Full Name

Vikram Rathour

Born

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

Age

53y 360d

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

Career Averages
Batting & Fielding
FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Test61001314413.1038334.2000130120
ODI7701935427.5733158.300216140
FC14623981147325449.66--3349--1873
List A99985316114633.98--714--610
Bowling
FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Test6------------
ODI7------------
FC146-30310---6.20-000
List A99-140---24.00-000
Vikram Rathour portrait
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Debut/Last Matches - Player
FC Matches
Span
1988/89 - 2002/03
List A Matches
Span
1993/94 - 2002/03
Photos
Vikram Rathour, Rahul Dravid, and Rohit Sharma are in conversation
Batting coach Vikram Rathour presents Rahul Tripathi with his T20I cap
R Ashwin and Shreyas Iyer are congratulated by Rahul Dravid and Vikram Rathour
Rahul Dravid and Vikram Rathour have a look at the pitch
Rahul Dravid holds forth at an Indian team huddle during nets, with Paras Mhambrey and Vikram Rathour beside him
Jayant Yadav chats with Vikram Rathour during a training session