Amol Muzumdar Height, Age, Wife, Family, Biography & More

Bio/Wiki
Full name	Amol Anil Muzumdar
Profession	• Cricketer (Batsman) • Cricket coach
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)	in centimeters- 178 cm in meters- 1.78 m in feet & inches- 5’ 10”
Weight (approx.)	in kilograms- 70 kg in pounds- 154 lbs
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	Salt & pepper
Cricket
Batting Stats	Runs • First Class (FC) He played 171 matches in which he scored 11167 runs in 260 innings with an average of 48.13; his highest score was 260 runs. He scored 1 double century, 30 centuries, and 60 fifties. He remained not out 28 times. • List A (One day) He played 113 matches in which he scored 3286 runs in 106 innings with an average of 38.20; his highest score was 109 runs. He scored 3 centuries, and 26 fifties. He remained not out 20 times. • T20 He played 14 matches in which he scored 174 runs in 13 innings with an average of 19.33; his highest score was 57 runs. He scored 1 fifty. He remained not out 4 times.
Domestic/State Team	• Shardashram Vidyamandir International School • Bombay Under-15 • West Zone Under-15 • Bombay Under-16 • Bombay Under-19 • West Zone Under-16 • Star Club of India • Indian Board President's Under-19s XI • Mohammedan Sporting Club • Cricket Club of India President's XI • Madras Rubber Factory • Khar Gymkhana • Mumbai Cricket Association President's XI • Mumbai Cricket Association XI • Abahani Limited • All India Electricity Board • West Zone • Indian Youth XI • Rest of India • India Seniors • Mumbai • Assam Cricket Association XI • Assam • Andhra Pradesh • India Under-19 • India A • Tynemouth • Bishop Auckland • Church • Quick Haag
Coach/Mentor	Ramakant Achrekar
Batting Style	Right-handed
Personal Life
Date of Birth	11 November 1974 (Monday)
Age (as of 2024)	50 Years
Birthplace	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Zodiac sign	Scorpio
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Mumbai
School	• B.P.M High School, Khar, Mumbai • Shardashram Vidyamandir International School, Dadar [1]Facebook - Amol Muzumdar
Religion/Religious Views	Hinduism Note: He is an ardent follower of Lord Vitthala. [2]Instagram - Amol Muzumdar
Hobby	Singing
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Married
Family
Wife/Spouse	Ruhee Salvi Muzumdar (Works in share market)
Children	Daughter- Devina Muzumdar (Artist; studies at the Institute of Fine Arts Academy, Mumbai and Utpal Shanghvi Global School, Mumbai)
Parents	Father- Anil Muzumdar (former banker & amateur cricketer)
Favourites
Cricketer(s)	Sunil Gavaskar, Ravi Shastri

Some Lesser Known Facts About Amol Muzumdar

• Amol Muzumdar is an Indian cricketer and coach. He is considered one of those batsmen who never played for the Indian team despite scoring more than 10,000 runs in the domestic circuit. He has given coaching to many teams.

• His father and uncles used to play amateur cricket which generated an interest towards cricket in him. His father enrolled him at Ramakant Achrekar’s training academy at the age of ten; Achrekar also coached many other talented cricketers such as Sachin Tendulkar, Chandrakant Pandit, Lalchand Rajput, Pravin Amre, and Vinod Kambli.
  

  Amol Muzumdar with Sachin Tendulkar (right)

• In the 1987-88 season, he started playing for the Shardashram Vidyamandir International School team. On his Ranji debut against Haryana, he made 260 runs which was the highest first-class debut score at that time. He also captained Mumbai in many seasons and led them to capture 7 Ranji titles. He played for Mumbai for 20 years.
  

  Amol Muzumdar playing in a domestic match

• Amol was appointed as the vice-captain of the India Under-19 during the 1994 season. He also played alongside Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly while playing for India A during the 1994-95 season.
  

  Amol Muzumdar playing in an India Under-19 match

• From September 2009 to the 2011 domestic season, he played for Assam. From October 2011 to December 2013, he played for Andhra Pradesh. Amol retired from all forms of cricket on 25 October 2014.
  

  Amol Muzumdar playing in the Ranji Trophy match

• He was the highest run-scorer in the domestic first-class season when he retired in 2014; a record which was later broken by Wasim Jaffer, another Mumbai batsman.
  

  Amol Muzumdar (right) talking to reporters on the day of his retirement

• When he was playing in the Netherlands in 2013, there were speculations that he might play for the national team of the Netherlands; however, in October 2013, he became the batting coach of the Netherlands for the 2015 World Cup Qualifier tournament.

• From 2018 to 2021 IPL (Indian Premier League) seasons, he worked as the batting coach of the Rajasthan Royals. When the South African national team toured India in September 2019, he became their batting coach. He became the head coach of the Mumbai team in June 2021 and head coach of the Indian women’s team in October 2023. ^[3]Instagram – Amol Muzumdar
  

  Amol Muzumdar (left) while working as batting coach of Rajasthan Royals (RR)

  

  Amol Muzumdar (left) while working as the head coach of Mumbai

• Several people have criticised BCCI’s selection policy in regard to Amol as he was never selected for India. Some people claim that he was never selected due to his Assamese descent. Amol talked about this in an interview and said that due to the Fab 4 group comprising Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, and Sourav Ganguly, he did not get the chance to play in the international matches for India.
  

  Amol Muzumdar with VVS Laxman (right)

• Amol was considering retirement in 2002 as he thought that he would not get any chance to play for India; however, Amol’s father persuaded him to play for the teams in England following which he got his passion back and kept on playing for 10 more years.
  

  Amol Muzumdar’s father

  

  Amol Muzumdar (middle) while playing in England

• He has also worked as a guest on cricket discussion shows and commentator in different leagues.
  

  Amol Muzumdar (right) during a cricket talk show

  

  Amol Muzumdar doing commentary in a match