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Full name Sandeep Madhusudan Patil
Born August 18, 1956, Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra
Current age 51 years 343 days
Major teams India,Madhya Pradesh,Mumbai
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Other Coach
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
6s
Ct
St
Tests
29
47
4
1588
174
36.93
4
7
9
12
0
ODIs
45
42
1
1005
84
24.51
1223
82.17
0
9
11
0
First-class
130
201
13
8156
210
43.38
20
46
66
0
List A
73
68
5
1741
103*
27.63
1
14
22
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
29
15
645
240
9
2/28
3/52
26.66
2.23
71.6
0
0
0
ODIs
45
20
864
589
15
2/28
2/28
39.26
4.09
57.6
0
0
0
First-class
130
6822
2849
86
6/20
33.12
2.50
79.3
4
0
List A
73
2106
1377
46
3/30
3/30
29.93
3.92
45.7
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
India v Pakistan at Chennai, Jan 15-20, 1980 scorecard
Last Test
India v England at Delhi, Dec 12-17, 1984 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Australia v India at Melbourne, Dec 6, 1980 scorecard
Last ODI
England v India at Manchester, May 26, 1986 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1975/76 - 1992/93
List A span
1978/79 - 1994/95
Profile
A dashing batsman and a useful medium-pace bowler, Sandip Patil was a tower of strength to the Indian middle order for many years. His good looks (he was a pop singer and a film actor), aggressive batsmanship and a penchant for big hits made Patil a natural crowd puller. An instant success after making his Test debut and on his first tour, he took 174 off Dennis Lillee and Len Pascoe at Adelaide. It was a remarkable innings given that in the previous Test he was concussed by a bouncer from Pascoe after scoring 65. After a moderate series against England in 1981-82 he was dropped but was back for the tour of there in 1982. And at Old Trafford he came up with another memorable display, hitting an undefeated 129, in the process taking 24 runs (4440444) off an over from Bob Willis - the third delivery being a no ball. He did reasonably well on the tour of Pakistan in 1982-83 but because of personal problems he dropped out of the team to tour West Indies in 1983. Back for the World Cup in 1983, Patil was one of the heroes of that triumph. But in the Tests against Pakistan and West Indies in 1983-84, his aggressive batting was laced with a bit of indiscipline and he could not maintain his place in the side. And though he did reasonably well against England the following season, he was dropped after two games and was never considered for Tests again, though he was picked for the tour of England in 1986 when he played only in the one-day games.
A stalwart for Bombay for several years, Patil in the last few seasons of his first-class career captained Madhya Pradesh with much success. After retirement, Patil served first as India A coach, then coach of the Indian team, before moving on to take charge of Kenya. He resigned after taking them to the semi-final of the 2003 Worl Cup, and returned to India for the next 18 months, but an uncertain future with India A meant that he went back to a minnow, Oman this time, in the Intercontinental Cup and helped them qualify for the ICC Trophy after some strong performances in the ACC Trophy. A man of many talents, Patil has also edited a Marathi sports magazine, Ekach Shatkar, and wrote Sandy Storm, his autobiography.
Partab Ramchand June 2008
