Vinod Kambli, the childhood friend of Sachin Tendulkar, who was once considered very talented, is in trouble and is pleading for a job.
Vinod Kambli, the childhood friend of Sachin Tendulkar, who was once considered very talented, is in trouble and is pleading for a job. 50 year old Kambli, who was famous for his bold lifestyle, is today living on a pension of Rs 30,000 received from BCCI.
Vinod Kambli, who is in need of every penny, is he himself responsible for his condition?
In an interview given to Mid-Day, he said that he is looking for some work related to cricket. He is asking for some cricket related work near his house from Mumbai Cricket Association. In 2019, he was working as a coach in the Mumbai T20 League but due to Covid, this work also ended. Sachin got him the job of coach at Middlesex Global Academy in Nerul, Mumbai. But for Kambli, going 30 kilometers away to Nerul every day was a tiring task.
“I used to wake up at 5 in the morning, take a cab to DY Patil Stadium. It was a tiring job for me. Then in the evening, I used to give coaching at the BKC ground. I am a retired cricketer. I live on the pension I get from BCCI. I am completely dependent on this to survive with my family.”
Is it really tiring to travel 30 kilometers to a job? You have been an athlete but here the common man travels more than you in the metros! Talking about Delhi, every day hundreds of people go to Gurgaon from Noida-Ghaziabad. How many people go to BKC from Navi Mumbai. How and for how long will Sachin Tendulkar be able to help with this attitude?
“Sachin knows everything but I am not expecting anything from him. He got me the job at TMGA-Tendulkar Middlesex Global Academy. I was very happy, he is a very good friend. He has always supported me.”
Vinod Kambli made his debut for India at the age of 21 and scored four centuries in the first seven Tests.
Sachin Tendulkar and Vinod Kambli started their careers almost together from Azad Maidan. In the Harris Shield School Tournament in 1998, Sachin Tendulkar and Vinod Kambli created a world record by making a partnership of 664 runs. Kambli started his career in 1991 and last played for India in the year 2000. In his first 7 Tests, Kambli scored 793 runs at an average of over 100. Kambli had scored a century in his third Test. But after that he could not retain his place in the team. Sachin’s career continued to shine while Kambli kept getting lost in the fog. Kambli played 17 Tests and 104 ODIs in which he scored 3561 runs. He announced his retirement in 2011.
Vinod Kambli has a long association with controversies.
1-India lost to Sri Lanka in the semi-finals of the 1996 World Cup, Kambli alleged that captain Mohammad Azharuddin along with some players and the team manager had fixed the match.
2-In 2009, Kambli alleged in the Sach Ka Saamna program that he had to face discrimination in the team, according to Kambli, Sachin did not help him at all.
3-In 2013, there was a lot of discussion about Kambli not being invited to Sachin’s retirement party.
4-In 2015, her maid alleged that she was held hostage and beaten for 3 days. The maid lodged a formal complaint at Bandra Police Station in Mumbai alleging that she had not received her salary for 2 years. Kambli had to go to jail.
5-In 2018, Kambli’s wife Andrea Hewitt publicly beat up famous Bollywood singer Ankit Tiwari’s father Rajkumar Tiwari in the mall after accusing him of molestation. However, in the CCTV footage, Rajkumar Tiwari was seen going with a girl who was his niece. That girl had slapped Kambli’s wife while playing.
6-In February this year, Bandra Police had arrested him for hitting another vehicle while under the influence of alcohol. He had hit the car of the wife of Indian women’s cricket team coach Ramesh Powar.
Kambli could not handle the sudden wealth and fame at the beginning of his career.
Kambli first married Noella Lewis in 1998, who was a receptionist in a hotel in Pune. Andrea Hewitt is his second wife. Kambli comes from an ordinary family. Childhood was spent in deprivation. It is said that he could not handle the sudden wealth and fame at the beginning of his career. Couldn’t maintain balance between career and glamor world. I got married for the first time during that period, which later proved to be a wrong decision. Kambli’s career also faltered due to excessive consumption of alcohol.
In the last few years, some news channels also made him a studio guest but it is alleged that many times he used to stay in the hotel. Often due to reaching the studio late, this work also got missed. He is so emotional that he once touched Sachin’s feet and apologized.
Note: all Photo credit- HT and Twitter
