Vivek Razdan

Vivek Razdan
Personal information
Born	25 August 1969 (age 55); New Delhi, India
Nickname	Kaptaan
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
International information
National side	India (1988–1990);
Test debut (cap 188)	23 November 1989 v Pakistan
Last Test	9 December 1989 v Pakistan
ODI debut (cap 73)	18 December 1989 v Pakistan
Last ODI	1 December 1990 v Sri Lanka
Career statistics
	Source: CricInfo, 4 February 2006

Vivek Razdan (pronunciation^ⓘ) (born 25 August 1969) is a former Indian cricketer who played in two Test matches and three One Day Internationals in 1989 and 1990.^[1]^[2]^[3] After his retirement, he became a Delhi-based cricket coach and commentator.

Early life

Razdan was born on August 25, 1969 in New Delhi into a Kashmiri Pandit family.^[4]^[5]^[6] He attended St. Columba's School, Delhi and completed his Class 12 in 1987 from the Sardar Patel Vidyalaya, Delhi.^[7]^[8]

Career

In an extremely brief Test career, Vivek Razdan bowled in just two innings for India on the 1989 tour of Pakistan, taking five wickets in the second of them in a fairytale beginning but he faded away just as swiftly as he had risen into the limelight. Having cut his teeth at the MRF Pace Foundation, Razdan, then 20, was selected for the trip to Pakistan on the basis of just two first class appearances, one each in the Duleep and Irani Trophies. After making his Test debut in virtual anonymity in the second Test at Faisalabad, Razdan came roaring back, using some disconcerting movement off the wicket to claim 5–79 in the final Test at Sialkot and help India to a 74-run first innings lead.^[9]

That was to be the extent of Razdan's Test opportunities and although going on the subsequent trip to New Zealand, he was not played in the Tests and took just one first class wicket on the entire tour. His third and last ODI against Sri Lanka was at home in the 90–91 season during which, based in Madras as an MRF trainee, he represented Tamil Nadu in the Ranji Trophy. Razdan was a key member of the Delhi squad that lifted the Ranji Trophy in 1991–92, making two hundreds, against Services off only 96 balls, and in the quarterfinal against Bengal, besides a crucial 93 in the final against his former team, Tamil Nadu. Apart from his exploits with the bat, he also grabbed 23 wickets at 25.82. But he soon slipped backstage and into anonymity, with his first-class career coming to a full stop two seasons later. He has since taken up television commentary.

References

^ "India / Players / Vivek Razdan". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
^ "Remembering Sachin Tendulkar's first Test". 24 October 2013.
^ Hindustan Times
^ Faysal, Muhammad (11 September 2020). "Kashmiris who made it to International Cricket". Free Press Kashmir. Archived from the original on 14 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024. 1. Vivek Razdan
^ Osborne, Bridget (21 February 2021). "Episode 43: Kashmir – where cricket has become a political statement". The Chiswick Calendar. Archived from the original on 22 February 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2024. He cites the first Kashmiri cricketers to gain international honours: Vivek Razdan, from the Hindu Pandit community, for India, and the Muslim Tahir Naqqash for Pakistan, both opening bowlers.
^ Jain, Rishabh (30 May 2022). "How Kashmiri pace sensation Umran Malik took Indian cricket by storm". TRT World. Archived from the original on 30 May 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2024. It makes Malik the third ever cricketer from Indian-administered Kashmir to be selected to the Indian national team, after Parvez Rasool and Vivek Razdan.
^ "Vivek Razdan". Achievers. Old Columbans' Association. Archived from the original on 26 February 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
^ Santhanam, S. (20 July 1998). "The best colts have come from this stable". The Indian Express. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
^ "Vivek Razdan". Wisden. Retrieved 29 November 2022.

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[cricinfo1-1] "India / Players / Vivek Razdan". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 July 2014.

[2] "Remembering Sachin Tendulkar's first Test". 24 October 2013.

[3] Hindustan Times

[4] Faysal, Muhammad (11 September 2020). "Kashmiris who made it to International Cricket". Free Press Kashmir. Archived from the original on 14 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024. 1. Vivek Razdan

[5] Osborne, Bridget (21 February 2021). "Episode 43: Kashmir – where cricket has become a political statement". The Chiswick Calendar. Archived from the original on 22 February 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2024. He cites the first Kashmiri cricketers to gain international honours: Vivek Razdan, from the Hindu Pandit community, for India, and the Muslim Tahir Naqqash for Pakistan, both opening bowlers.

[6] Jain, Rishabh (30 May 2022). "How Kashmiri pace sensation Umran Malik took Indian cricket by storm". TRT World. Archived from the original on 30 May 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2024. It makes Malik the third ever cricketer from Indian-administered Kashmir to be selected to the Indian national team, after Parvez Rasool and Vivek Razdan.

[7] "Vivek Razdan". Achievers. Old Columbans' Association. Archived from the original on 26 February 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2012.

[8] Santhanam, S. (20 July 1998). "The best colts have come from this stable". The Indian Express. Retrieved 9 April 2012.

[9] "Vivek Razdan". Wisden. Retrieved 29 November 2022.

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