V. B. Chandrasekhar

Who is V. B. Chandrasekhar?

Vakkadai Biksheswaran Chandrasekhar is an Indian former cricketer, who represented the country in seven One Day Internationals during 1988–90. Born in Madras, Chandrasekhar played for Tamil Nadu and Goa at the domestic level. Making his First-class debut in 1986 for Tamil Nadu, he went on to play for the side till 1994/95. During his period, Chandrasekhar established himself as a key player for Tamil Nadu. He was highly successful in the 1987–88 season accumulating over 551 runs. Chandrasekhar also scored heavily in the 1991–92 season and captained Tamil Nadu for a short period before playing for Goa. All in all, he scored 4,999 runs from 81 matches when he retired from first class cricket. Termed as an "aggressive" player he set the record for the fastest hundred by an Indian in first class cricket. In 2012, he was appointed as the coach of Tamil Nadu. Chandrasekhar is also a commentator and now runs a cricket academy in Chennai.