| Vinod Kambli drinks alcohol. |
| He was raised in a Chawl in Mumbai with a joint family of 18 members. |
| During his childhood, he once stole to buy a cricket bat due to financial difficulties. |
| He traveled on crowded local trains from Kanjurmarg to Shivaji Park for practice. |
| Kambli and Sachin Tendulkar practiced together under coach Ramakant Achrekar at Shivaji Park. |
| They later attended Shardashram Vidyamandir in Dadar as per their coach's recommendation. |
| Kambli and Tendulkar set a school record partnership of 664 runs. |
| Kambli scored an unbeaten 349 runs in a school innings. |
| He played for India U-19 when Tendulkar debuted in Test cricket. |
| Kambli appeared in a Pepsi commercial with Tendulkar and Azharuddin. |
| He began his domestic career for Mumbai in 1989. |
| Kambli started his Ranji career with a six off the first ball. |
| He made his Test debut for India in 1991 and scored back-to-back centuries. |
| Kambli has two ODI centuries against England and Zimbabwe. |
| The 1996 World Cup marked a decline in his career. |
| His last Test match was at the age of 24 against New Zealand. |
| Kambli retired from international cricket in 2009 and first-class cricket in 2011. |
| He appeared in films and a TV series post-retirement. |
| Kambli joined a political party and contested elections in 2009. |
| In 2009, he launched 'Khel Bharti Sports Academy' in Mumbai. |
| Kambli converted to Christianity in 2010 and supported an anti-corruption campaign in 2011. |
| A biography was written about him in 2011. |
| He suffered a heart attack while driving in 2013. |
| Kambli made a guest appearance on Comedy Circus in 2016. |
| There was controversy over a tweet linking his exclusion from cricket to his caste. |
| In 2017, reports suggested he might join a political party and met the Chief Minister of Maharashtra. |
