Vivek Razdan
{{Short description|Indian cricketer (born 1969)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2013}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Vivek Razdan
| nickname = Kaptaan
| image =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|8|25|df=y}}
| birth_place = New Delhi, India
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm fast-medium
| international = true
| country = India
| internationalspan = 1988–1990
| testdebutdate = 23 November
| testdebutyear = 1989
| testdebutagainst = Pakistan
| testcap = 188
| lasttestdate = 9 December
| lasttestyear = 1989
| lasttestagainst = Pakistan
| odidebutdate = 18 December
| odidebutyear = 1989
| odidebutagainst = Pakistan
| odicap = 73
| lastodidate = 1 December
| lastodiyear = 1990
| lastodiagainst = Sri Lanka
| columns = 4
| column1 = Test
| matches1 = 2
| runs1 = 6
| bat avg1 = –
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0
| top score1 = 6*
| deliveries1 = 240
| wickets1 = 5
| bowl avg1 = 28.20
| fivefor1 = 1
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 5/79
| catches/stumpings1 = 0/–
| column2 = ODI
| matches2 = 3
| runs2 = 23
| bat avg2 = 11.50
| 100s/50s2 = 0/0
| top score2 = 18
| deliveries2 = 84
| wickets2 = 1
| bowl avg2 = 77.00
| fivefor2 = 0
| tenfor2 = 0
| best bowling2 = 1/37
| catches/stumpings2 = 4/–
| column3 = FC
| matches3 = 29
| runs3 = 700
| bat avg3 = 25.00
| 100s/50s3 = 2/2
| top score3 = 101
| deliveries3 = 4,060
| wickets3 = 67
| bowl avg3 = 33.79
| fivefor3 = 2
| tenfor3 = 0
| best bowling3 = 5/67
| catches/stumpings3 = 8/–
| column4 = LA
| matches4 = 18
| runs4 =103
| bat avg4 = 14.71
| 100s/50s4 = 0/0
| top score4 = 29*
| deliveries4 = 757
| wickets4 = 14
| bowl avg4 = 43.21
| fivefor4 = 0
| tenfor4 = 0
| best bowling4 = 3/32
| catches/stumpings4 = 6/–
| date = 4 February
| year = 2006
| source = http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/33151.html CricInfo
}}
Vivek Razdan ({{Audio|Vivek_Razdan.ogg|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.{{cite web|title=India / Players / Vivek Razdan|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/33151.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=27 July 2014}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.mid-day.com/articles/remembering-sachin-tendulkar-s-first-test/237407|title = Remembering Sachin Tendulkar's first Test|date = 24 October 2013}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20110222052610/http://www.hindustantimes.com/photos-news/Photos-Sport/Sachin50thCentury/Article4-640501.aspx Hindustan Times] 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.{{cite news |date=September 11, 2020 |last=Faysal |first=Muhammad |url=https://freepresskashmir.news/2020/09/11/kashmiris-who-made-it-to-international-cricket/ |url-status=live |access-date=June 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240614121910/https://freepresskashmir.news/2020/09/11/kashmiris-who-made-it-to-international-cricket/ |archive-date=June 14, 2024 |title=Kashmiris who made it to International Cricket |quote=1. Vivek Razdan |publisher=Free Press Kashmir |language=en-IN }}{{cite news |last=Osborne |first=Bridget |date=February 21, 2021 |url=https://chiswickcalendar.co.uk/episode-43-kashmir-where-cricket-has-become-a-political-statement/ |url-status=live |access-date=June 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210222054003/https://chiswickcalendar.co.uk/episode-43-kashmir-where-cricket-has-become-a-political-statement/ |archive-date=February 22, 2021 |title=Episode 43: Kashmir – where cricket has become a political statement |quote=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. |publisher=The Chiswick Calendar |language=en-UK }}{{cite news |last=Jain |first=Rishabh |date=May 30, 2022 |url-status=live |access-date=June 14, 2024 |url=https://www.trtworld.com/magazine/how-kashmiri-pace-sensation-umran-malik-took-indian-cricket-by-storm-57560 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220530150440/https://www.trtworld.com/magazine/how-kashmiri-pace-sensation-umran-malik-took-indian-cricket-by-storm-57560 |archive-date=May 30, 2022 |title=How Kashmiri pace sensation Umran Malik took Indian cricket by storm |quote=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. |publisher=TRT World |language=en-IN }} He attended St. Columba's School, Delhi and completed his Class 12 in 1987 from the Sardar Patel Vidyalaya, Delhi.{{cite web | title =Vivek Razdan | work =Achievers | publisher =Old Columbans' Association | url =http://www.oldcolumban.net/achievers.html | access-date =9 April 2012 | url-status =dead | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20120226125705/http://www.oldcolumban.net/achievers.html | archive-date =26 February 2012 }}{{cite news | last =Santhanam | first =S. | title =The best colts have come from this stable | newspaper =The Indian Express | date =20 July 1998 | url =http://www.indianexpress.com/Storyold/42766/ | access-date =9 April 2012 }}
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.{{Cite web |title=Vivek Razdan |url=https://www.wisden.com/players/vivek-razdan-2498 |access-date=15 April 2025 |website=Wisden |language=en-GB}}
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.
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