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Former Indian batting coach Vikram Rathour was appointed as the Rajasthan Royals batting coach ahead of IPL 2025 season. Once again Rathour will be reunited with Rahul Dravid who is RR’ new head coach announced earlier this month.
Vikram Rathore and Rahul Dravid worked together to help Team India lift their second T20 World Cup earlier this year. Rathoure’s five-year stint with the Indian team as the batting coach started with Ravi Shastri and ended with the former head coach of Team Blue Rahul Dravid after the ICC T20 World Cup triumph over South Africa in June 2024.
Now once again Dravid and Rathour will work together for Rajasthan Royals. In an interview, Rahul Dravid admired Vikram Rathour’s work and said,
“Together, we’ve built a strong rapport, guiding India to key successes, and I’m thrilled to reunite with him. His ability to nurture young talent and elevate players’ potential will be invaluable as we aim to further strengthen our squad and continue building a world-class team here at Rajasthan Royals.”
Rathour bhi, Royal bhi! 💗
— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) September 20, 2024
T20 World Cup winning coach Vikram Rathour joins our support staff and reunites with Rahul Dravid! 🤝🔥 pic.twitter.com/YbGvoMQyrv
In response, Rathour expressed his gratitude and said he’s looking forward to his new current position as a RR new batting coach,
Rathour said, “The opportunity to work again with Rahul, and now with a talented group of young cricketers, is hugely exciting. I look forward to contributing to the team’s vision and working toward our goal of developing top-class players for the Royals and for India which can help in winning championships.”
Punjab’s former cricketer Vikram Rathour had a brief International career playing only six tests and seven ODI. However, he was one of the top batters in Punjab’s domestic cricket scoring 11,473 runs in his first-class cricket career.
Before joining Rajasthan Royals, Vikram Rathour was part of the Punjab Kings coaching staff and has been the director of cricket at Himachal Pradesh.
