Hemang Kamal Badani (; born 14 November 1976) is a former

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er. He is a left-handed batter and an occasional slow left-arm bowler. He had represented the

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while also representing

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and

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in domestic cricket. He was part of the Indian squad that finished as runners-up at the

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. He is the present head coach of

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team in the

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Early life

Hemang Badani was born on 14 November 1976 in a

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family in

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. Badani is fluent in languages

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Career

International

Badani made his ODI debut in May 2000 in the

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match against

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, scoring 35 in an Indian victory. Badani was part of the Indian team that played the

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against

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and

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. Badani played all the five matches in the home series against Zimbabwe that followed, scoring 153 runs with two fifties. Badani played the subsequent home ODI series against

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in which he scored 166 runs in five matched with his only international century coming in the second match on 28 March 2001 at

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. Badani made his

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debut for

against Zimbabwe in the second test at

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during the India tour of Zimbabwe in June 2001. He was also part of the triangular ODI tournament with

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and Zimbabwe that followed the test series, scoring 83 runs across four matches. Badani scored just 78 runs in six matches in the triangular ODI tournament featuring Sri Lanka and

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. Badani played only four test matches with the last match coming against Sri Lanka in August 2001 during the same Indian tour to Sri Lanka. Overall, he scored 94 runs in four matches at an average of 15.66 in test cricket. Badani continued to play ODIs and was next part of the squad for the home series against

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in January 2002. But he again had meager returns scoring just 89 runs across six matches. Badani played very few matches over the next few months due to his inconsistent form. In November 2003, he made a comeback in the TVS cup against Australia and New Zealand. Badani was part of the

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in January 2004 in Australia in which he scored 133 runs at an average of 44.33. Badani played his last ODI on 13 March 2004 in the first match of the India's tour to Pakistan at

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. Overall, he scored 867 runs in 40 matches at an average of 33.34.

Domestic

He made his debut for

in 1996-97 and played domestic cricket for them for thirteen seasons. He was a prolific scorer in

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scoring more than six thousand runs with 14

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at an average just below 46. Badani reached the finals of

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two times with Tamil Nadu in the 2002-03 and 2003-04 seasons. Badani captained the team that won the domestic one day cup in 2004–05. Badani represented

in the 2009-10

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and

in the

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. He played for

from 2011-12 to 2013-14.

T20 cricket

In 2007, Badani signed up and played for the Chennai Superstars in the

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(ICL).

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banned the players involved in ICL before granting amnesty in 2009 with a mandated cooling off period of one year. On 27 January 2010, he was signed by

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for the

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but did not make it to the playing eleven for any of the matches.

Post retirement

Badani has served as the head coach for Chepauk Super Gillies in

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since its inception in 2016. He has coached them for seven seasons with Super Gillies winning the title four times. He also served as a consultant for

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. In December 2021, Badani was appointed as fielding coach and scout of the

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team in

and continued in the role till July 2023.

announced Badani as their head coach for the 2025 & 2026 seasons of

He is also an active commentator in Star Sports Tamil.

References

External links

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