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V. K. Ramaswamy
Virinchirpuram Krishnamoorthi Ramaswamy (born 26 April 1945) is a former Indian Test cricket umpire. Ramaswamy was born in Madras and worked for Indian Railways. He umpired in Indian domestic first-class matches from the early 1970s, including the finals of the Ranji Trophy in 1984, 1985, 1986, 1994, and 1997 and the final of the Duleep Trophy in 1991, 1998 and 1999.
V. K. Vismaya
Velluva Koroth Vismaya (born 14 May 1997) is an Indian athlete from Kerala who specializes in the 400 metres. She was part of the gold-winning Indian team at the 2018 Asian Games.
V. M. Muddiah
Venkatappa Musandra Muddiah (8 June 1929 – 1 October 2009) was an Indian cricketer who played in 2 Tests from 1959 to 1960. Born in Bangalore, Mysore, Muddiah came up through the Mysore University and Mysore State 'B' team. He studied in the Malleswaram Middle and High School and Central College, Bangalore.
V. P. Sathyan
Vatta Parambath Sathyan (29 April 1965 – 18 July 2006), popularly known as V. P. Sathyan, was a former Indian professional footballer who played the centre back position.
V. R. Naren Kumar
Velappan Rajendran Naren Kumar is a seven-time Indian National Rally Championship Champion and two-time runner-up and Asia Zone Champion from Coimbatore, India. Kumar started his career as a privateer in 1993 and was quickly picked up by Team MRF, operated by another Rally driver N. Leelakrishnan.
V. R. Raghunath
Vokkaliga Ramachandra Raghunath (born 1 November 1988) is a former Indian professional field hockey player. He played as a fullback and was known for his abilities as a drag flicker.
V. Rajagopal
V. Rajagopal (born 1 July 1927) is an Indian former cricket umpire. He stood in one Test match, India vs. New Zealand, in 1969.
V. S. Surekha
V. S. Surekha (born (1984-08-14)14 August 1984) is an Indian pole vaulter. She holds the current national record of 4.15 m set at National Open Championships held at New Delhi in 2014. Surekha is the first Indian female pole vaulter to clear 4.00 meters.
V. S. Vinaya
Vakkaliga Swamy Vinaya (born 24 November 1985) is a former Indian field hockey player who played as a midfielder for the national team. Among the major tournaments he represented India at include 2005 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy and 2006 Asian Games. Vinaya's "capability in one-on-one situations" received praise from German hockey coach Valentin Altenburg.
V. Santhosh Kumar
Virothu Santhosh Kumar (born 15 November 1991) is an amateur boxer from India. He competes in 61 – 64 kg category. Santhosh won Silver medal in 2010 Asian Games held in Guangzhou, China.
V. Tejeswini Bai
V. Tejeswini Bai is an Indian kabaddi player. She was a member of the kabaddi team that won a gold medal in the 2010 Asian games in Guangzhou.
V. Venkatram
Vurity Venkatram (born 29 September 1956) was a former Indian first-class cricketer who played 70+ First Class matches for Bihar cricket team from 1975-76 to 1991–92. He Captained Bihar Ranji Team for 1981-82 to 1986-87 season. After retirement, he became head coach of Jharkhand cricket team and he is a BCCI Certified Level ‘C’ Cricket Coach.
V. Vikramraju
V. Vikramraju (1 January 1934 – 7 June 2026) was an Indian cricket umpire. He stood in two Test matches between 1985 and 1986, including the second tied Test, and five ODI games between 1984 and 1988. Vikramraju died on 7 June 2026, at the age of 92.
VA Jagadeesh
Vasudevanpillai Arundhathiamma Jagadeesh (born 25 May 1983) is a former Indian cricketer who represented Kerala in domestic cricket. In August 2013, he was named to the India A squad to play two unofficial tests against New Zealand A team. He made his domestic cricket debut in 2004.
Vaibhav Arora
Vaibhav Gopal Arora (born 14 December 1997) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Himachal Pradesh in domestic cricket and Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL. Vaibhav made his first-class debut on 9 December 2019, for Himachal Pradesh in the 2019–20 Ranji Trophy. He made his Twenty20 debut on 10 January 2021, for Himachal Pradesh in the 2020–21 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.
Vaibhav Bhatt
Vaibhav Bhatt (born 25 November 1995) is an Indian cricketer. He made his List A debut for Uttarakhand in the 2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy on 20 September 2018. He made his first-class debut for Uttarakhand in the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy on 12 November 2018.
Vaibhav Deshpande
Vaibhav Deshpande (born 11 January 1987) is an Indian first-class cricketer who plays for Rajasthan.
Vaibhav Rawal
BowlerVaibhav Prem Rawal (born 9 November 1991) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Delhi in domestic cricket. He is a left-handed batsman and leg-break bowler. He is a member of the Kolkata Knight Riders squad in the Indian Premier League.
Vaibhav Singh Panwar
Vaibhav Singh Panwar (born 26 October 1992) is an Indian cricketer who played for Uttarakhand. He made his List A debut for Uttarakhand in the 2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy on 20 September 2018. He made his Twenty20 debut for Uttarakhand in the 2018–19 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on 21 February 2019.
Vaibhav Suryavanshi
BowlerVaibhav Sooryavanshi (Maithili: [/ʋæbʱəʋᵊ suːɾjəʋənʃiː/]; born 27 March 2011), also spelled Vaibhav Suryavanshi, is an Indian cricketer. He is a left-handed top order batter and an occasional slow left-arm orthodox bowler. He made his international debut for the Indian cricket team in the T20I series against England in July 2026.
Vaidehi Chaudhari
Vaidehi Chaudhari (born 14 February 2000) is an Indian professional tennis player from Gujarat. She plays for the Indian women’s team and is a two time Indian National champion. She has been ranked as high as 355 in the WTA singles rankings on 19 May 2025 and is the fourth highest ranked female player in India.
Vaishali Rameshbabu
Vaishali Rameshbabu (born 21 June 2001) is an Indian chess grandmaster. She is a two-time champion of the FIDE Women's Grand Swiss Tournament, winning consecutively in 2023 and 2025. Having played in two editions of the Women's Candidates Tournament in 2024 and 2026, she won the latter tournament to earn the right to challenge Ju Wenjun for the title of Women's World Chess Champion.
Vaishnavi Adkar
Vaishnavi Adkar (born 14 December 2004) is an Indian female tennis player. She competes primarily on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, where she has won two singles and three doubles titles. She won the bronze medal in the women's individual category of the 2025 Summer World University Games.
Vaishnavi Phalke
Vaishnavi Phalke (born 23 December 2003) is an Indian field hockey player and member of Indian women hockey team. She plays for Hockey Maharashtra in the domestic hockey tournaments. She plays as a defender.
Valdivel Jayalakshmi
Valdivel Jayalakshmi (born 5 August 1971) is an Indian sprinter. She represented India in 4 x 100 metres relay together with P. T. Usha, Rachita Mistry, and E.B. Shyla at the 1998 Asian Championships in Athletics, where her team won the gold medal on the way to setting the current national record of 44.43 s.
Valena Valentina
Valena Valentina (born 8 July 1988) is an Indian karate player, from Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
Valeriano Rebello
Valeriano Joseph Rebello (born 5 March 1983) is an Indian footballer who plays as a defender for Mumbai.
Valiyaveetil Diju
Valiyaveetil Diju (born 4 January 1981), also known as V. Diju, is an Indian badminton player from Kozhikode, Kerala. He clinched six National Championships title, once in the men's doubles and five times in the mixed doubles.
Valli Asari Mookan
Valli Asari Mookan (born 1931) is an Indian weightlifter. He competed in the men's bantamweight event at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
Valluri Srinivasa Rao
Valluri Srinivasa Rao (born 20 October 1981) is an Indian weightlifter from Andhra Pradesh. He had won the national championship several times. He works in the Corps of Electronic and Mechanical Engineering of the Indian Army.
Vally Sathyabhama
Vally Sathyabhama (born 14 May 1964) is a former Indian long-distance runner who currently holds the Indian national record in the marathon. She set the record with a time of 2:38:10 on 21 December 1995 in Chennai. In 1991, she won the gold medal for 10,000 metres in the All-India Open National Championships.
Vaman Kumar
Vaman Viswanath Kumar , often known as V. V. Kumar (born 22 June 1935) is a former Indian cricketer who played in two Test matches in 1961.
Vandana Chiplunkar
Vandana Chiplunkar is an Indian former badminton player. She was the bronze medalist in badminton at the 1982 Asian Games in the Women's Team event.
Vandana Kataria
Vandana Katariya (born 15 April 1992) is a former Indian field hockey player who played as a forward for the Indian national team. After representing India in 320 matches and scoring 158 goals, she announced her retirement from international hockey on 1 April 2025. As of that date, she holds the record for the most caps in Indian women's hockey.
Vandana Rao
Vandana Rao is a former Indian track and field athlete who represented India in 1984 and 1988 Olympics in 4 × 400 m women relay race. She is an Asian Games Gold medalist. She was awarded Arjuna award by government of India for her achievements.
Vandana Shanbagh
Vandana Pandurang Shanbhag (born 19 September 1965) is a female Indian former track and field athlete who represented India at the 1988 Olympics in the 4 x 400 metres relay race. She is also a Kho-kho player. She won the silver medal in the women's 400 metres race at the 1987 Asian Athletics Championships held in Singapore.
Vandit Jivrajani
Vandit Jivrajani (born 3 September 1991) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Saurashtra. He made his first-class debut on 23 November 2015 in the 2015–16 Ranji Trophy. He made his Twenty20 debut on 9 November 2019, for Saurashtra in the 2019–20 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.
Vandna Gupta
Vandna Gupta (born 17 December 1994) is an Indian weightlifter who placed fourth in the women's 63 kg weight class at the 2014 Commonwealth Games at Glasgow. Vandana Gupta is from Lucknow and married Sandeep Tomar on 28 February 2017.
Vanka Pratap
Vanka Pratap (born 21 November 1973) is an Indian former first-class cricketer who represented Hyderabad and India A. He later worked as a selector for the Hyderabad Cricket Association.
Vansh Bajaj
Vansh Bajaj (born 15 October 1996) is an Indian cricketer. In 2014, whilst studying at Ellesmere College, in Shropshire, he earned a place at one of the six Marylebone Cricket Club University teams in England. In 2016, he received the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) Spirit of Cricket Award, which was presented to him at Lord's.
Vantika Agrawal
Vantika Agrawal (born September 2002) is an Indian chess player who holds the FIDE titles of Woman Grandmaster and International Master. She is a three-time gold medalist at the Chess Olympiad including two gold medals at the 45th Chess Olympiad in 2024 at Budapest. She won a silver medal with the Indian Team at the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games.
Varghese Johnson
Varghese Johnson (born April 28, 1982) is an amateur boxer from India who repeatedly medaled in the Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg) division.
Varinder Singh
Varinder Singh (16 May 1947 – 28 June 2022) was an Indian field hockey player. He won a bronze medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. He also competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Varinder Singh Ghuman
Varinder Singh Ghuman (1983 or 1984 – 9 October 2025) was an Indian professional bodybuilder and actor. Ghuman won Mr. India in 2009 and he was awarded 2nd place in Mr.
Varsha Choudhary
BatterVarsha Kripalsingh Choudhary (born 6 May 1992, Indore, Madhya Pradesh) is a Madhya Pradeshi cricketer in India. She is a right-handed batsman and bowls right-arm medium pace. She played for Madhya Pradesh and Central zone.
Varsha Gautham
Varsha Gautham (born 12 January 1998) is an Indian sailor. She won the bronze medal at the 2014 Asian Games in the women's 29er event, along with Aishwarya Nedunchezhiyan. In doing so, she became the youngest Indian to win an Asian Games medal, at the age of 16.
Varsha Raffel
BatterVarsha Raffel (born 20 March 1975) is a One Day International cricketer who represents India. She is a right hand batsman and bowls right-arm off-breaks. She has played nine ODIs, taking eleven wickets including a three-wicket haul.
Varsha Soni
Varsha Soni (from Jaipur, Rajasthan) was a member of the Indian Women's Hockey Team. She was raised in Jaipur, Rajasthan and is the youngest of 7 sisters and 1 brother. She studied at University Maharani College, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur.