munaf patel Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
munaf patel is a cricketer(sportsman) from India. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Munaf Musa Patel
Born
July 12, 1983, Ikhar, Gujarat
Age
40 years old
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Medium fast
Playing Role
Bowler
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 13 | 70 | 3 | 63 |
Inn | 14 | 27 | 1 | 15 |
Runs | 60 | 74 | 0 | 39 |
Avg | 7.5 | 6.73 | 0.0 | 6.5 |
SR | 42.25 | 66.07 | 0.0 | 95.12 |
HS | 15 | 15 | 0 | 23 |
NO | 6 | 16 | 0 | 9 |
100s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
50s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4s | 8 | 7 | 0 | 5 |
6s | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 13 | 70 | 3 | 63 |
Inn | 25 | 67 | 3 | 63 |
Balls | 2658 | 3154 | 60 | 1355 |
Runs | 1349 | 2603 | 86 | 1698 |
Wkt | 35 | 86 | 4 | 74 |
BBI | 25 / 4 | 29 / 4 | 25 / 2 | 21 / 2 |
BBM | 97 / 7 | 29 / 4 | 25 / 2 | 21 / 2 |
Eco | 3.05 | 4.95 | 8.6 | 7.52 |
Avg | 38.54 | 30.27 | 21.5 | 22.95 |
5W | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
10W | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Teams he has played for:
- India
- Asia XI
- Baroda
- Gujarat
- Gujarat Lions
- India Green
- Indian Board President's XI
- Kandy Tuskers
- Maharashtra
- Mumbai
- Mumbai Indians
- New York Warriors
- Rajasthan Royals
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
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
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
Few medium-pacers had generated as much hype before bowling a ball in first-class, let alone international, cricket as had Munaf Musa Patel, the young boy from the little town of Ikhar in Bahruch, Gujarat. Kiran More 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, Munaf 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 Munaf'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, Munaf gradually gathers momentum in his approach to the crease, before releasing the ball with a windmill-whirl of the hands. His priority, in his early years, was to bowl quick. And it was this that first caught the eye of More and others. Later, he added reverse swing to his repertoire and 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. In Mohali a week later, 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 Munaf had established himself as a regular member of the side.
Then came the lull as Munaf, like most of India's new crop of fast bowlers, began to fade away after a good start. He lost pace at an alarming rate, and seemed intent on rebranding himself as back-up seamer as opposed to a pace spearhead. He soon lost his place in the Test side, and despite a handful of average ODI performances, was a left-field selection for the New Zealand tour in 2009. He did a reasonable job in India's win in Hamilton, but a schedule packed with the occasional home Tests in between ODIs and Twenty20s meant he rarely stayed in the radar for long. Injuries to Zaheer Khan and Sreesanth in the lead-up to the Sri Lanka tour in 2010 gave him another opportunity to impress.
Munaf's career continued to be dogged by injuries, but in an ironic twist, he was the beneficiary of one when Praveen Kumar was forced out of India's 2011 World Cup squad. In stepped Munaf to take his place as India's third seamer and he ended the tournament as India's third-highest wicket-taker behind Zaheer and Yuvraj Singh, with 11 scalps. His consistent performances prompted bowling coach Eric Simons to call him the unsung hero of India's World Cup victory.
Yet again, though, the high did not last long and within a few months Munaf was once again dropped from the national side in all three formats. Nevertheless, he continued to play domestic cricket for Baroda.
Anand Vasu and Cricinfo staff