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Salil Ashok Ankola ( born 1 March 1968) is a former international cricketer who played one Test match and 20 One Day Internationals (ODIs) from 1989 to 1997 for India. A right-arm fast-medium bowler, he played first-class cricket for Mumbai, regularly opening the bowling. Ankola's consistent performances for Mumbai earned him a call for representing India during their tour of Pakistan in 1989–90. After the first Test match at Karachi, he was dropped for the subsequent matches in the series owing to injuries. After a brief phase of playing first-class cricket, Ankola was called for the Indian ODI team during 1993, eventually led to being a part of the 1996 Cricket World Cup. His repute as a "poor fielder", resulted in being dropped from the side after subsequent series. At age 28, Ankola retired from international cricket to pursue a career as an actor. Since then he went on to appear in a number of Indian soap operas and a few Hindi films. In 2020, he was selected as the chief selector of the Mumbai Cricket Association.

After retiring from cricket, Ankola shifted his focus towards entering films. He made his cinematic debut through the 2000 Hindi film Kurukshetra,[25] where he played the role of a cop accompanying his senior officer played by Sanjay Dutt. He followed that with Pitaah (2002), and his last major release Chura Liyaa Hai Tumne (2003) featured him alongside Esha Deol and Zayed Khan. The following year he acted in Silence Please...The Dressing Room, where he played the character of a cricket captain.[28] The film did not fare well at the box-office, nonetheless Ankola's performance was highly appreciated. He also participated in the first season of Bigg Boss, Indian version of the reality show Big Brother in 2006. Prior to that, he acted in the Indian soap opera titled Karam Apna Apna, where he signed a contract with Balaji Telefilms that "[Ankola] would not act in any television show on any channel apart from those produced by Balaji Films". Since he appeared in Bigg Boss before the contract would expire—one year from June 2006—the Bombay High Court ordered him not to act in any TV shows on other channels that are considered rivals for Sony Television. Ssshhhh...Koi Hai and Kora Kagaz are some of the other soap operas that he has acted.

Ankola went through a bad patch in the period 2008-12. Neither his cricket career nor his acting career had brought in enough money to support his growing family expenses. Financial issues and frustration led to a combination of alcoholism and breakdown of marital relations. The BCCI (India's apex cricket board) arranged a benefit match for him in 2010, to boost his finances, but it was too little. His first marriage of 19 years (1992-2011) ended in divorce in 2011, after which he slowly recovered enough to resume acting on television.

In February 2013, Salil was seen as Savitri's father in the daily show Savitri but was replaced by Shahbaz Khan in August 2013 after a revamp of the show. Rumors are that he will be seen in an episode of the popular Zee TV show, Fear Files.

1997 Saturday Suspense - The Tenant - Episode 31
1998–1999 Chahat Aur Nafrat as Vishal
1998–2000: Lekin... Woh Sach Tha
1998 - 1999 Kora Kagaz as Ravi
1999: Rishtey
2000 - 2001: Noorjahan as Yusuf Chak
2002 - 2005 Kehta Hai Dil as Ranveer Rathore / Sandeep Jain / Shakti Singh
2003 - 2004 Ssshhhh...Koi Hai as Vikraal
2003 - 2004 Vikraal Aur Gabraal as Vikraal
2005 Zindagi Teri Meri Kahani
2005 - 2006 CID: Special Bureau as Senior Inspector Akshay
2006 Ak...tion Unlimited Josh
2006 - 2009 Karam Apnaa Apnaa as Mahen Kapoor
2009 - 2010 Pyaar Ka Bandhan as Vikram
2013 Savitri - EK Prem Kahani as Maharaj
2013 Savdhaan India as Kunal Singh
2016 - 2018 Karmaphal Daata Shani as Surya Dev
2020–present Devi Adi Parashakti as Surya Dev

2000: Kurukshetra
2002: Pitaah
2003: Chura Liyaa Hai Tumne
2004: Silence Please...The Dressing Room
2012: Riwayat
2018: Tera Intezaar
2019: Ekta
2021: The Power