Vikram Solanki

Vikram Solanki
Personal information
Full name
Vikram Singh Solanki
Born (1976-04-01) 1 April 1976
Udaipur, Rajasthan, India
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleBatsman
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 156)23 January 2000 v South Africa
Last ODI1 July 2006 v Sri Lanka
ODI shirt no.38
T20I debut (cap 8)13 June 2005 v Australia
Last T20I19 September 2007 v India
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1995–2012Worcestershire (squad no. 3)
2006/07Rajasthan
2013–2015Surrey (squad no. 42)
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 51 3 325 402
Runs scored 1,097 76 18,359 11,045
Batting average 26.75 25.33 35.78 32.39
100s/50s 2/5 0/0 34/98 16/64
Top score 106 43 270 164*
Balls bowled 111 0 7,238 1,122
Wickets 1 90 28
Bowling average 105.00 47.00 35.25
5 wickets in innings 0 4 0
10 wickets in match 0 1 0
Best bowling 1/17 5/40 4/14
Catches/stumpings 16/– 3/– 350/– 162/–
Source: Cricinfo, 30 March 2017

Vikram Singh Solanki (born 1 April 1976) is an English cricket coach and former first-class cricketer. In limited over international cricket, he played over 50 One Day Internationals for England as a batsman and occasional off-spinner.

In county cricket, he played for Surrey, having previously spent 17 years at Worcestershire. In 2007, he became the 24th Worcestershire batsman to pass 10,000 career runs for the county. He also captained Worcestershire from 2005 to 2010, before resigning mid-season.

In September 2015 he announced his retirement as a player. After obtaining an LLB from the Open University, Vikram then studied the Legal Practice Course at the University of Law.

Vikram Solanki has held a variety of coaching and administrative roles apart from his playing career. In March 2009 he was appointed Chairman of The Professional Cricketer's Association, where he also held the role of Interim Chief Executive and in March 2017 he became FICA President, succeeding former West Indian International, Jimmy Adams.