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{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Vijay
| image = Vijay Bharadwaj 2011.jpg
| alt =
| caption =
| fullname = Raghvendrarao Vijay Bharadwaj
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|15 August 1975}}
| birth_place = Bengaluru,Karnataka,India
| death_date = 
| death_place =
| nickname =
| height =
| country = India
| batting = Right-hand bat
| bowling = Right-arm offbreak
| columns = 2
| column1 = [[Test cricket|Tests]]
| matches1 = 3
| runs1 = 28
| bat avg1 = 9.33
| 100s/50s1 = -/-
| top score1 = 22
| deliveries1 = 247
| wickets1 = 1
| bowl avg1 = 107.00
| fivefor1 = -
| tenfor1 = -
| best bowling1 = 1/26
| catches/stumpings1 = 3/-
| column2 = [[One Day International|ODIs]]
| matches2 = 10
| runs2 = 136
| bat avg2 = 27.19
| 100s/50s2 = -/-
| top score2 = 41*
| deliveries2 = 372
| wickets2 = 16
| bowl avg2 = 19.18
| fivefor2 = -
| tenfor2 = n/a
| best bowling2 = 3/34
| catches/stumpings2 = 4/-
| date = 4 February
| year = 2006
| source = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/35673.html ESPNcricinfo]
|role=}}

'''Raghvendrarao Vijay Bharadwaj''' ({{Audio|Vijay_Bharadwaj.ogg|pronunciation}}; {{lang-kan| ರಾಘವೇಂದ್ರರಾವ್ ವಿಜಯ್ ಭಾರದ್ವಾಜ್}}; born 15 August 1975) is a former [[India]]n [[cricket]]er & cricket coach. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm offbreak bowler. He won the ''[[Man of the Series]]''<ref>{{cite web |id= (Vijay Bharadwaj ODI success) |url= http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1999-2000/OD_TOURNEYS/LGCUP/ |title= South Africa defeat India in LG Cup final |website= [[ESPNcricinfo]] |access-date= 22 February 2016}}</ref> award on his debut [[one day international]] series against [[South Africa]] in the [[LG Cup in Kenya in 1999–2000|LG Cup]] in [[Kenya]] in the 1999–2000 season.

He was a key architect of [[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]'s three [[Ranji Trophy]] triumphs in the 1990s.<ref name="autogenerated2">{{cite web | title=Vijay Bharadwaj Ranji Success | url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2006/11/04/stories/2006110408821800.htm | access-date=2006-11-06}}</ref>

He was the chairman of selection committee for under-19 Karnataka team as well. He was also the fielding coach of Oman for [[2016 ICC World Twenty20]].

==Domestic career==
Bharadwaj made his [[Ranji Trophy]] debut for [[Karnataka]] in 1994. In his first-class career spanning from 1994 to 2006, he played in 96 matches, scoring 5553 runs and grabbing 59 wickets. A slipped-disc problem that afflicted his lower back during India's tour of Australia in 2000 under [[Sachin Tendulkar]]'s captaincy, undid Bharadwaj's career. Though he recovered from the injury, he not able to replicate his form from the 1998–99 domestic season when he scored 1463 runs and grabbed 21 crucial wickets to help [[Karnataka]] defeat [[Madhya Pradesh]] in the Ranji final, close on the heels of its earlier titles in the 97-98 and 95-96 seasons. Bharadwaj last played for [[Karnataka]] in the 2004–05 season. He also played for [[Jharkhand cricket team|Jharkhand]] in 2005 for the [[Ranji Trophy]] Plate League, after being overlooked by the selectors of the [[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]] team.

His domestic career was cut short by eye operation that went wrong.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ranjisuperleague/content/story/318146.html|title=Two coaches, different routes, same destination|newspaper=Cricinfo|language=en|access-date=2017-02-03}}</ref>

==International career==
Bharadwaj was first called up to the [[Indian cricket team|Indian national team]] in the 1999–2000 season after an impressive season in Indian domestic cricket in which he scored more than 1000 runs. He made his [[One Day International|ODI]] debut in the [[LG Cup in Kenya in 1999-2000|LG Cup]] in Nairobi and initially impressed with his bowling in particular. Where he got 10 wickets at an impressive average of 12.20 and also scoring 89 crucial unbeaten runs lower down the order, all through the tournament. He was a part of the Karnataka's three Ranji Trophy triumphs in the 90's captained Karnataka from 2000 to 2002 was one of the seven players to represent the Indian team during the 90's.

He continued to produce strong performances in domestic cricket which caught the selector's eyes and allowed him to stay within contention, but other than a 2003 tour with the India A team against [[English cricket team|England]] he did not get further opportunities at international level. He played his last ODI in 2002 against [[Zimbabwe national cricket team|Zimbabwe]] at [[Guwahati]].

== Coaching career==
Bharadwaj retired from all forms of cricket on 4 November 2006. He took up coaching after retirement and is a qualified level three coach certified from [[National Cricket Academy]], Bangalore. He was a part of the [[Royal Challengers Bangalore]] squad in the first three seasons of the [[Indian Premier League]] as an assistant coach. Bharadwaj appeared on a Kannada television channel as part of a Cricket panel as an analyst.<ref name="autogenerated2"/> He was the fielding coach of the [[Oman cricket team]] along with his teammate [[Sunil Joshi]] who is spin bowling coach.<ref>[http://timesofoman.com/article/74718/Sports/Cricket/Duleep-describes-India-tour-as-'good-learning-experience'-for-Oman-team Duleep describes India tour as ‘good learning experience’ for Oman team]</ref>

Bharadwaj was a part of the Karnataka first class team as a coach and also was the assistant coach for RCB for three years. He was a managing committee member of KSCA for one term when cricketers looked after administration. He has been on panel discussion on tv9 and news9 for 10 years.

==International awards==
===One Day International Cricket===
====Man of the Match awards====
{| class="wikitable" style="width:90%; margin-left:10px"
|-
!style="text-align: middle; background: #00BFFF;"| No.
!style="text-align: middle; background: #00BFFF;"| Opponent
!style="text-align: middle; background: #00BFFF;"| Venue
!style="text-align: middle; background: #00BFFF;"| Date
!style="text-align: middle; background: #00BFFF;"| Match Performance
!style="text-align: middle; background: #00BFFF;"| Result
|-
| 1
| [[Kenya national cricket team|Kenya]]
| [[Gymkhana Club Ground]], [[Nairobi]]
| 29 September 1999
| 41* (30 balls: 3x4, 1x6); 7-0-38-3, 1 ct.
| {{cr|IND}} won by 58 runs.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.howstat.com/cricket/Statistics/Matches/MatchScorecard_ODI.asp?MatchCode=1592 |title= 1999-2000 LG Cup - 4th Match - Kenya v India - Nairobi}}</ref>
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{ESPNcricinfo|id=35673}}

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