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Full name Sadanand Viswanath
Born November 29, 1962, Bangalore, Karnataka
Current age 45 years 320 days
Major teams India,Karnataka
Batting style Right-hand bat
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
Other Umpire
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
3
5
0
31
20
6.20
0
0
0
11
0
ODIs
22
12
4
72
23*
9.00
139
51.79
0
0
5
0
17
7
First-class
74
114
11
3158
102
30.66
1
23
145
34
List A
48
36
5
424
54
13.67
0
2
37
16
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
ODIs
22
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
First-class
74
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
List A
48
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Career statistics
Test debut
Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (SSC), Aug 30-Sep 4, 1985 scorecard
Last Test
Sri Lanka v India at Kandy, Sep 14-19, 1985 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
India v England at Bangalore, Jan 20, 1985 scorecard
Last ODI
India v West Indies at Ahmedabad, Jan 7, 1988 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1980/81 - 1989/90
List A span
1982/83 - 1987/88
Profile
As Syed Kirmani was nearing the end of his career in the mid-1980s, the search for a suitable successor started in real earnest. And among a bunch of likely contenders, Sadanand Viswanath surged ahead to take the wicketkeeper's spot in the World Championship of Cricket in 1985 and on the tour to Sri Lanka later that year. Unfortunately, apart for a handful few more ODIs, that remained the extent of his international career. Which was a pity for on his day, he could be brilliant.
Young and aggressive in his approach with a screaming appeal to boot, Viswanath typified the cricketer's outlook of the period. Unfortunately he could also be just flashy and inconsistent and his batting was not in keeping with the kind of consistent scores he made in domestic cricket. However even in his brief Test career he was responsible for a record - he took six catches against Sri Lanka
in his final Test to equal the Indian mark. Partab Ramchand
