{{Short description|Indian cricketer (born 1935)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Use Indian English|date=July 2013}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Vaman Kumar | image = | caption = | full_name = Vaman Viswanath Kumar | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1935|6|22|df=yes}} | birth_place = Madras, British India | death_date = | death_place = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Legbreak googly | club1 = Tamil Nadu | year1 = {{nowrap|1955/56–1976/77}} | columns = 2 | column1 = Test | matches1 = 2 | runs1 = 6 | bat avg1 = 3.00 | 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | top score1 = 6 | deliveries1 = 605 | wickets1 = 7 | bowl avg1 = 28.85 | fivefor1 = 1 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 5/64 | catches/stumpings1= 2/– | column2 = First-class | matches2 = 129 | runs2 = 673 | bat avg2 = 7.64 | 100s/50s2 = 0/0 | top score2 = 31 | deliveries2 = 30,082 | wickets2 = 599 | bowl avg2 = 19.98 | fivefor2 = 36 | tenfor2 = 8 | best bowling2 = 9/76 | catches/stumpings2= 40/– | international = true | country = India | testcap = 101 | testdebutagainst = Pakistan | testdebutdate = 8 February | testdebutyear = 1961 | lasttestdate = 11 November | lasttestagainst = England | lasttestyear = 1961 | source = http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/30173.html CricInfo | date = 20 November | year = 2022 }}
'''Vaman Viswanath Kumar''' {{audio|Vaman_Kumar.ogg|pronunciation}}, often known as '''V. V. Kumar''' (born 22 June 1935) is a former Indian cricketer who played in two Test matches in 1961. On his debut he took five wickets in the first innings against Pakistan in Delhi in 1961.<ref name="espncricinfo">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/62887.html |title=5th Test: India v Pakistan at Delhi, Feb 8-13, 1961 |access-date=2011-12-18 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> Kumar played first-class cricket for Madras/Tamil Nadu from 1955–56 to 1976–77.<ref>{{cite web |title=Vaman Kumar |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1/1149/1149.html |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=1 December 2023}}</ref>
==See also== * List of India cricketers who have taken five-wicket hauls on Test debut
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