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Munaf Patel

Full name: Munaf Musa Patel

Born: 12th July 1983, Ikhar, Gujarat, India

Batting: Right-hand batsman
Bowling: Right-arm medium-fast

Teams: India (Test: 2005/06-2007/08); India (ODI: 2005/06-2008); Mumbai (Main FC: 2003/04-2004/05); Maharashtra (Main FC: 2005/06-2007/08); Mumbai (Main ListA: 2003/04); Maharashtra (Main ListA: 2005/06); All teams

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Articles: முனாப் படேல்

Delhi DareDevils no match for an all-round Royals

India and Sri Lanka tune up for World Cup

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Pictures: Munaf Patel celebrates the dismissal of Misbah-ul-Haq

Munaf Patel celebrates the wicket of Misbah-ul-Haq

Munaf Patel celebrates the wicket Younis Khan

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The fastest bowler in India today, Munaf Patels sudden rise makes for an interesting tale. The story goes that former Indian wicket keeper Kiran More saw him bowl at the nets, was duly impressed by what he saw and sent him for training at the MRF Pace Foundation in Chennai. At this stage he was erratic in line and length but his pace caught the eye and he was strongly built. The rough edges had to be smoothened out for the lad coming from a village in Gujarat. But even as this was being done he tended to be injury prone and missed a number of first class matches. His natural gifts and obvious bowling skills came through even in these limited opportunities and given the big break against England early in 2006 he finished with match figures of ten for 91 while playing for the Board Presidents XI. The selectors wasted little time in giving him a Test cap and he wasted little time in underlining his growing stature by taking seven for 97 “ the best performance by an Indian fast bowler in his first Test. His restricted skills with the bat and in the field did not prevent the selectors from including him in the ODI squad and within a short time Patel by adding more variety to his fast bowling - reverse swing and a deceptive slower delivery “ has made himself a regular in both forms of the game.
Profile DateLine: 19th February 2007 by CricketArchive

Test Career Batting and Fielding (2005/06-2007/08)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
India	9	10	3	32	13	4.57	0	0	31.06	5

Test Career Bowling (2005/06-2007/08)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	5wI	10wM	SRate	Econ
India	1890	68	940	28	4-25	33.57	0	0	67.50	2.98

First-Class Career Batting and Fielding (2003/04-2007/08)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
Overall	37	41	11	434	78	14.46	0	1	68.34	11

First-Class Career Bowling (2003/04-2007/08)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	5wI	10wM	SRate	Econ
Overall	6745	247	3165	132	6-50	23.97	5	1	51.09	2.81

One-Day International Career Batting and Fielding (2005/06-2008)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
India	33	14	7	52	15	7.42	0	0	67.53	4

One-Day International Career Bowling (2005/06-2008)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
India	1597	25	1230	41	4-49	30.00	1	0	38.95	4.62

One-Day Career Batting and Fielding (2003/04-2008)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
Overall	70	27	12	133	28	8.86	0	0	78.23	16

One-Day Career Bowling (2003/04-2008)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
Overall	3358	45	2494	86	4-49	29.00	1	0	39.04	4.45

Twenty20 Career Batting and Fielding (2007/08)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
Overall	15	2	2	0	0*		0	0	0.00	2

Twenty20 Career Bowling (2007/08)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
Overall	330	1	420	14	3-17	30.00	0	0	23.57	7.63