Vikram Rathour (born 26 March 1969) 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 former batting coach of the Indian cricket.Under his coaching India become runner up of 2023 ICC Men's Cricket World Cup and winner 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[2]
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| Born | 26 March 1969 Jalandhar, Punjab, India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper–batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 205) | 6 June 1996 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 16 January 1997 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 96) | 15 April 1996 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 15 February 1997 v Zimbabwe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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BCCI National Selector from North Zone
editOn 27 September 2012 Vikram Rathour was appointed as the national selector from the North Zone.[3]
International career
editVikram 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
editHe 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.Under his coaching India become runner up of 2023 ICC Men's Cricket World Cup and winner 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.
In September 2024, he was appointed as the batting coach of the New Zealand national cricket team for the one-off test match against Afghanistan national cricket team.[6]
In September 2024, he was appointed as batting coach for IPL 2025 for Rajasthan Royals.[7][8]
References
edit- ^ "Vikram Rathour Profile - Cricket Player India | Stats, Records, Video".
- ^ Rebello, Maleeva (24 August 2019). "Meet Vikram Rathour: India's new batting coach who boasted of an impressive form during the '90s". The Economic Times. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
- ^ "Patil is Chief Selector, Amarnath exits". Wisden India. 27 September 2012.
- ^ "Vikram Rathour retires". The Hindu. 5 November 2003. Archived from the original on 22 April 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
- ^ "Vikram Rathour tipped to be India's new batting coach". Gulf News. 17 August 2019. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
- ^ "New Zealand add Vikram Rathour, Rangana Herath to coaching staff". Times of India. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
- ^ Sportstar, Team (20 September 2024). "Rajasthan Royals appoints Vikram Rathour as batting coach for IPL 2025". Sportstar. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
- ^ "Vikram Rathour joins Rajasthan Royals as batting coach, Reunites With Rahul Dravid". FantasyKhiladi. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
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