Full Name

Vikram Rathour

Born

March 26, 1969, Jullundur (now Jalandhar), Punjab

Age

54y 359d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Fielding Position

Wicketkeeper

Vikram Rathour never looked an assuring presence in the six Tests where he opened the batting. This was a pity really because he appeared to be a fine prospect early in his career. Plucky without being dour, and a fluent driver of the ball, the bearded Rathour was the bulwark of Punjab's batting through the early nineties. Among the chosen few to visit England in 1996, he made tons of runs in the tour games (759 at 58.38 to be precise), including an unlaboured 165 against Worcestershire as well as a fifty in the third ODI at Old Trafford. But he flopped in the Tests with a highest of 20 in four innings, the awayswinging ball invariably edged to the slips exposing limitations in his technique.

A further chance in the one-off Test against Australia followed, with little change in fortune, and Rathour found himself banished for the home series against the South Africans. With none of the opening combinations tested here clicking, Rathour found himself flying off to South Africa for the return series. The same pattern on the English tour was re-enacted as Rathour made three fifties and a hundred in the two provincial games, but he came a cropper against Allan Donald in the two Tests he played - although a useful 44 at the Wanderers helped India to their highest opening stand of the series (90). There ended his international career and despite continuing to score at will in the domestic arena, he was never again considered.

After retiring he lived in England for seven years before returning to coach Punjab, and was named an Indian national selector in September 2012.
Sankhya Krishnan

Vikram Rathour Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests61001314413.1038334.2000130120
ODIs7701935427.5733158.300216140
FC14623981147325449.66--3349--1873
List A99985316114633.98--714--610

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests6------------
ODIs7------------
FC146-30310---6.20-000
List A99-140---24.00-000
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Debut/Last Matches of Vikram Rathour

FC Matches

Span
1988/89 - 2002/03

List A Matches

Span
1993/94 - 2002/03

Videos of Vikram Rathour

Photos of Vikram Rathour

Devdutt Padikkal, Paras Mhambrey, R Ashwin and Vikram Rathour have a look at the pitch
Rahul Dravid and Vikram Rathour look on
The Indian think-tank: Fielding coach T Dilip, data analyst Hari Prasad, captain Rohit Sharma, head coach Rahul Dravid and batting coach Vikram Rathour have a chat
Vikram Rathour has a look at Ishan Kishan's bat
India's head coach, Rahul Dravid, has a chat with batting coach, Vikram Rathour
Vikram Rathour, Rahul Dravid, Virat Kohli and others share a light moment