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11,167 first-class runs, 0 international caps, yet a World Cup trophy: India's unluckiest star finally got his due

Long celebrated as one of Indian domestic cricket's most prolific figures, Amol Muzumdar famously never earned a senior international appearance despite amassing 11,167 runs across 171 first-class matches. His journey began with an unusual brush with fame in the 1988 Harris Shield, where he waited padded up as the next man in while Sachin Tendulkar and Vinod Kambli forged their record-setting 664-run stand.

Upon making his Mumbai Ranji Trophy entrance in 1994, he struck 260 against Haryana—a world-record debut innings that stood for twenty years. 13, and over 11,000 tournament runs to finish as its second-highest all-time run-getter, an impenetrable national middle order featuring Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly, and VVS Laxman kept him permanently on the sidelines.