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Full name Raghvendrarao Vijay Bharadwaj
Born August 15, 1975, Bangalore, Karnataka
Current age 33 years 57 days
Major teams India,Karnataka
Also known as R Vijay
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
3
3
0
28
22
9.33
145
19.31
0
0
2
0
3
0
ODIs
10
9
4
136
41*
27.20
194
70.10
0
0
15
1
4
0
First-class
96
149
16
5553
207*
41.75
14
26
94
0
List A
72
66
13
1707
108*
32.20
1
5
22
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
3
4
247
107
1
1/26
1/60
107.00
2.59
247.0
0
0
0
ODIs
10
9
372
307
16
3/34
3/34
19.18
4.95
23.2
0
0
0
First-class
96
4155
2043
59
6/24
34.62
2.95
70.4
2
0
List A
72
1889
1418
46
3/34
3/34
30.82
4.50
41.0
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
India v New Zealand at Mohali, Oct 10-14, 1999 scorecard
Last Test
Australia v India at Sydney, Jan 2-4, 2000 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
India v South Africa at Nairobi (Gym), Sep 26, 1999 scorecard
Last ODI
India v Zimbabwe at Guwahati, Mar 19, 2002 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1994/95 - 2005/06
List A span
1994/95 - 2003/04
Profile
Coming into the national side on the back of a 1000-run domestic season, Vijay Bharadwaj was supposed to be Indian cricket's next big thing - a cultured middle-order batsman who could bowl testing offspin. His debut series - the LG Cup at Nairobi in 1999-2000 - suggested that there was substance behind the hype, as he took 10 wickets at 12.2 and scored 65 runs without being dismissed. But he was a peripheral presence in the one-dayers and Tests against New Zealand, and a disappointing tour of Australia saw him become yesterday's news. Even as Nairobi disappears in the rear-view mirror, consistent performances at the domestic level repeatedly pitchfork Bharadwaj onto the fringes of selection. He toured with India A to England in 2003, but did not get many chances to show that he can still make it into the national team.
Dileep Premachandran
Notes
Ranji Debut: v Andhra at Bangalore, 1994-95 Irani Debut: v Rest of India at Bangalore, 1996-97
