Napoleon Einstein (born 16 August 1989, Madras, Tamil Nadu, India) is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed opening batsman. He plays in the Indian Premier League for the Chennai Super Kings.
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.
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