Vikram Singh

Vikram Singh

India

Full name Vikram Raj Vir Singh
Born September 17, 1984, Chandigarh, Punjab, India
Current age 22 years 164 days
Major teams India, India Under-19s, Indian Board President's XI, Punjab, Rajasthan Cricket Association President's XI
Also known as Vikram Rajvir Singh
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast

Statsguru

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	4	5	1	46	29	11.50	36	127.77	0	0	9	0	1	0
ODIs	2	1	0	8	8	8.00	13	61.53	0	0	1	0	3	0
First-class	17	21	2	251	47	13.21	239	105.02	0	0			2	0
List A	28	10	5	82	25*	16.40	87	94.25	0	0			8	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
Tests	4	547	357	5	2/61	2/96	71.40	3.91	109.40	0	0	0
ODIs	2	72	105	0	-	-	-	8.75	-	0	0	0
First-class	17	2653	1660	62	7/75		26.77	3.75	42.79	5	3	1
List A	28	1278	1122	40	5/38	5/38	28.05	5.26	31.95	2	1	0

Career statistics
Test debut	West Indies v India at St John's - Jun 2-6, 2006
Last Test	South Africa v India at Durban - Dec 26-30, 2006
ODI debut	India v England at Jamshedpur - Apr 12, 2006
Last ODI	India v England at Indore - Apr 15, 2006
First-class span	2004/05 - 2006/07
List A span	2003/04 - 2006/07

Profile

A product of the Under-19 system, VRV Singh first turned heads when he played for Punjab in 2005. A fresh burst of energy in a country teeming with workhorse medium pacers, VRV, a tall, open-chested bowler, insisted that he would never compromise on his speed. Though he struggles to find his radar at times, he is undoubtedly a genuine fast bowler in the making. In his first year of domestic cricket, he played only seven Ranji Trophy matches but took 34 wickets at 20.67 a piece, with a best of 7 for 75. In 2005's Challenger Trophy at Mohali, VRV took three wickets against India B and two against India Seniors to stand out, along with Sreesanth, among the fast-bowling prospects. First called up to the national side for the one-day series against Sri Lanka in late 2005, he failed a fitness test and was promptly ushered out of the squad. As he again approached selection to the Indian team, VRV injured his landing foot and had to undergo rehabilitation. But the selectors maintained their faith in him and called him up for the seven-match ODI series against England in March-April 2006. He made his debut against them at Jamshedpur, but went wicketless for 33 runs from just five overs.

Then came the EurAsia Cup in Abu Dhabi, where VRV bowled impressively to fetch 11 wickets in four matches to stay in the reckoning. He made his Test debut in Antigua, and picked up two wickets in the first innings of a drawn game, and impressed the watching Ian Bishop: "VRV is only a baby; to me he is starting to bowl better with every game."