Vijay R. Bharadwaj

Vijay represented India in Tests and ODIs between 1999 and 2002, earning his call-up after a record-breaking 1998–99 Ranji Trophy season — 1,463 runs at 81.27 with four centuries, plus twenty-one wickets. He was the first batsman to cross 1,200 runs in a single Ranji edition and was named Man of the Series on his international debut at the LG Cup, Nairobi.

Since playing, he has served as Head Coach of Karnataka, assistant coach for Royal Challengers Bangalore through the first three IPL seasons, fielding coach for Oman at the 2016 ICC World Twenty20, and BCCI Level 3 faculty at the National Cricket Academy. He has been a leading Kannada-language cricket commentator for over a decade.

Vijay owns the sporting product and curriculum, federation and international relationships, and the talent pathway. He is also founder and head coach of VB Pase Cricket Academy — the anchor cricket academy that serves as a live testbed for the V2 Technology platform. The combination of an active international playing CV, Level 3 coaching, top-franchise scouting, NCA faculty work, and an own academy — held by one operator — is what makes the curriculum credible inside Indian cricket.

Vijay is the younger brother of Sunjoy Rao, Founder of Ten Headz. The two have built together since 2006 — through SportingMindz, SportsNest, and now Ten Headz. An engineering-led builder paired with a sport-credentialed operator is the operating relationship at the centre of the firm.