Amol Anil Muzumdar (born 11 November 1974) was an Indian

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er, domestically, having previously played for

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and

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. He was primarily a right-handed batsman. He held the record for the most runs scored in the

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, India's premier domestic

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competition, breaking the record held by Amarjit Kaypee. Despite his jaw-dropping success at the domestic level, he was never selected for the Indian national team.

Career

Muzumdar attended B.P.M. High School and then switched to Sharadashram Vidyamandir School upon his coach

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request. This is where he became schoolmates and eventually good friends with the future cricketing star

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, they were also shared the same coach . When Tendulkar and Vinod Kambli shared in a then-record unbroken 664-run partnership for their school in a Harris Shield match, he was on the same team and was due to bat next. On his first-class debut for

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, he scored 260 against

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at Faridabad in a

match in the 1993–94 season. This was a world record for any player on their debut in first-class cricket until it was broken by

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in December 2018. Muzumdar was named as the vice-captain of the

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for their tour of England in 1994. He was regarded as one of the country's finest prospects and was labelled the "new Tendulkar". He also played for the

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side in the 1994–95 season alongside

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and Sourav Ganguly. However, despite a first-class career average of over 50, he never seemed to be in the plans of the national team selectors. While his contemporaries Tendulkar, Dravid and Ganguly went on to have long and successful international careers, he was never selected for the full

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in either

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or ODIs. Muzumdar hit rock bottom and considered quitting the game in 2002, but since then he has continued to serve the Mumbai cricket team with distinction. In the 2006–07 season, he was appointed

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and led the team to victory in the

. In January 2007, he became the highest-ever run-scorer in the

for Mumbai beating the record set by

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. In September 2009, Amol moved to

after being disappointed as he was not selected in the Mumbai squad for the

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. In October 2012 he signed with Andhra Pradesh for two years. Midway through the

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he made himself unavailable for the season and instead decided to mentor Andhra Youngsters. He is one of the unfortunate players who didn't get a chance to play for

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despite him repeatedly excelling in domestic cricket scoring with an average near 50.

Coaching career

Mazumdar was appointed as batting coach for India Under-19 cricket team and India Under- 23 cricket team. In December 2013, Mazumdar was appointed as batting consultant for

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. In 2018, Mazumdar was appointed as the batting coach for

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for the

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. He was the batting coach for Rajasthan Royals for 3 seasons (2018, 2019, 2020). As of 2021, Muzumdar is still with Rajasthan Royals but now has a different designation. He is appointed as batting coach (interim) for South African Cricket Team. When South Africa toured India. Muzumdar today is the head coach for the current Mumbai squad.

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