Association. Even then Patel's first-class career was anything but smooth as he spent more time recovering from various injuries than actually playing.
Strongly built though not overly tall, a wild mane flowing behind him as he bustles up to the bowling crease, gathering momentum before releasing the ball with a windmill-whirl of hands, Patel's priority is to bowl quick. And it was this that first caught the eye about three years ago. Now he has added reverse swing to his repertoire and has troubled batsmen with a well-directed yorker. After plenty of speculation and close calls he finally received a call from the national selection panel for the second Test against England in March 2006, after an impressive performance for the Board President's XI saw him pick up 10 English wickets for 91 runs. Things just got better a couple of weeks later against England at Mohali when he ended with 7 for 97, the best performance by an Indian fast bowler on Test debut. A consistent series against West Indies later that year meant he had established himself as a regular member of the side. Anand Vasu July 2006
