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Full name Vikram Rathour
Born March 26, 1969, Jullundur (now Jalandhar), Punjab
Current age 39 years 122 days
Major teams India, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab
Batting style Right-hand bat
Fielding position Wicketkeeper

Batting and fielding averages

Mat

Inns

Runs

Ave

100

Tests

131

13.10

383

34.20

ODIs

193

27.57

331

58.30

First-class

146

239

11473

254

49.66

187

List A

3161

146

33.98

Bowling averages

Mat

Inns

Balls

Runs

Wkts

BBI

BBM

Ave

Econ

Tests

ODIs

First-class

146

6.20

List A

24.00

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

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

Feb 13, 2001

Kapoor and Rathour have a mid pitch conference © Cricinfo Ltd

Feb 12, 2001

Umpire SC Gupta calls for the third eye after Balaji Rao appeals for run out against Rathour © Cricinfo Ltd

Dec 23, 1999

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

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