India's athletes, on one page.

Vinod Sharma

Vinod Sharma (born 9 April 1946) is an Indian former cricketer. He played in 40 first-class matches between 1964 and 1979. He is now an umpire, and stood in a match in the opening round of the 2019–20 Ranji Trophy.

Vinoo Mankad

Mulvantrai Himmatlal "Vinoo" Mankad (12 April 1917 – 21 August 1978) was a former Captain of Indian cricket team and appeared in 44 Test matches for India between 1946 and 1959. He was best known for his world record setting opening partnership of 413 runs with Pankaj Roy in 1956, a record that stood for 52 years, and for running out a batsman "backing up" at the non-striker's end. Mankading in cricket is named after him.

Vinoop Manoharan

Vinoop Manoharan (born 10 June 1992) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Kerala in domestic cricket. He is an all-rounder who bats right-handed and bowls right-arm off-spin.

Vinoth Kumar

Vinoth Kumar V (born 14 June 1994) is a retired Indian professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Vipin Kasana

Vipin Kasana is an Indian athlete who competes in the Javelin throw. He participated in the 2014 Commonwealth Games which took place in Glasgow, Scotland. At the 2018 Commonwealth Games he finished fifth.

Vipin Kumar

Vipin Kumar (born 10 January 1996) is an Indian cricketer. He made his Twenty20 debut on 18 November 2019, for Haryana in the 2019–20 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. He made his first-class debut on 11 January 2020, for Haryana in the 2019–20 Ranji Trophy.

Vipin Singh

Vipin Singh (born 21 October 1993) is an Indian cricketer. He made his List A debut for Services in the 2016–17 Vijay Hazare Trophy on 25 February 2017.

Vir Singh

Vir Singh (8 July 1930 – 29 June 2006) was an Indian gymnast. He competed in seven events at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Viraj Bhosale

Viraj Suresh Bhosale (born 4 April 1992) is an Indian cricketer. He plays for Baroda cricket team. He made his first-class debut for Baroda in the 2016–17 Ranji Trophy on 7 December 2016 against Uttar Pradesh at Hutatma Anant Kanhere Maidan in Nashik.

Viraj Kadbe

Viraj Vilas Kadbe (born 19 November 1989 in Nagpur) is an Indian former cricketer who played for Vidharba in domestic cricket. He made his List A debut against Rajasthan in March 2008. He was signed by Chennai Super Kings for the inaugural season of the Indian Premier League but failed to make an appearance for the team.

Virat Singh

Virdhawal Khade

Virdhawal Vikram Khade (born 29 August 1991) is an Indian swimmer. He competed in the men's 50, 100 and 200 m freestyle swimming events at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Khade won a bronze medal in the 50 meters butterfly event at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou; it was India's first Asian Games medal in swimming in 24 years.

Viren Rasquinha

Viren Wilfred Rasquinha (born 13 September 1980) is an Indian former field hockey player and captain of the Indian national team. He was a member of the team that competed at the 2004 Athens Olympics. He quit international hockey in 2008 to pursue management studies at the age of 28.

Virender Singh

Virender Singh Yadav (not to be confused with Virender Sehwag) (born 1 April 1986) is an Indian freestyle wrestler. Competing in the 74 kg weight division, he has won 3 Deaflympics Gold Medals and a bronze medal in 4 appearances. He won gold medals at 2005 Summer Deaflympics (Melbourne, Australia), 2013 Summer Deaflympics (Sofia, Bulgaria) and 2017 Summer Deaflympics (Samsun, Turkey).

Virender Singh

Virender Thakran (born 1970) is a former Indian wrestler. He won a bronze medal in the World Wrestling Championship in 1992 at Cali. He won a silver medal in Commonwealth Championship in 1995 (Senior, 74 kg, Freestyle).

Virsa Singh

Virsa Singh (21 April 1931– August 2019) was an Indian athlete. He competed in the men's long jump at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Visakh N R

Visakh Narayanan Rajeshwari is an Indian chess grandmaster.

Viseyie Koso

Viseyie Koso (born 25 March 1984) is an Indian professional Sepak Takraw player from Nagaland. In 2010, Koso became the first Naga sportsman to represent India at the 2010 Asian Games held in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. He also participated in the 2014 Asian Games held at Incheon in the Seoul National Capital Area, South Korea.

Vishal Bhatia

Vishal Bhatia (born 6 December 1981) is an Indian first-class cricketer who plays for Himachal Pradesh.

Vishal Dabholkar

Vishal Vishwas Dabholkar (born 23 March 1987) is a cricketer who has played for Mumbai in Indian domestic cricket. He is a slow left-arm orthodox bowler. Dabholkar made his first-class debut in the quarter-final of 2012–13 Ranji Trophy against Baroda.

Vishal Gite

Vishal Gite (born 25 November 1992) is an Indian cricketer. He made his Twenty20 debut for Maharashtra in the 2018–19 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on 21 February 2019.

Vishal Joshi

Vishal Vinod kumar Joshi (born 1 May 1989 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India) is a cricketer who plays for Saurashtra in Indian domestic cricket. He is a Left-arm off break bowler who made his first-class debut in 2004 against Uttar Pradesh. Joshi picked up 4/59 and 5/43 in the semifinal of the 2012–13 Ranji Trophy against Punjab to help Saurashtra register a 229-run victory.

Vishal Kaith

Vishal Kaith (born 22 July 1996) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Indian Super League club Mohun Bagan and the India national team.

Vishal Kumar

R. Vishal Kumar (born 30 July 1992) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a right back for Minerva Punjab in the I-League.

Vishal Kushwah

Vishal Kushwah (born 30 November 1990) is an Indian cricketer. He made his first-class debut for Chhattisgarh in the 2016–17 Ranji Trophy on 27 October 2016. He made his Twenty20 debut for Chhattisgarh in the 2016–17 Inter State Twenty-20 Tournament on 29 January 2017.

Vishal Sareen

Vishal Sareen (born in 1973) is an International Master of chess. He has coached several well-known Grand Masters and International Masters in chess in his two decades of coaching. He was awarded with the UT Dallas Trainer Award in chess and holds the FIDE Senior Trainer (FST) title.

Vishal Sharma

Vishal Sharma (born 15 September 1977) is an Indian former cricketer. He played twelve first-class matches for Railways between 1997 and 2000.

Vishal Sharma

Vishal Sharma (born 20 September 1978) is an Indian former cricketer. He played one first-class match for Delhi in 1999/00.

Vishal Sharma

Vishal Sharma (born 14 November 1987) is an Indian first-class cricketer who plays for Hyderabad. He made his Twenty20 debut on 4 January 2016 in the 2015–16 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.

Vishal Singh

Vishal Singh (born 27 December 1993) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Jharkhand. He made his List A debut on 13 November 2014 in the 2014–15 Vijay Hazare Trophy. He studied at Bharat Sevashram Pranav Children Worlds, Sonari.

Vishal Thennarasu Kayalvizhi

Vishal Thennarasu Kayalvizhi (born 17 December 2003) is an Indian sprinter who specialises in 400 m events. He has won gold medal in the mixed 4x400 m relay and silver medal in the 4x400 m relay at the 2025 Asian Championships.

Vishal Uppal

Vishal Uppal (born 10 November 1976) is a tennis player from India. He participated in the Davis Cup in 2000 and 2002. He actually started playing cricket at school as a young boy, but switched to tennis at the age of 11.

Vishal Yadav

Vishal Yadav (born 14 December 1967) is an Indian former cricketer. He played first-class cricket for Bengal and Uttar Pradesh.

Vishamber Kahlon

Vishamber Kahlon (born 26 November 1996) is an Indian cricket player. He made his List A debut for Goa in the 2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy on 2 October 2018. He made his first-class debut for Goa in the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy on 28 November 2018.

Vishesh Bhriguvanshi

Vishnu Prasanna Vasanthan

Vishnu Prasanna Vasanthan Perumal is an Indian chess grandmaster and coach.

Vishnu Saravanan

Vishnu Saravanan (born 24 February 1999) is an Indian sailor. He qualified for the Tokyo Olympic Games. He is the first Indian sailor to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Vishnu Solanki

Vishnu Purshottam Solanki (born 15 October 1992) is an Indian cricketer who represents Baroda in domestic cricket. He is a right-handed middle order batter and wicket-keeper who occasionally bowls right-arm offspin.

Vishnu Tiwari

Vishnu Tiwari (born 11 November 1987) is an Indian first-class cricketer who plays for Services.

Vishnu Vardhan

Vishnu Vardhan (born 27 July 1987), also known as J. Vishnuvardhan, is an Indian professional tennis player. He won bronze medal in men's doubles at 2010 Asian games in Guangzhou, China.

Vishnu Vinod

Vishnu Vinod (born 2 December 1993) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Kerala in domestic cricket and for Punjab Kings in the Indian Premier League. He is a right-handed wicket-keeper-batter and occasional medium pacer.

Vishnu Vishal

Vishal Kudawla (born 17 July 1984), known professionally as Vishnu Vishal, is an Indian actor and film producer in the Tamil film industry. After a brief career in cricket, he started his acting career in the year 2009 playing the lead role in the sports film Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu, winning acclaim for his portrayal. Vishnu won further acclaim for his role in Neerparavai (2012) and Mundasupatti (2014).

Vishnuvardhan Goud Panjala

Vishvaraj Jadeja

Vishvarajsinh Jadeja (born 19 July 1998) is an Indian cricketer. He made his Twenty20 debut for Saurashtra in the 2017–18 Zonal T20 League on 8 January 2018. He made his first-class debut for Saurashtra in the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy on 14 December 2018.

Vishwajeet Singh

Vishwajeet Singh (born 8 November 1991) is an Indian cricketer. He made his List A debut for Jammu & Kashmir in the 2016–17 Vijay Hazare Trophy on 4 March 2017.

Vishwas

Vishwas (also known as Viswash; born 11 December 1984 in Uttar Pradesh) is an Indian archer who won the bronze medal in the team competition at the 2006 Asian Games. He was a team silver medallist at the 2003 Asian Archery Championships in 2003 alongside Satyadev Prasad, Tarundeep Rai and Majhi Sawaiyan. He is a three-time participant at the Archery World Cup, having competed in 2009, 2011 and 2014.

Visitacao Lobo

Visitacao Lobo (died 28 June 2014) was an Indian professional footballer who played as a striker. He had played one match for the national team of India in 1970 as well as club football for Sesa and Salgaocar. He also represented Goa in the Santosh Trophy as captain.

Vithal Palwankar

Vithal Palwankar (1884 or 1886 – 26 November 1971) was an Indian cricketer and a captain of the Hindus team. Vithal led the team to victories over the Mohammedan and European teams, where his captaincy and personal performance were praised. [1] He was the younger brother of the Indian spin bowler and activist Palwankar Baloo; his other brothers Palwankar Shivram and Palwankar Ganpat were also cricketers.