India, Jan. 1 -- Former India batsman Vinod Kambli was discharged from hospital on Wednesday afternoon after about two weeks. The former Indian cricketer walked out of the hospital at Bhiwandi in Thane district at around 4 PM. He was admitted to hospital for urinary infection and cramps but after the tests conducted at hospital he was diagnosed with the blood clots in the brain.

Kambli also shared a New Year's message with the media who were waiting outside the hospital and made an appeal to the people to shun alcohol and narcotic drugs, saying that vices can destroy one's life. He would soon be back on the field, the former swashbuckling batsman said.

Dr Vivek Trivedi, who treated him at Akruti Hospital, asserted that Kambli was now "c...