Gulam Bodi

Gulam Bodi is an Indian by birth and he emigrated to South Africa as a teenager.

He represented SA Schools in cricket and also played for the Under-19 side in the World Cup. He won a national cap to West Indies but missed out on account of a broken finger.

He is a left-handed batsman and a handy slow left-arm chinaman bowler. He is originally a left-arm chinamen bowler but now concentrates more on batting. He had an impressive run in the Pro20 in the top order for the Titans. He was later also chosen for the Twenty20 World Championship squad.

Bodi has also represented several South African domestic cricket sides including, Transvaal, Easterns, KwaZulu-Natal and The Titans.

In 2007 he played a T20 for an African XI against Asia XI and also made his ODI debut against Zimbabwe the same year.

Career Highlights

He was named the South Africa Player of the Year in 2007.