V. B. Chandrasekhar

V. B. Chandrasekhar
Personal information
Full name Vakkadai Biksheswaran Chandrasekhar
Born (1961-08-21) 21 August 1961
Madras, Tamil Nadu, India
Batting style Right-hand
Role Batsman, wicket-keeper
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 68) 10 December 1988 v New Zealand
Last ODI 8 March 1990 v Australia
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1986/87–1994/95 Tamil Nadu
1995/96–1997/98 Goa
Career statistics
Competition ODI FC LA
Matches 7 81 41
Runs scored 88 4999 1053
Batting average 12.57 43.09 26.32
100s/50s  –/1 10/23 0/7
Top score 53 237* 88
Balls bowled   150 21
Wickets      
Bowling average      
5 wickets in innings      
10 wickets in match n/a    
Best bowling      
Catches/stumpings 0/0 54/2 6/1
Source: Cricket Archive, 25 April 2013

Vakkadai Biksheswaran Chandrasekhar (born 21 August 1961) is an Indian former cricketer, who represented the country in seven One Day Internationals during 1988–90. Born in Madras (now Chennai), Chandrasekhar played for Tamil Nadu and Goa at the domestic level. Making his First-class debut in 1986 for Tamil Nadu, he went on to play for the side till 1994/95. During his period, Chandrasekhar established himself as a key player for Tamil Nadu. He was highly successful in the 1987–88 season accumulating over 551 runs. Chandrasekhar also scored heavily in the 1991–92 season and captained Tamil Nadu for a short period before playing for Goa. All in all, he scored 4,999 runs from 81 matches when he retired from first class cricket. Termed as an "aggressive" player he set the record for the fastest hundred by an Indian in first class cricket. In 2012, he was appointed as the coach of Tamil Nadu. Chandrasekhar is also a commentator and now runs a cricket academy in Chennai.

Playing career

Chandrasekhar made his First-class debut for Tamil Nadu during the in 1986/87 season.[1] He had two equally successful domestic seasons—1987/88 and 1994/95—aggregating 551 and 572 runs respectively.[1] He had been one of the prominent players in Tamil Nadu's Ranji Trophy victory in the former season.[2] In the next season he scored a century off 56 balls in a match in the Irani Trophy, an Indian record in the first class cricket then.[3] His good performances with the bat at the domestic level earned him a place in the national side when he was chosen for the ODI team against New Zealand in December 1988.[1] Opening the batting with Krishnamachari Srikkanth, his Tamil Nadu partner, Chandrasekhar scored 10 runs in the match which India won by four wickets.[4] He scored his only fifty in the third match of the series;[4] he scored 53 runs from 77 balls in the Indian victory.[5] He was again selected for the Rothmans Cup Triangular Series in 1990 where he scored poorly.[4] After the tournament, he was never selected for the Indian team.

However, his impressive form in domestic cricket led to being named the captain of Tamil Nadu.[6] He continued to represent the team till 1995/96 when he started playing for Goa. His highest score of 237 not out was achieved against Kerala while playing for Goa.[6]

Other work

In July 2012, Chandrasekhar was appointed as the coach of Tamil Nadu.[6] With in a year, he was sacked from the position as the team performed remained seventh in their group in the league stage of the Ranji Trophy and its failure in the Vijay Hazare Trophy.[6] In addition, he has also served the selection panel both at the national and domestic levels and worked as a commentator.[6] Chandrasekhar also runs a cricket academy in Chennai.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Partab Ramchand. "India / Players / V.B.Chandrasekhar". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
  2. ESPNcricinfo staff (4 July 2012). "VB Chandrasekhar appointed Tamil Nadu coach". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
  3. Gollapudi, Nagraj (21 September 2008). "The blitzkrieg". Retrieved 25 April 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 "Statistics / Statsguru / VB Chandrasekhar / One-Day Internationals / Innings by innings list". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
  5. "New Zealand in India ODI Series – 3rd ODI". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 ESPNcricinfo staff (10 March 2013). "Chandrasekhar sacked as Tamil Nadu coach". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 April 2013.

External links

Listen to this article (info/dl)


This audio file was created from a revision of the "V. B. Chandrasekhar" article dated 2013-04-25, and does not reflect subsequent edits to the article. (Audio help)
More spoken articles

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Saturday, February 27, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.