Amol Muzumdar

Infobox cricketer biography
playername = Amol Muzumdar
country = India
fullname = Amol Anil Muzumdar
living = true
dayofbirth = 11
monthofbirth = 11
yearofbirth = 1974
placeofbirth = Bombay
countryofbirth = India
batting = Right-handed
bowling = Right-arm leg break
role = Batsman
club1 = Bombay/Mumbai
year1 = 1993-present
deliveries = balls
columns = 2
column1 = FC
matches1 = 127
runs1 = 8685
bat avg1 = 51.08
100s/50s1 = 22/50
top score1 = 260
deliveries1 = 186
wickets1 = 2
bowl avg1 = 48.00
fivefor1 = –
tenfor1 = –
best bowling1 = 1/1
catches/stumpings1 = 140
column2 = List A
matches2 = 94
runs2 = 2829
bat avg2 = 40.41
100s/50s2 = 2/24
top score2 = 109
deliveries2 = 90
wickets2 = 2
bowl avg2 = 40.00
fivefor2 = –
tenfor2 = n/a
best bowling2 = 1/11
catches/stumpings2 = 37
date = 13 September
year = 2007
source = http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/2/2300/2300.html

Amol Anil Muzumdar (born 11 November 1974 in Bombay - now Mumbai, Maharashtra, India) is an Indian cricketer who is primarily a right-handed batsman. He holds the world record for the highest-ever score by a player on his first-class debut. [cite news | url=http://www.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/84306.html | title=A representation of the Bombay school of batsmanship | author=Sadiq Yusuf | publisher=Cricinfo.com | date=11 April 2000 | accessdate=2007-01-01]

Muzumdar attended Sharadashram Vidyamandir School where he was a schoolmate of future cricketing star Sachin Tendulkar. Like Tendulkar, he was coached by Ramakant Achrekar. When Tendulkar and Vinod Kambli shared in a then-record unbroken 664-run partnership for their school in a Harris Shield match, he was on the same team and was due to bat next. [cite news | url=http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/135328.html | title=A tale of two terrors | author=Rahul Bhatia | publisher=Cricinfo.com | date=21 August 2004 | accessdate=2007-01-01]

On his first-class debut for Bombay, he scored 260 against Haryana at Faridabad in a Ranji Trophy match in the 1993-94 season. This was a record for any player on their debut in first-class cricket.

Muzumdar was named as the vice-captain of the Indian U-19 cricket team for their tour of England in 1994. He was regarded as one of the country's finest prospects and was labelled the "new Tendulkar". [cite news | url=http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1994/OTHERS+ICC/IND-U19_IN_ENG/IND_U-19-SQUAD_ENG_PROSPECTS_07AUG94.html | title=India U19 in England Jul/Sep 1994 - Indian Squad prospects | author=Amit Roy | publisher=The Sunday Telegraph | date=7 August 1994 | accessdate=2007-01-01] He also played for the India A side in the 1994-95 season alongside Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly.

However, despite a first-class career average of over 50, he slowly began to disappear from the plans of the national team selectors. While his contemporaries Tendulkar, Dravid and Ganguly went on to have long and successful international careers, he was never selected for the full India national cricket team in either Tests or ODIs.

Muzumdar considered quitting the game in 2002, [cite news | url=http://www.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/321530.html | title=Interview: Amol Muzumdar - Mumbai state of mind | author=Sriram Veera | publisher=Cricinfo.com | date=22 November 2007 | accessdate=2007-11-22] but since then he has continued to serve the Mumbai cricket team with distinction. In the 2006-07 season, he was appointed captain and led the team to victory in the Ranji Trophy. In January 2007, he became the highest-ever run-scorer in the Ranji Trophy for Mumbai beating the record set by Ashok Mankad. [cite news | url=http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1076015 | title=Another heroic act by Amol | author=Nihal Koshie | publisher=DNA Sport | date=23 January 2007 | accessdate=2007-02-02]

Amol has also been playing in the NYSD league for a side called Bishop Auckland scoring runs at a prolific rate again showing his class as a batsmen.

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