Vikram_Rathour

Vikram Rathour

Vikram Rathour

Indian cricketer


Vikram Rathour pronunciation (born 26 March 1969, Jalandhar, Punjab) is a former Indian cricketer & Cricket Coach, 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 11,473 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 3161 runs in 99 matches.[1] He is the current batting coach of the Indian cricket team.[2]

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BCCI National Selector from North Zone

On 27 September 2012 Vikram Rathour was appointed as the national selector from the North Zone.[3]

International career

Vikram Rathour officially announced his retirement from first-class cricket in November 2003.[4] 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.Ranji Player for Himachal Pradesh

Coaching career

He was appointed as batting coach for Indian cricket team.[5] In November 2021, he was reappointed as batting coach of the Indian national cricket team based on his success with the team.


References

  1. https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/meet-vikram-rathour-indias-former 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. Archived from the original on 22 April 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  4. "Vikram Rathour tipped to be India's new batting coach". Gulf News. 17 August 2019. Retrieved 6 September 2019.



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