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{{Infobox cricketer<br />
| name = Divakar Vasu<br />
| image = <br />
| country = India<br />
| nickname = <br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|12|11|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Coonoor]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India<br />
| heightft = <br />
| heightinch = <br />
| heightm = <br />
| batting = Right-handed<br />
| bowling = Left-arm [[fast bowling|medium-fast]], [[Slow left-arm orthodox]]<br />
| role = [[All-rounder]]<br />
| club1 = [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]]<br />
| year1 = 1988/89–1998/99<br />
| clubnumber1 = <br />
| club2 = [[Assam cricket team|Assam]]<br />
| year2 = 2003/04<br />
| clubnumber2 = <br />
| columns = 2<br />
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]<br />
| matches1 = 76<br />
| runs1 = 3,001<br />
| bat avg1 = 35.72<br />
| 100s/50s1 = 3/19<br />
| top score1 = 148<br />
| deliveries1 = 15,234<br />
| wickets1 = 240<br />
| bowl avg1 = 25.11<br />
| fivefor1 = 14<br />
| tenfor1 = 2<br />
| best bowling1 = 8/114<br />
| catches/stumpings1 = 57/–<br />
| column2 = [[List A cricket|List A]]<br />
| matches2 = 41<br />
| runs2 = 527<br />
| bat avg2 = 21.95<br />
| 100s/50s2 = 0/2<br />
| top score2 = 66<br />
| deliveries2 = 2,054<br />
| wickets2 = 50<br />
| bowl avg2 = 26.94<br />
| fivefor2 = 0<br />
| tenfor2 = n/a<br />
| best bowling2 = 4/36<br />
| catches/stumpings2 = 12/–<br />
| date = 10 January<br />
| year = 2016<br />
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/35648.html ESPNcricinfo<br />
}}<br />
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'''Divakar Vasu''' (born 11 December 1967) is a former Indian [[first-class cricket|first-class]] [[cricket]]er who played for [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]] between the 1988/89 and 1998/99 seasons. After retirement, he became a cricket coach.<br />
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==Life and career==<br />
Vasu started his career as a batsman, before developing into an [[all-rounder]] who bowled left-arm medium pace. He changed his bowling style to [[slow left-arm orthodox]] after he met with a bike accident in 1993 which fractured three bones in his left ankle. In 1995, he lost vision in his left eye.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cricket is where his heart is|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/cricket-is-where-his-heart-is/article3198736.ece|publisher=The Hindu|accessdate=10 January 2016}}</ref><br />
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Representing Tamil Nadu for eleven seasons from 1988/89 to 1998/99 and Assam for one match in 2003/04, Vasu appeared in 76 first-class and 41 [[List A]] matches during his career. He also played for [[South Zone cricket team]] and Board President's XI. He was the second-highest wicket-taker in [[1994–95 Ranji Trophy]] with 34 wickets at an average of 17.94.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bowling in Ranji Trophy 1994/95 (Ordered by Wickets)|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1994-95/Bowling_by_Wickets.html|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=10 January 2016}}</ref> Despite a successful career as an all-rounder, Vasu was never selected for the national team. He continued to play in [[Tamil Nadu Cricket Association]] first division at the conclusion of his first-class career.<br />
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Vasu worked as a coach at the [[National Cricket Academy]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Make U-15 training stronger|url=http://www.ibnlive.com/news/cricketnext/make-u-15-training-stronger-540092.html|publisher=IBNLive|accessdate=10 January 2016}}</ref> before becoming a bowling coach for [[International Cricket Council]], the [[Board of Control for Cricket in India]] as well as the [[Indian Premier League]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Dinakar|first1=S.|title=Bowlers called for illegal action need counselling: Vasu|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/bowlers-called-for-illegal-action-need-counselling-vasu/article7322590.ece|publisher=The Hindu|accessdate=10 January 2016}}</ref> Vasu, along with [[M. Venkataramana]], helped [[Pragyan Ojha]] correct his bowling action in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pragyan Ojha's Bowling Action Cleared by BCCI|url=http://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/news/237079-pragyan-ojha-s-bowling-action-cleared-by-bcci|publisher=NDTV|accessdate=10 January 2016}}</ref><br />
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Ahead of the 2019–20 season, he was appointed head coach of Tamil Nadu.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/d-vasu-appointed-tamil-nadu-cricket-team-coach/articleshow/70742931.cms|title=D Vasu appointed Tamil Nadu cricket team coach - Times of India|website=The Times of India|access-date=2019-09-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cricket/domestic/tamil-nadu-ranji-trophy-new-coach-diwakar-vasu-periyaswamy-tnpl-ajith-ram-silambarasan/article29161143.ece|title=New TN coach D. Vasu banking on seniors to step up|last=Dinakar|first=S.|website=Sportstar|language=en|access-date=2019-09-14}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{cricinfo|ref=ci/content/player/35648.html}}<br />
* {{cricketarchive|ref=Archive/Players/7/7545/7545.html}}<br />
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[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Indian cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Tamil Nadu cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Assam cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:South Zone cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Indian cricket coaches]]<br />
[[Category:People from Nilgiris district]]<br />
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