<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Source: Cricinfo, 4 February 2006 </Td> </Tr> <P> Vinod Ganpat Kambli (pronunciation (help info); born 18 January 1972) is a former Indian cricketer, who played for India as a middle order batsman, as well as for Mumbai and Boland, South Africa . He is the first man to score a century in a One - day International on his birthday . </P> <P> Despite having the highest career batting average for an Indian test cricketer of 54 he played his last Test when he was just 23 years . He was not even considered for Test cricket and only considered for one day cricket . Currently he appears as a cricket expert and commentator on various television channels . He has also appeared on various reality shows and done few serials and Bollywood films as an actor . He played a supporting role in the Kannada film Bettanagere . </P> <P> Kambli hails from Indira Nagar, Kanjurmarg, a suburb of Mumbai . He is a childhood friend of the Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar . The small patch of land that served as his first cricket pitch was surrounded on all sides by high - rise buildings. The scoring system was dictated by the lack of space, and the higher a batsman hit the ball into the buildings the more runs he scored . It explains why Kambli was one of the best over-the - top hitters of spin bowling . </P>

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