Vikram Solanki
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Vikram Singh Solanki (born 1 April 1976) is a former English first-class cricketer who played limited over international cricket for England.
He has competed in over 50 One Day Internationals for his country as a batsman and occasional off-spinner. He played for Surrey before spending 17 years at Worcestershire, and also in county cricket.
In 2007, he became Worcestershire's 24th batsman to reach 10,000 runs for the county.
He captained Worcestershire from 2005 to 2010, before resigning as a player in September 2015.
Vikram is currently enrolled in the University of Law's Legal Practice Course after receiving an LLB from the Open University. Solanki was appointed Deputy Head Coach at Surrey CCC in February 2018.
Early life and domestic career
Solanki was born in Udaipur, Rajasthan, India, but with his family and friends, they moved to Wolverhampton at the age of eight. Solanki played junior and senior cricket for Wolverhampton cricket club, as well as education at Regis School in Wolverhampton.
He made his first-class debut for Worcestershire in 1995, but he had played one-day cricket for the county two seasons before. He was given the NBC Denis Compton Award in 1996. Despite being primarily taken on by Worcestestershire as a batsman on his first-class debut, he was still selected to bowl his off breaks, something he had achieved with some success the previous winter while on tour with England U19. Solanki, a rare bowler, took five wickets in each innings against Lancashire at Old Trafford in 1996. He hit a batting average of over 40 in 1999, a record he repeated in 2000, 2002, 2004, and 2006. In 2005, it was also the first season since 2000, when he reached top 1,000 first-class runs in a row, earning 1,252.
Solanki, a Worcestershire colleague, accepted a bid to represent Rajasthan in the Indian Ranji Trophy in the 2006-07 season. Solanki joined the Indian Cricket League (ICL) in 2007, making six appearances for the Mumbai Champs in his single season of ICL.
Solanki was selected for two England A tours: to South Africa and Zimbabwe in 1998–99, and to Bangladesh and New Zealand in 1999–2000. His fine performances on these tours culminated in his international debut against the South Africans later this winter. However, he was unable to convert his A-team achievements into runs for the senior England team, and after eight innings yielding just 96 runs, he was not picked again for more than three years.
International career
Solanki played for England on 51 occasions in one-day cricket, but he was never selected for a Test match. His natural ability only extended into his performances for his country, and England's batting average was in the mid-20s. In 2003/05, he played 108 balls against South Africa at The Oval (when he announced an opening partnership of 200 with Marcus Trescothick) and 96 off 93 balls against Zimbabwe at Bulawayo.
Solanki played in four of England's five One Day Internationals in December 2005, his best result in England's innings and then winning by six wickets. Solanki was not selected for the team to fly to India, but instead she was selected to lead the 'A' team in the West Indies.
Solanki took his first wicket in ODIs at Headingley on July 1, 2006, dismissing Sri Lankan opener Sanath Jayasuriya for 152. However, it was something of a hollow victory, as Jayasuriya and Upul Tharanga (109) had a world record for the first wicket in ODIs, and England was defeated as Sri Lanka scored 324/2 to win by eight wickets in just 37.3 overs. Solanki made history by defeating Australia in 2005 when he became the first supersub in a One Day International, replacing Simon Jones to add to England's tail after a batting slump; with England 93/6, Solanki made 53 not out. He also took part in the final two matches of England's time in the 2007 Twenty20 World Championship, replacing the injured Matt Prior. He took two catches in the first, conceded no byes in either match, and scored 24 and 43 in both of his matches. Those were his last international appearances.
Coaching career
Solanki was appointed as Surrey's Deputy Head coach in January 2018, and in June 2020, he was promoted as Head coach by Surrey's Director of Cricket, Alec Stewart, succeeding Michael di Venuto.
He was a member of the Royal Challengers Bangalore's coaching staff, where he served as an Assistant coach in IPL 2019.
Solanki departed his nine-year association with Surrey CCC after being elected as the Director of Cricket of the newly promoted IPL franchise Gujarat Titans ahead of the Mega Auction 2022.