Napoleon Einstein

Napoleon Einstein (born 16 August 1989) is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed opening batsman. He played for Tamil Nadu in domestic cricket and was signed by Chennai Super Kings for the Indian Premier League.

Einstein made his List A debut for Tamil Nadu against Kerala in a Ranji One-Day Trophy match at Secunderabad in February 2007. Opening the batting, he scored 92, putting on 203 for the first wicket with Murali Vijay to set up a 46-run win. A month later, he played against Assam in the same competition but this time made only 1.

He has been batting, and bowling off spinners in under-19 tournaments and has been selected for the Indian team for the under-19 World Cup to be held in Malaysia in Feb 2008. India went on to win the under-19 world cup.

Etymology of the name Einstein's personal explanation of his name: "My grandfather was a scientist. He wrote a letter to Albert Einstein and even got a reply from him. I've got no idea [what the letter was about] even though I've read it. My mother was a physics graduate and she teaches Physics in a school. So I am Einstein. Napoleon is my father's name."