Sandeep Patil

India|Allrounder
Sandeep Patil
INTL CAREER: 1980 - 1986
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Full Name

Sandeep Madhusudan Patil

Born

August 18, 1956, Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra

Age

67y 214d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Medium

Playing Role

Allrounder

RELATIONS

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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 World 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. Patil went on to serve as the coach of the Mumbai Champs in the ICL, but returned to the mainstream when he cut ties with the unofficial league in 2009. Following a coaching stint with India's National Cricket Academy in Bangalore, he was named chairman of the national selection panel in September 2012.

A man of many talents, Patil has also edited a Marathi sports magazine, Ekach Shatkar, and wrote Sandy Storm, his autobiography.
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Sandeep Patil Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s6sCtSt
Tests29474158817436.93--479120
ODIs4542110058424.51122382.1709-110
FC13020113815621043.38--2046-660
List A736851741103*27.63--114-220

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests291564524092/283/5226.662.2371.6000
ODIs4520864589152/282/2839.264.0957.6000
FC130-68222849866/20-33.122.5079.3-40
List A73-21061377463/303/3029.933.9245.7000

Umpire & Referee

FormatMatReferee
FC33
List A66
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Debut/Last Matches of Sandeep Patil

FC Matches

Span
1975/76 - 1992/93

List A Matches

Span
1978/79 - 1994/95

Recent Matches of Sandeep Patil

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
Indians vs Yorkshire50--12-Jul-1986ScarboroughFC
Indians vs Somerset81/1928-Jun-1986TauntonFC
Indians vs Leics7 & 60/26 & 0/5014-Jun-1986LeicesterFC
India vs England12--26-May-1986ManchesterODI # 387
India vs England----24-May-1986The OvalODI # 386

Photos of Sandeep Patil

BCCI secretary Ajay Shirke and Selection chairman Sandeep Patil address the media
Anurag Thakur and Sandeep Patil address the press after the selection meeting
Sandeep Patil, Anurag Thakur, MS Dhoni and Vikram Rathour during the selection meeting
Sandeep Patil and Anurag Thakur announce the India squad
The Indian selectors meet Anurag Thakur to select the squad for Zimbabwe
Sandeep Patil and Ramiz Raja during a felicitation