Rajiv Vinaik (born 29 September 1964) is an Indian former first-class cricketer who played for Delhi and Services. After retirement, he worked as a coach with the Delhi District Cricket Association.

Rajiv Vinaik
Personal information
Born (1964-09-29) 29 September 1964 (age 59)
Delhi, India
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
BattingRight-handed
RoleWicket-keeper
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1986/87–1995/96Delhi
1993/94–1994/95Services
Career statistics
Competition FC List A
Matches 50 22
Runs scored 1,568 207
Batting average 33.36 25.87
100s/50s 2/11 0/1
Top score 103* 78*
Balls bowled 18
Wickets 0
Bowling average
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match n/a
Best bowling
Catches/stumpings 73/17 15/9
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 14 January 2016

Career edit

Vinayak played as a wicket-keeper batsman in 50 first-class and 22 List A matches. He represented Delhi from 1986/87 to 1992/93, followed by Services for 1993/94 and 1994/95 seasons. He then returned to play for Delhi in 1995/96. He was a member of the Delhi team that won the 1988–89 Ranji Trophy and 1991–92 Ranji Trophy.[1]

After retirement, Vinayak became a cricket coach and worked for Delhi District Cricket Association. He worked as Delhi senior team manager in early-2000s and became the junior team coach in 2005.[2] He became the assistant coach of the Delhi senior team in 2006/07.[3][4] In 2013, he made a comeback as assistant coach of Delhi.[5]

References edit

  1. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Rajiv Vinayak". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Venkat Sunderam, Vivek Razdan the new selectors". The Hindu. 31 August 2005. Retrieved 14 January 2016.[dead link]
  3. ^ "Chetan Chauhan to coach Delhi". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  4. ^ "Rajeev Vinayak humiliated". The Hindu. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  5. ^ "DDCA gives Dahiya marching orders". Yahoo!. Retrieved 14 January 2016.

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