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Full name Salil Ashok Ankola
Born March 1, 1968, Sholapur, Maharashtra
Current age 40 years 77 days
Major teams India,Maharashtra,Mumbai
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
1
1
0
6
6
6.00
11
54.54
0
0
1
0
0
0
ODIs
20
13
4
34
9
3.77
42
80.95
0
0
1
1
2
0
First-class
54
56
11
707
63
15.71
0
1
22
0
List A
74
42
14
325
43*
11.60
0
0
17
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
1
2
180
128
2
1/35
2/128
64.00
4.26
90.0
0
0
0
ODIs
20
20
807
615
13
3/33
3/33
47.30
4.57
62.0
0
0
0
First-class
54
8856
4585
181
6/47
25.33
3.10
48.9
8
0
List A
74
3329
2298
70
4/22
4/22
32.82
4.14
47.5
2
0
0
Career statistics
Only Test
Pakistan v India at Karachi, Nov 15-20, 1989 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Pakistan v India at Gujranwala, Dec 18, 1989 scorecard
Last ODI
South Africa v India at Durban, Feb 13, 1997 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1988/89 - 1996/97
List A span
1988/89 - 1996/97
Profile
Ankola, a tall, good-looking and athletic fast bowler, made a dramatic debut for Bombay in 1988-89, grabbing a hat-trick and scoring 43 against Gujarat, and following up with a six-wicket haul against Baroda. He was almost immediately drafted into the Indian side, taking 6 for 77 in the tour-opener in Pakistan in 1989-90 and making his Test debut - against Pakistan at Karachi- where he took 2 for 128. But injuries - not helped by an extremely long run-up - took their toll and he didn't appear again in that series - in fact, the Karachi game was to be his only Test appearance. In 1990 he worked with Frank Tyson on remodelling his approach to the wicket, and returned with a shorter run, less pace but much-improved control. He returned to the Indian one-day side in 1993 but was again cast aside the following year, his place not helped by his reputation as a poor fielder. He was recalled to the side for the 1996 World Cup, and played in one subsequent series before again being dropped. Within a year, aged only 28, he had retired to pursue a career as an actor. He appeared in a TV serial - Sshh... Koi Hai as well as several film rolls. He subsequently turned his attention to film production. Martin Williamson
