Vikram Rathour

Vikram Rathour pronunciation  (born 26 March 1969, Jalandhar, Punjab) is a former Indian cricketer who played in 6 Tests and 7 ODIs from 1996 to 1997. He was a right-handed opening batsman. Rathour was a prolific run scorer at the first class level, scoring 11473 runs at an average of 49.66 in 146 matches. This included several fluent, stroke-filled centuries. His List A career was more modest, with him scoring just over 3000 runs in 99 matches. He is currently the batting coach for the Indian cricket team.[1]

Vikram Rathour
Personal information
Born (1969-03-26) 26 March 1969
Jalandhar, Punjab, India
BattingRight-hand bat
Bowling–
RoleWicket-keeper–batsman
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 205)6 June 1996 v England
Last Test16 January 1997 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 96)15 April 1996 v Pakistan
Last ODI15 February 1997 v Zimbabwe
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODIs FC LA
Matches 6 7 146 99
Runs scored 131 193 11,473 3,161
Batting average 13.09 27.57 49.66 33.98
100s/50s 0/0 0/2 33/49 7/14
Top score 44 54 254 146
Balls bowled – – 30 1
Wickets – – 0 0
Bowling average – – – –
5 wickets in innings – – 0 0
10 wickets in match – – 0 0
Best bowling – – – –
Catches/stumpings 22/– 4/– 187/3 61/0
Source: , 4 February 2006

BCCI National Selector from North Zone

On 27 September 2012 Vikram Rathour was appointed as the national selector from the North Zone.[2]

International career

Vikram Rathour officially announced his retirement from first-class cricket in November 2003.[3] In his test career, he scored 131 runs in 10 innings and six matches with a highest of 44 in his appearance against South Africa at The Wanderers. Rathour was the member of the team that won the Ranji Trophy under the direction of coach Bishan Singh Bedi.

Coaching career

He was appointed as batting coach for Indian cricket team.[4]

References
  1. https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/meet-vikram-rathour-indias-new-batting-coach-who-boasted-of-an-impressive-form-during-the-90s/articleshow/70814852.cms?from=mdr
  2. "Patil is Chief Selector, Amarnath exits". Wisden India. 27 September 2012.
  3. "Vikram Rathour retires". The Hindu. 5 November 2003. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  4. "Vikram Rathour tipped to be India's new batting coach". gulfnews.com. Retrieved 6 September 2019.


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