Childhood friends Sachin Tendulkar and Vinod Kambli seem to be a study in contrasts. While the former enjoys the status of a god and can do no wrong in the eyes of his legion of fans, the latter seems to be controversy's poster child.

Kambli, who has had several non-cognisable complaints registered against him in the past, is in the news again after a Dombivli bank issued an advertisement in a leading Marathi daily on Saturday, labelling him and his wife defaulters. "Kambli had taken housing and vehicle loans from the bank, which were given to him after following all the rules.

He paid a few installments initially and then stopped. One of our employees, Deepa Upadhyay, had gone to his house in September 2010 to request him to pay the money, but his wife had slapped Upadhyay and filed a non-cognisable complaint against her," said a senior official from Dombivli Nagari Sahakari (DNS) Bank, which has around 40 branches in the city.

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