Name	Salil Ankola
Height
Naionality	Indian
Date of Birth	March 1, 1968
Place of Birth	Solapur, Maharashtra, India
Famous for	Acting

Salil Ashok Ankola is a former Indian cricketer who played in one Test and 20 ODIs from 1989 to 1997. He was a member of the Indian cricket team for the 1996 Cricket World Cup.

Ankola did a show with Balaji Telefilms called Karam Apna Apna where he played a successful businessman and the father of Mohammad Iqbal Khan.

He has also acted in the movie Chura Liyaa Hai Tumne starring Esha Deol and Zayed Khan. He participated in Indian version of Bigg Boss (Season 1) & was ejected on 1st week.

On November 7, 2008, he was admitted to rehabilitation center due to alcohol abuse.

Ankola was a right arm fast medium bowler and a right hand lower order batsman. He played first class cricket for Mumbai and regularly opened the bowling attack. His consistent performances for Mumbai frequently earned him a call for representing India in various tours.