Rajasthan Royals: A mega auction is to be held before the next season of the Indian Premier League. In such a situation, many franchises are making changes in their management. Punjab Kings have appointed Ricky Ponting as their new captain, while Zaheer Khan has joined the Lucknow Super Giants camp. In the same sequence, former Indian head coach Rahul Dravid has also joined Rajasthan Royals and Rahul, keeping up the friendship, has also got one of his old teammates entry in the team with pink jersey.

Rajasthan Royals में Entry of this veteran

Vikram Rathore, who was the batting coach of the Indian team when Rahul Dravid was the head coach of Team India, has now joined Rajasthan Royals. Here too, Vikram has been assigned the role of batting coach. The franchise itself has issued a statement regarding this. Let us tell you that under the guidance of Rahul Dravid and Vikram Rathore, India won the T20 World Cup 2024 title this year. Now it will be expected that this pair will also end the trophy drought of Rajasthan Royals.

Rathore expressed gratitude

55-year-old Vikram Rathore has expressed happiness on getting this responsibility. He also thanked Rajasthan Royals for giving him this opportunity. Vikram said, “It is a privilege for me to be a part of the Royals family. Getting the opportunity to work with Rahul again and also with a talented group of young cricketers is extremely exciting. I am looking forward to contributing to the team's vision and working towards our goal of developing top-class players for the Royals and India.”

The statistics are excellent in domestic

India's Vikram Rathore made his debut in 1996. But his career did not last long. He played only six Tests and seven ODIs. But his performance in domestic matches was quite good. Vikram scored 11473 runs in 146 first class matches. Apart from this, he has also played 99 List A matches, in which he has scored 3161 runs.

Vikram Rathore was appointed the batting coach of the Indian team in 2019. Prior to this, he has also worked as a national selector for four years. He has also coached Punjab and Himachal Pradesh.