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Vikram Rathour

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Full name Vikram Rathour
Born March 26, 1969, Jullundur (now Jalandhar), Punjab
Current age 39 years 204 days
Major teams India, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab
Batting style Right-hand bat
Fielding position Wicketkeeper

Batting and fielding averages
Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
Tests 6 10 0 131 44 13.10 383 34.20 0 0 13 0 12 0
ODIs 7 7 0 193 54 27.57 331 58.30 0 2 16 1 4 0
First-class 146 239 8 11473 254 49.66 33 49 187 3
List A 99 98 5 3161 146 33.98 7 14 61 0

Bowling averages
Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
Tests 6 - - - - - - - - - - - -
ODIs 7 - - - - - - - - - - - -
First-class 146 30 31 0 - - - 6.20 - 0 0 0
List A 99 1 4 0 - - - 24.00 - 0 0 0

Career statistics
Test debut England v India at Birmingham, Jun 6-9, 1996 scorecard
Last Test South Africa v India at Johannesburg, Jan 16-20, 1997 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut India v Pakistan at Sharjah, Apr 15, 1996 scorecard
Last ODI Zimbabwe v India at Bulawayo, Feb 15, 1997 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span 1988/89 - 2002/03
List A span 1993/94 - 2002/03

 Profile

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.
Sankhya Krishnan

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Feb 13, 2001

Kapoor and Rathour have a mid pitch conference
Kapoor and Rathour have a mid pitch conference
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Feb 12, 2001

Umpire SC Gupta calls for the third eye after Balaji Rao appeals for run out against Rathour
Umpire SC Gupta calls for the third eye after Balaji Rao appeals for run out against Rathour
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Dec 23, 1999

ICC President Dalmiya handing over Duleep Trophy to North Zone captain V Rathour
ICC President Dalmiya handing over Duleep Trophy to North Zone captain V Rathour
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