Role: Right-hand bat, off-spin bowler

Born: 1 Aptil 1976, Udaipur, India

Height: 6ft 1in

Weight: 12st

Nickname: Mowgli, Vik

County debut: 1993 (one-day), 1995 (first-class)

County cap: 1998

1st-Class 50s: 20

1st-Class 100s: 6

1st-Class 5 w.innings: 3

1st-Class 10 in match: 1

1st-Class catches: 85

Place in batting averages: 33rd av. 40.57 (1998 113th av. 28.54)

Strike rate: 55.94 (career 69.77)

Education: St Luke's, Udaipur; Merridale, Wolverhampton; Regis School, Wolverhampton

Qualifications: 9 GCSEs, 3 A-levels

Off-season: England A tour to South Africa and Zimbabwe

Relaxations: 'Spending time with friends and family'

Extras: Awarded county cap in August 1998

Best batting: 171 Worcestershire v Gloucestershire, Cheltenham 1999

Best bowling: 5-69 Worcestershire v Middlesex, Lord's 1996