Former Cricketer Vijayakrishna passes away in Bengaluru

Bengaluru: Cricketer Bharamiah Vijayakrishna (B. Vijayakrishna), a former Ranji Trophy player, passed away at a private hospital in Bengaluru in the wee hours of today.  He was 71.

A left hand batsman and slow left arm orthodox bowler, Vijayakrishna had played 80 first class matches and had scored over 2,000 runs besides taking 194 wickets. He had taken three wickets in his Ranji debut against Hyderabad in 1968-69 and six wickets against Madras in the next match.  

Last rites were performed at Hebbal Crematorium in Bengaluru today.

This post was published on June 17, 2021 6:30 pm