Vikram Rathour is a former Indian cricketer who was appointed as the batting coach of the Indian national cricket team in 2019.
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Vikram Kumar Rathour was born on Wednesday, March 26, 1969, in a Rajput family in Jalandhar, Punjab, India (age 2019: 50 years). At a very young age, he started playing cricket. His zodiac sign is Aries.
appearance
- Height (approximately): 6′2″
- Bust (approximately): 40 inches
- Waist (approximately): 32 inches
- Biceps (approximately): 14 inches
Vikram Rathour and Sourav Ganguly
family
Information about his parents, siblings and wife is unknown.
Profession
In 1985, he made his debut in first-class cricket for the Punjab Cricket Team against the Services Cricket Team. From 1985 to 2003, he participated in 146 games and made 11,473 runs with a weight of 33 tons. He was a member of the Punjab cricket team which won the Ranji Trophy in 1992.
When Vikram Rathour bats
He made his ODI debut against Pakistan in Sharjah on 15 April 1996 and made his Test match debut against England on 6 June 1996. He played six Test matches and seven ODIs. In two half-centuries, he scored 131 runs in Tests and 193 runs in ODIs.
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In 2003, he retired from first-class cricket and settled in England. Later, he was appointed as the coach of Punjab cricket team. He also coached the Himachal Pradesh cricket team. In 2011, he served as the assistant coach of IPL team Kings XI Punjab. Until 2016, Ratul was one of the national selectors under the senior selection committee headed by Sandeep Patil. Ratul served as the director of Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association from 2017 to 2019.
favorite thing
- Stadium: Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow, India
fact
- Apart from being a batsman, he is also a wicket-keeper.
- Before becoming the batting coach of the Indian national cricket team, Ratul also applied for the batting consultant position with the National Cricket Association (NCA). He also applied to coach the Indian national under-19 cricket team, but his selection was deferred.
- In 2019, Ratul replaced Sanjay Bangar as the batting coach of the Indian national cricket team.
- His hobbies are listening to music and traveling.
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