India's athletes, on one page.

Varsha Varman

Varsha Varman (born 1 June 1994) is a professional Indian sport shooter. She won the bronze medal at the 2014 Asian Games at Incheon in the women's double trap team event, along with Shagun Chowdhary and Shreyasi Singh. Varman thus became the first sportsperson from Bhopal Madhya Pradesh to win a medal at the Asian Games.

Varun Aaron

Varun Raymond Aaron (born 29 October 1989) is an Indian former cricketer from Jamshedpur. A right-arm fast bowler, he first played for Jharkhand U-19 followed by Jharkhand Ranji team. He played his first One Day International (ODI) for India in October 2011 and made his Test debut the following month.

Varun Chakaravarthy

Varun Chakravarthy Vinod (born 29 August 1991) is an Indian international cricketer who plays for the India national team as a right-arm leg spin bowler. He represents Tamil Nadu in domestic cricket, and plays for Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League and Dindigul Dragons in the Tamil Nadu Premier League. He was a member of the Indian team that won the 2026 T20 World Cup, 2025 Champions Trophy and the 2025 Asia Cup.

Varun Khanna

Varun Khanna (born 12 October 1984) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Punjab. He made his List A debut for Punjab in the 2016–17 Vijay Hazare Trophy on 6 March 2017.

Varun Kumar

Varun Kumar (born 4 June 1980) is an Indian former cricketer. He played 21 first-class matches for Delhi between 2001 and 2008. After retirement from Cricket, He is now working as in BCCI Panel Match Referee.

Varun Kumar

Varun Kumar (born 25 July 1995) is an Indian field hockey player who plays as a defender for Punjab Warriors in the Hockey India League and the Indian national team. He was part of the Indian team that won a bronze medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Varun Sharma

Varun Sharma (born 4 November 1987) is an Indian first-class cricketer who plays for Himachal Pradesh.

Varun Singh Bhati

Varun Singh Bhati (born 13 February 1995) is an Indian para high jumper. He was afflicted by poliomyelitis at a young age, and joined sports during his school days. He has won medals in multiple international events including bronze at 2016 Rio Paralympics, 2017 and 2025 World Championships.

Varun Sood

Varun Sood (born 12 October 1990) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Sikkim in Indian domestic cricket. He is a slow left-arm orthodox bowler. Sood took three wickets for Delhi in a warmup one-day match against (England).

Varun Thakkar

Vasant Raiji

Vasant Naisadrai Raiji (26 January 1920 – 13 June 2020) was an Indian first-class cricketer and cricket historian. He featured in nine first class matches between 1939 and 1950.

Vasant Ranjane

Vasant Baburao Ranjane (22 July 1937 – 22 December 2011) was an Indian cricketer who played in seven Test matches between 1958 and 1964. Vasant Ranjane was a 'slightly built, unlikely looking figure for an opening bowler' who relied more on line and length than speed for his wickets, but could 'swing both ways and cut the ball off the seam'. As a young boy, Ranjane used to frequent the grounds of the Shivaji Preparatory School in Poona where Madhusudan Rege used to coach.

Vasanti Khadilkar

Vasanti Khadilkar Unni (Marathi: वासंती खाडिलकर उन्नी; born 1 April 1961) is an Indian chess player holding the title of Woman International Master (WIM). She won in 1974 the inaugural Indian Women's Championship. The three Khadilkar sisters, Jayshree, Vasanti, and Rohini, dominated the Indian women's chess championships, winning all the titles in its first decade.

Vasanti Shinde

Vasanti Shinde (born 18 February 1997) is a professional Indian tennis player. Shinde has a career-high doubles ranking by the WTA of 211, achieved on 19 August 2024. Partnering Leonie Küng, Shinde won her first $75k tournament in July 2024 at the ITF event in Roma, Italy.

Vasoo Paranjape

Vasudeo Jagannath Paranjape (21 November 1938 – 30 August 2021) was an Indian cricketer and cricket coach. His son Jatin Paranjpe was also a cricketer who later became national selector.

Vasudevan Baskaran

Vasudevan Baskaran (born 17 August 1950) is a former field hockey player and coach from Tamil Nadu, India. He captained the Indian national team, which won the gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, then part of the Soviet Union. Thereafter he coached and mentored several players for the Indian team.

Vece Paes

Vece Paes (30 April 1945 – 14 August 2025) was an Indian field hockey player. He was a midfielder. He was also a sports physician and sports administrator.

Veda Krishnamurthy

Veda Krishnamurthy (born 16 October 1992) is a former Indian cricketer. She made her debut in international cricket at the age of 18 in a one day international (ODI) against England Women at Derby on 30 June 2011. Krishnamurthy went on to score 51 runs on her ODI international debut.

Vedam Hariharan

Vedam Hariharan (born 5 June 1954) is a former Indian first-class cricketer who played for Karnataka cricket team and Kerala cricket team. After retirement, he became a cricket coach.

Vedam Jaishankar

Vedam Jaishankar is a cricket correspondent with a career spanning three decades during which he travelled 5o six continents while covering cricket. After a stint with the Deccan Herald, he moved to The Indian Express where he was the principal cricket correspondent for many years. He is the author of a popular book, Rahul Dravid, a biography.

Vedant Panesar

Vedant Panesar is an Indian chess player.

Vedika Sharma

Vedika Sharma (born 2003) is an Indian deaf sports shooter. She made her Deaflympic debut at the age of 19 representing India at the 2021 Summer Deaflympics (held in May 2022).

Vedraj Chauhan

Vedraj Chauhan (born 1 April 1961) is a retired Indian cricketer. He captained the Indian under-19 cricket team on three occasions. He was born in Jalandhar in 1961.

Veer Chotrani

Veer Chotrani (born 25 October 2001) is an Indian squash player who is a member of the national team. As of October 2025, he is ranked 49th in the world.

Veer Pratap Singh

Veer Pratap Singh (born 3 May 1992) is an Indian cricketer who plays first-class cricket for Bihar. He previously played for the Bengal. He is a right-arm medium seam bowler.

Velavan Senthilkumar

Velavan Senthilkumar (born 26 March 1998) is an Indian professional squash player. He is a World Cup gold medallist and a three-time Asian Champion.

Velidi Lakshman

Velidi Lakshman (born 6 July 1991) is an Indian cricketer. He made his first-class debut for Tamil Nadu in the 2017–18 Ranji Trophy on 9 November 2017.

Velington Rocha

Velington Rocha (born 24 May 1991) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.

Velito Cruz

Velito Cruz (born 5 January 1991) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Dempo in the I-League 2nd Division.

Vellaswamy Vanitha

Vellaswamy Vanitha (born 19 July 1990) is an Indian kannada cricket commentator and former cricketer. She played as an opening batter from Karnataka. In January 2014, she made her Women's One Day International (WODI) and Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) debuts, against Sri Lanka.

Vemulapally Arvind

Vemulapally Arvind (born 9 September 1971) is an Indian former cricketer. He played first-class cricket for Delhi and Orissa.

Vengadeshwaran

Vengadeshwaran (born 23 December 1995) is an Indian cricketer. He made his First-class debut for Puducherry in the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy on 12 November 2018.

Venkat Gaurav Prasad

Venkat Gaurav Prasad (born 29 November 1985) is an Indian badminton player.

Venkat Rahul Ragala

Ragala Venkat Rahul (born 16 March 1997) is an Indian weightlifter who won the gold medal in the men's 85 kg weight class at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia.

Venkat Sunderam

Venkat Sunderam is a former Indian first-class cricketer who played for Delhi and Tamil Nadu. After his playing career, he became a selector for Delhi and pitch committee chairman for the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).

Venkatacher Kalpana

Venkatacher Kalpana (born 18 July 1961) is a former Test and One Day International (ODI) cricketer who represented India. She is a right hand batsman and wicket-keeper. She has played three Tests and eight ODIs.

Venkatapathy Raju

Sagi Lakshmi Venkatapathy Raju, better known as Venkatapathy Raju (born 9 July 1969), is a former Indian cricketer, cricket administrators and cricket coach. He came into the Indian side in 1989–90 after capturing 32 wickets in the domestic season. He made his Test and One Day International debut on the tour of New Zealand.

Venkataraman Subramanya

Venkataraman Subramanya (born 16 July 1936) is an Indian former cricketer who played in nine Test matches from 1965 to 1968. He was an aggressive middle order batsman, who captained Mysore for some years, and a useful leg-spin bowler. He later emigrated to Australia.

Venkatesan Devarajan

Venkatesan Devarajan (born 22 July 1973) is an Indian boxer and Olympian. He is from Chennai, India. He won the bronze medal in the 1994 World Boxing Championship in Bangkok.

Venkatesan Subha

Subha Venkatesan (born 31 August 1999) is an Indian sprinter specializing in 400 m events. She has represented India in the 4×400 m relay events at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Venkatesh Iyer

Venkatesh Rajasekaran Iyer (born 25 December 1994) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Madhya Pradesh in domestic cricket and Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the Indian Premier League.

Venkatesh Prasad

Venkatesh Prasad (born 5 August 1969) is an Indian Cricket Kannada Commentator, coach and former professional cricketer who played Tests and One Day Internationals. He made his debut in 1994. Primarily a right-arm medium-fast bowler, Prasad was noted for his bowling combination with Javagal Srinath.

Venkatesh Rao

Venkatesh Rao (born 16 June 1939) is an Indian former cricketer. He played 56 first-class matches for Hyderabad between 1955 and 1968.

Venkateswarier Neelakantan

Venkateswarier Neelakantan (born Thirunellai Venkateswarier Neelakantan on 7 June 1941) was an Indian cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman who played for Kerala. He was born in Palghat.

Venkatraman Ramnarayan

Venkatraman Ramnarayan (born 8 November 1947, in Madras) is a former Indian first-class cricketer and current journalist, editor, translator and teacher. He writes under the name V. Ramnarayan.

Venugopal Chandrasekhar

Venugopal Chandrasekhar (18 June 1957 – 12 May 2021) was an Indian national table tennis champion and Arjuna Award winner. Chandrasekhar died on 12 May 2021, from COVID-19 complications amid the COVID-19 pandemic in India. He was 63.

Vickram Kanth

Vickram Kanth (born 11 April 1987) is an Indian field hockey player who plays as a defender. He was part of the Indian team that won gold at the 2007 Men's Hockey Asia Cup, as well as the teams that won bronze at the 2007 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup and silver at the 2008 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup.

Vicky Batta

Vicky Batta (born 1981) is an Indian weightlifter. He won the silver medal in the men's 56 kg class at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. He failed a drug test in 2007.