Vijay Bharadwaj
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| Full name | Raghvendrarao Vijay Bharadwaj | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 August 1975 (age 49) Bengaluru, Karnataka, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm offbreak | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Raghvendrarao Vijay Bharadwaj (ⓘ; born 15 August 1975) is an Indian cricket coach and commentator, former professional cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm offbreak bowler. He won the Man of the Series award on his debut one day international series against South Africa in the LG Cup in Kenya in the 1999–2000 season.
He was a key architect of Karnataka's three Ranji Trophy triumphs in the 1990s.
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. Currently he is one of the leading cricket commentator in Kannada. He joined Delhi Capitals as the head of the talent scout wing for IPL edition 2025.