42 year old leg spinner Pravin Tambe in Mumbai squad

[tweaker]

42year old Pravin Tambe has been selected in the 15 man squad for their next game against Jharkand.He could become oldest debutant in the ranji trophy.I would like to wish him best of luck.

[Cricketics]

I am glad he got his chance. So happy to see players who were discarded all their life or who couldn't perform well earlier, are getting a chance at such a age. Age no bar :) I hope this inspires lot of pacers aged around 30 to continue bowling. I am expecting a rebirth of Zaheer. He is going to be fittest he has ever been in his life. I am sure this will be his best comeback. Better than the one in 2007.

[tweaker]

Tambe selection will be eye opener to those young players who takes their place for granted as they know there not any options in the spinning department

[Square Drive]

The kid was really impressive in the IPL. Good luck for him :nice:

[Tiger80]

The kid Uncle was really impressive in the IPL. Good luck for him :nice:

[nevada]

Go Tambe! May your success inspire people to think "why not" instead of "no way".

[Dravid]

does he have fitness to last 4 days? lol bowling 4 overs and hiding for the other 16 is ez compared to this gl to him whers all young mumbai spin talent?

[BlackMamba]

Harmeet ? What happened to the 19 year old sardar ? Harmeet Singh ?

[Stuge]

"Former club-mate and Mumbai selector Abey Kuruvilla also revealed that Tambe has only peaked over the last 8 years, ever since he switched from bowling medium pace to leg spin" :O

[rkt.india]

Poor from Mumbai. Why not try a young leg spinner in Sagar Gorivale!

[diga]

"Former club-mate and Mumbai selector Abey Kuruvilla also revealed that Tambe has only peaked over the last 8 years' date= ever since he switched from bowling medium pace to leg spin" :O

Wasn't he the nets bowler to Sachin when he practised playing against the spin on rough tracks in 1998 series preparation against Australia? Thought he has been bowling legspin since then

[gattaca]

Wasn't he the nets bowler to Sachin when he practised playing against the spin on rough tracks in 1998 series preparation against Australia? Thought he has been bowling legspin since then

I thought it was shiva.

[sachin34357]

Where has Iqbal Abdulla gone? he had bright future 2-3 years back.

[diga]

Wasn't he the nets bowler to Sachin when he practised playing against the spin on rough tracks in 1998 series preparation against Australia? Thought he has been bowling legspin since then

I thought it was shiva.

dont know about Shiva, but according to this Tambe helped Sachin practise leg spin being bowled into the rough Open magazine on Tambe

. It was 1998, a few days before Australia reached India to play a marquee Test series, billed as a duel between the world’s best batsman and the world’s best bowler: Tendulkar versus Shane Warne. Tendulkar played not just the Test matches but also in Australia’s warm-up game against Mumbai. To counter Warne, he wanted to practice against a leg spinner. Tambe, along with another spinner, was summoned to bowl to him at the nets. “For over two hours, we bowled ball after ball to Tendulkar,†says Tambe, “It was a hot sunny day, but we were simply thrilled to be there. He would try all sorts of shots against us, and occasionally would even say ‘good ball’.†Tendulkar put up a great show in the matches, attacking Warne especially, and India went on to win both the warm-up game and the Test series. At the end of the tour, Warne famously remarked that he experienced nightmares of Tendulkar hitting him for sixes. “Every time Warne’s comment came up in conversation, I would tell friends and family that I had a little part to play in it,†he says with modesty.

[diga]

Tambe takes 2 wkts on his ranji debut.. keep going

[ruchi49]

now it is the time for tambe to prove himself

[Sir john]

poor dhabolkar losing hypes