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| Full name | Vikram Raj Vir Singh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1984-09-17)17 September 1984 (age 40) Chandigarh, India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-armfast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut | 2 June 2006 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 18 May 2007 v Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 127) | 12 April 2006 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 15 April 2006 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2004–2014 | Punjab | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2010 | Kings XI Punjab | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Vikram Raj Vir Singh (born 17 September 1984), commonly known asVRV Singh, is a former Indiancricketer who was a member of theIndia national cricket team. He is a right-arm fast-mediumbowler. He is considered one of the few genuine fast bowlers India has produced over the last decade. However, he was only selected for seven international matches, two Tests and fiveOne Day Internationals.[1] After being called into the Indian squad to playSri Lanka in 2005, he failed a fitness test and was promptly dropped. He finally played his first ODI againstEngland atJamshedpur. He debuted inTests against theWest Indies in June 2006. In March 2019, he announced his retirement from cricket.[2]In August 2019, BCCI formed a separate cricket association forChandigarh and named itUnion Territory Cricket Association. VRV Singh was named as the coach of the team.[3]
Singh was born inChandigarh,India. He has always been a fast bowler and compromised his accuracy for extra pace. He debuted for thePunjab in 2003/04Ranji Trophy season and continues to playfirst class cricket for Punjab. According to the former coach of Punjab, Bhupinder Singh Senior, "All he wants to do is bowl fast, nothing else matters to him".[4] He played for India in theUnder-19 Cricket World Cup in 2004 but disappointed with the ball, going for an expensive 44 runs in five overs in his only match. He later received the Border-Gavaskar scholarship which allowed him to train in cricket academies inAustralia.[5] His fellow scholarship holder,R. P. Singh, also later went on to play for India.
Singh began his domestic career with the Punjab cricket team in the Limited Overs version of the Ranji Trophy. He played only one match and went wicketless. However, when he made his debut for Punjab in the first class version of the Trophy, he averaged 21.00 over his 6 matches and took 30 wickets.[6] However, he was still unimpressive in ODIs, averaging 109.00 over 4 matches.[7] Despite this, he was selected for the Indian ODI squad against Sri Lanka after playing only 5 ODIs for his state, but was sent back to the domestic circuit after failing a fitness test.[8] He improved his performance in the 2005–06 ODI Ranji Trophy season, averaging 20.75 over his 4 matches, which included a 4 wicket haul.[9]
Singh impressed many in theChallenger Trophy with his pace, which was the quickest of the tournament. He played for India A and while he picked up few wickets, he was referred to as the "fastest bowler in India" byVVS Laxman and "the quickest around at present" byJavagal Srinath.[10]He also impressed West Indian pace bowling greatIan Bishop, who believed he was improving with every game and developing into a good fast bowling prospect for India.[11]
Singh was selected to play against England as part of the Indian Board President's XI team in the England's tour of India in the2006 season, and made hisODI debut for India later in the series. He then played England again atIndore in the same series. He has since been left out of the ODI team due to the presence ofMunaf Patel andIrfan Pathan. He did not get any wickets during his two one-day matches.[1]
He made his Test debut against the West Indies in West Indies, taking two wickets. He has also played two tests againstSouth Africa, in which he has achieved 2 more wickets.[1]
Injuries took a toll on VRV Singh's body and he could not play a domestic match for Punjab from 2008 to 2012, although he played few IPL matches for Kings XI Punjab. He had to go through the complete process from Nets to Clubs to State team again. He made his T20 comeback vs Assam in March 2012.[12]He played five T20s and disappeared again. One and a half years later, he made his First-Class comeback after five years vs Haryana in November 2013 and took a 5-wicket haul in 1st Innings.[13]
In August 2019, BCCI formed a separate cricket association forChandigarh and named itUnion Territory Cricket Association. VRV Singh was named as the coach of the team.[3]
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