Hemang Kamal Badani is a left-handed batsman of Tamil Nadu Cricket team. He was born on November 14th, 1976 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Badani, the slow left-arm orthodox bowler of Tamil Nadu Cricket team debuted in the First-class cricket in 1996-97. Badani has played in altogether 96 First-class matches with an average of 47.91. His total score in these matches is 5558 runs, which includes 13 centuries and 36 half-centuries. The highest score of Hemang Kamal Badani in any of the First-class matches is 164 runs. While with ball in hand, Badani has picked up total 6 wickets by losing 431 runs out of the 762 balls he played in the First-class matches. His bowling average is 71.83 and economy is 3.39 in these matches. The latest First-class match of Hemang Kamal Badani was against Baroda team from January 10 to 13 in 2007, which was played at Chennai.

Cricket Career of Hemang Kamal Badani
In the List A matches, Hemang Kamal Badani had his debut in 1996-97. He has played in overall 131 List A matches with an average of 42.69. His total score in these matches is 3800 runs, which includes 5 centuries and 23 half-centuries. The maximum score made by Hemang Kamal Badani in any of the List A matches is 111 runs. Whereas in bowling, Badani has picked up total 25 wickets by giving 881 runs from the 991 balls he played in the List A matches. His bowling average is 35.24 and economy is 5.33 in these matches. The latest List A match of Hemang Kamal Badani was against Uttar Pradesh on March 20th in 2007, which was held at Delhi.

The Twenty20 Cricket debut of Badani was against Andhra Pradesh on April 3rd in 2007, which was held at Visakhapatnam. He has played in altogether 6 Twenty20 matches with an average of 43.50. His total score in these matches is 87 runs, which includes 6 fours and 2 sixes. The maximum score made by Badani in the Twenty20 matches is 26 runs and his striking rate is 122.53. Again with ball in hand, Hemang Kamal Badani has picked up total two wickets by losing 46 runs out of the 36 balls he played in the Twenty20 matches. His bowling average is 23.00 and economy is 7.66 in these matches. Hemang Kamal Badani`s latest Twenty20 match was against Mumbai on April 16 in 2007, which was held at Ahmedabad.

Hemang Kamal Badani started his Test match career against Zimbabwe from June 15th to 18th in 2001, which was held at Harare. He has played in 4 Test matches with an average of 15.66. His total score in these matches is 94 runs, which includes 11 fours and 1 six. The maximum score made by l Badani in any of the Test matches is 38 runs and his striking rate is 37.90. While in bowling, Hemang Kamal Badani has not picked up any wicket and has given 17 runs out of the 48 balls he played in the Test matches. His bowling economy in these matches is 2.12. Badani played his latest Test match against Sri Lanka from April 29th to September 2nd in 2001, which was played at Colombo.

In the One Day International (ODI) matches, Badani debuted against Bangladesh from March 30th to 31st in 2000, which was played at Dhaka. He has played in overall fifty ODI matches in his career with an average of 33.34. His total score in these matches is 867 runs, which includes one century, four half-centuries, 68 fours and 10 sixes. The highest score of Hemang Kamal Badani in any of the ODI matches is 100 runs and his striking rate is 73.47. While with ball in hand, Badani has picked up total three wickets by losing 149 runs out of the 183 balls he played in the ODI matches. His bowling average is 49.66 and economy is 4.88 in these matches. The latest ODI match of Hemang Kamal Badani was against Pakistan on March 13th in 2004, which was held at Karachi. The remarkable innings of Badani in his cricket career was the ODI against Australia in 2000/01 series at Pune, where he shot to score a century. He was dropped from the ODI team in 2004 due to his deteriorating form.

In 2007, Badani joined the Indian Cricket League in 2007, to play for the Chennai Superstars team. But he left the ICL in 2009 and made himself available for selection for the Indian Premier League. Badani was selected to play for the Chennai Super Kings team for the 2010 Indian Premier League.