Former Team India cricketer Salil Ankola has come into the limelight after a long time. This time the reason is very painful. Actually Salil Ankola's mother has died. According to reports, the body of Salil Ankola's mother has been recovered from her flat in Pune. Ankola's mother has stab marks on her neck, so it is not yet clear whether she was murdered or committed suicide. Let us now tell you who is Salil Ankola and how did he perform in the Indian team and domestic cricket?

Salil Ankola's career

Salil Ankola was born on March 1, 1968 in Sholapur, Maharashtra. This player was a right-arm fast bowler and he played Ranji Trophy for Maharashtra and Mumbai. Ankola played a total of 54 first class matches in his career. Apart from this, he also played 75 List A matches. Ankola played 20 ODI matches for Team India and also played one Test match. Ankola took 13 wickets in ODI and 2 wickets in Test. However, in his professional career, Ankola managed to take a total of 251 wickets.

Ankola played with Sachin-Dravid and Ganguly

Salil Ankola made his Test debut against Pakistan on November 15, 1989 in Karachi. However, this match proved to be his last test match. Salim Malik was the first victim of Ankola. Ankola made his ODI debut against Pakistan in 1989 and his first ODI wicket was Imran Khan. Well Ankola played the last match of his career in 1997 in Durban. The interesting thing is that he played his last international match under the captaincy of Sachin.

Entry into films

Salil Ankola entered films after retirement. Ankola was first seen in Zee TV's serial Chahat Aur Naath. He made his Hindi film debut with Kurukshetra. After this he worked in films like Pita, Chura Tiya Hai Tumne, Silence Please…The Dressing Room. Salil was also seen in the first season of Bigg Boss.

Became the selector of Team India

Salil Ankola became the Chief Selector of Mumbai Cricket Association in the year 2020. Besides, he was also the selector of the Indian cricket team from July 2023 to August 2024. Salil Ankola was a member of the selection committee that chose the team that won the T20 World Cup.