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{{short description|English cricketer}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2013}}
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{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Vikram Solanki
| image = Vikram Solanki.jpg
| country = England
| fullname = Vikram Singh Solanki
| nickname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|4|1|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Udaipur]], Rajasthan, India
| heightft = 6
| heightinch = 0
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm [[off break]]
| role = [[Batsman (cricket)|Batsman]]
| international = true
| internationalspan = 2000–2006
| odidebutdate = 23 January
| odidebutyear = 2000
| odidebutagainst = South Africa
| odicap = 156
| lastodidate = 1 July
| lastodiyear = 2006
| lastodiagainst = Sri Lanka
| odishirt = 38
| T20Idebutdate = 13 June
| T20Idebutyear = 2005
| T20Idebutagainst = Australia
| T20Icap = 8
| lastT20Idate = 19 September
| lastT20Iyear = 2007
| lastT20Iagainst = India
| club1 = [[Worcestershire County Cricket Club|Worcestershire]]
| year1 = 1995–2012
| clubnumber1 = 3
| club2 = [[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]]
| year2 = 2006/07
| club3 = [[Surrey County Cricket Club|Surrey]]
| year3 = 2013–2015
| clubnumber3 = 42
| columns = 4
| column1 = [[One Day International|ODI]]
| matches1 = 51
| runs1 = 1,097
| bat avg1 = 26.75
| 100s/50s1 = 2/5
| top score1 = 106
| deliveries1 = 111
| wickets1 = 1
| bowl avg1 = 105.00
| fivefor1 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 1/17
| catches/stumpings1 = 16/–
| column2 = [[Twenty20 International|T20I]]
| matches2 = 3
| runs2 = 76
| bat avg2 = 25.33
| 100s/50s2 = 0/0
| top score2 = 43
| deliveries2 = 0
| wickets2 = –
| bowl avg2 = –
| fivefor2 = –
| tenfor2 = –
| best bowling2 = –
| catches/stumpings2 = 3/–
| column3 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
| matches3 = 325
| runs3 = 18,359
| bat avg3 = 35.78
| 100s/50s3 = 34/98
| top score3 = 270
| deliveries3 = 7,238
| wickets3 = 90
| bowl avg3 = 47.00
| fivefor3 = 4
| tenfor3 = 1
| best bowling3 = 5/40
| catches/stumpings3 = 350/–
| column4 = [[List A cricket|LA]]
| matches4 = 402
| runs4 = 11,045
| bat avg4 = 32.39
| 100s/50s4 = 16/64
| top score4 = 164[[not out|*]]
| deliveries4 = 1,122
| wickets4 = 28
| bowl avg4 = 35.25
| fivefor4 = 0
| tenfor4 = 0
| best bowling4 = 4/14
| catches/stumpings4 = 162/–
| date = 30 March
| year = 2017
| source = http://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/20286.html Cricinfo
}}
'''Vikram Singh Solanki''' (born 1 April 1976) is an English cricket coach and former [[first-class cricket]]er. In limited over international cricket, he played over 50 [[One Day International]]s for England as a batsman and occasional [[off spin|off-spinner]].

In [[county cricket]], he played for [[Surrey County Cricket Club|Surrey]], having previously spent 17 years at [[Worcestershire County Cricket Club|Worcestershire]]. In 2007, he became the 24th Worcestershire batsman to pass 10,000 career runs for the county.<ref name="ten thousand">{{cite web | url=http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Records/England/Firstclass/Worcestershire/Batting_Records/Most_Career_Runs.html | title=Most Runs for Worcestershire | access-date=2007-04-27 | publisher=CricketArchive}}</ref> He also captained Worcestershire from 2005 to 2010, before resigning mid-season.<ref>[http://www.cricinfo.com/ccdiv2-10/content/current/story/472141.html Cricinfo match report]</ref>

In September 2015 he announced his retirement as a player.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/34177323 | title=Vikram Solanki: Surrey's former England batsman retires | access-date=2015-09-07 | publisher=BBC}}</ref> After obtaining an LLB from the Open University, Vikram then studied the Legal Practice Course at the University of Law.

In January 2018, Solanki was appointed deputy head coach at Surrey CCC,<ref>https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/42793322</ref> and in June 2020 he was promoted to head coach by Surrey's Director of Cricket, [[Alec Stewart]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/jun/19/surrey-vikram-solanki-county-cricket-first-british-asian-coach | title=Vikram Solanki - county cricket's first British Asian coach | access-date=2020-06-23 | publisher=Guardian}}</ref> in succession to [[Michael di Venuto]].

In addition to Solanki's playing and coaching roles, he has also held cricket administration roles. In March 2009 he was appointed Chairman of The Professional Cricketer's Association,<ref>https://www.cricketworld.com/vikram-solanki-is-named-as-new-pca-chairman/20040.htm</ref> where he also held the role of Interim Chief Executive and in March 2017 he became FICA President,<ref>https://www.thefica.com/vikram-solanki-appointed-fica-president/</ref> succeeding former West Indian International, [[Jimmy Adams]].

== Early life and domestic career ==

Solanki was born in Udaipur, Rajasthan, [[India]],<ref name="birthplace">{{cite web | url=http://www.vikram-solanki.com/vk/profile | title=Profile, Vikram Solanki Website | access-date=2008-05-04 | publisher=Worcestershire County Cricket Club | archive-date=23 July 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080723202141/http://www.vikram-solanki.com/vk/profile | url-status=dead }}</ref> but moved to [[Wolverhampton]] with his family at the age of eight. Solanki played junior and senior cricket for Wolverhampton cricket club and education from Regis School, Wolverhampton.

He made his first-class debut for [[Worcestershire County Cricket Club|Worcestershire]] in 1995, although he had played [[one-day cricket]] for the county two seasons earlier. In 1996 he was awarded the [[NBC Denis Compton Award]]. Although principally taken on by Worcestestershire as a batsman, on his first-class debut, due to there being no fit spinners available, he was selected to bowl his off breaks — something he had done with a degree of success the previous winter while on tour with England U19. Although generally an occasional bowler, Solanki produced a ten-wicket haul, five wickets in each innings, against [[Lancashire County Cricket Club|Lancashire]] at [[Old Trafford cricket ground|Old Trafford]] in 1996.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/62/62446.html Lancashire v Worcestershire, 1996]</ref> In 1999 he achieved a [[batting average (cricket)|batting average]] of over 40, something he repeated in 2000, 2002, 2004 and 2006. 2006 was also the first season since 2000 in which he managed to top 1,000 first-class runs, making 1,252.

Together with Worcestershire teammate [[Kabir Ali]], Solanki accepted an offer to play for [[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]] in the Indian [[Ranji Trophy]] during the 2006–07 season. Solanki joined the Indian Cricket League (ICL) in 2007, he made six appearances for the [[Mumbai Champs]] in his single season of ICL.

=== England A tours ===

Solanki was picked 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 latter tours led to his making his full [[One-day cricket|One Day International]] debut against the South Africans later that same winter. However, he was unable to translate his A-team feats into runs for the senior England side, and after eight innings yielding just 96 runs, he was dropped and not picked again for more than three years.

== English county cricket ==

Solanki was also an occasional bowler of [[spin bowling|off-spin]] for Worcestershire, although he has only bowled a handful of overs for England. Worcestershire appointed Solanki as captain of the county for 2005, succeeding the retiring [[Steve Rhodes]]. In September 2006 he agreed an extension to his contract which saw him remain at the county until 2009. Following a defeat by Glamorgan on 12 August 2010, he announced his resignation as captain with immediate effect stating that "it was time for somebody else to be at the helm".
<ref name="extension">{{cite web | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/counties/worcestershire/5384244.stm | title=Solanki agrees new deal at Worcs | access-date=2006-09-30 | date=27 September 2006 | publisher=[[BBC Sport]]}}</ref>

After showing good form in the first half of the 2009 season Solanki was called up to the [[England Lions cricket team|England Lions]] squad for their fixture against Australia.

In July 2012, it was announced that Solanki would leave Worcestershire at the expiry of his contract in September, and join Surrey on a two-year contract.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sportinglife.com/cricket/news/article/2/7918071/surrey-switch-for-solanki|title=Surrey switch for Solanki|access-date=2012-07-20}}</ref> He announced his retirement from the first-class game at the end of the 2015 season, during which he played in only one County Championship match.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/34177323|title=BBC Sport - Vikram Solanki: Surrey's former England batsman retires|work=BBC Sport|access-date=10 October 2015}}</ref>

==International career==
Solanki represented England on 51 occasions in one-day cricket, but has not been selected for a [[Test cricket|Test Match]]. His natural talent only rarely came through into his performances for his country, and his England batting average was in the mid-20s. He made two international hundreds, 106 off 108 balls against [[South Africa cricket team|South Africa]] at [[The Oval]] in 2003<ref>{{cite web | url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/66294.html| title=England v South Africa at the Oval, 2003| access-date=2008-07-12 | publisher=[[Cricinfo]]}}</ref> (when he shared an opening partnership of 200<ref name="Eng record">{{cite web | url=http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/fow/highest_partnerships_by_wicket.html?class=2;id=1;type=team| title=England: Highest Partnership for Each Wicket in ODIs | access-date=2008-07-12 | publisher=[[Cricinfo]]}}</ref> with [[Marcus Trescothick]]), and exactly 100 off 93 balls versus Zimbabwe at [[Bulawayo]] in 2004/05.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/statsguru/engine/match/64912.html| title=Zimbabwe v England at Bulawayo, 2004/5| access-date=2008-07-12 | publisher=[[Cricinfo]]}}</ref>

Solanki played in four of the five One Day Internationals when England toured Pakistan in December 2005, his best score of 49 also being the highest in England's innings in the final match, which England went on to win by 6 wickets. However, Solanki was not selected for the team to go on the tour to India, instead being chosen to captain the 'A' team in the West Indies.

On 1 July 2006, Solanki took his first wicket in ODIs at [[Headingley Cricket Ground|Headingley]], removing [[Sri Lankan cricket team|Sri Lankan]] opener [[Sanath Jayasuriya]] for 152. It was something of a hollow triumph, however, as Jayasuriya and [[Upul Tharanga]] (109) had put on 286, a world record for the first wicket in ODIs,<ref name="SL record">{{cite web | url=http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Records/Odis/Overall/Highest_Partnerships.html | title=Sri Lanka: Highest Partnership for Each Wicket in ODIs | access-date=2006-10-02 | publisher=CricketArchive}}</ref>
and England were crushed as Sri Lanka scored 324/2 to win [[the result in cricket|by eight wickets]] in just 37.3 overs.
Solanki made history against Australia in 2005 when he became the first supersub in a One Day International, replacing [[Simon Jones (cricketer)|Simon Jones]] to strengthen England's tail after a batting collapse; coming to the crease at no.8 with England 93/6, Solanki made 53 not out.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/4660393.stm | title=Supersub Solanki in cricket first | date=7 July 2005 | access-date=2007-05-02 | publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref> He also took part in the final two matches of England's time in the [[2007 Twenty20 World Championship]], replacing the injured [[Matt Prior]]. Keeping wicket and opening the batting in both of his matches in that tournament, he took two catches in the first, conceded no [[bye (cricket)|byes]] in either match, and scored 24 and 43. Those were his last international appearances.

==Career milestones==
*22 June 1995: First-class debut for Worcestershire: v [[Hampshire County Cricket Club|Hampshire]] at the County Ground, [[Southampton]]
*16 May 1997: Maiden first-class century: 128* v Oxford University at [[The Parks]], [[Oxford]]
*23 January 2000: One Day International debut: v South Africa at [[Bloemfontein]], South Africa
*28 June 2003: Maiden ODI century: 106 v South Africa, [[The Oval]], London
*1 August 2008: Highest First-Class Innings: 270 v Gloucestershire, [[Cheltenham]]
*24 June 2009: First T20 century: 100 v Glamorgan, [[New Road, Worcester|New Road]], [[Worcester, England|Worcester]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{ESPNcricinfo|id=20286}}

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before=[[Steve Rhodes]]|
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before=[[Dougie Brown]]|
title=[[Professional Cricketers' Association|Chairman of the Professional Cricketers' Association]]|
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