Sadanand Vishwanath, born on November 29, 1962, in Bangalore, of Karnataka, was a batsman as well as a wicket-keeper for India .

He has taken part in 3 Tests, and 22 One-Day Internationals for India, from 1985-1988. Vishwanath hit the headlines, at the time of India`s promotion into global cricket, during the mid-eighties.

Sadanand Vishwanath, got his entry into the national team, celebrating the World Championship of Cricket tournament in Australia and the Rothmans Cup in Sharjah , in 1985.

The savouring success , without a single loss, was indeed one of the prime times in the history of Indian cricket . India, then came to be branded as the World`s No.1 ODI team. The period post the 1983 World Cup Win was hence , indispensable for establishimg India on the high pedestals of success in the international arena.

His superb six at the Bangalore Chinnaswamy Stadium, against the formidable opponent squad of the veteran Allan Border was indeed mind-blowing. Sadanand Vishwanath, left the astonished Border pondering , later, "The ball probably had ice on it when it came down!"

The short-term intimacy of Vishwanathb with international cricket was thrilling enough. His awesome performance made the grand Sunil Gavaskar to acknowledge his credit, behind the success in 1985`s World Tournanent, his book `One-Day Wonders`, "People will talk about many reasons why we won the World Championship of Cricket in 1985.

One of the reasons was the presence of Sadanand Vishwanath behind the stumps." The Australian media too had written that " this good-looking wicket-keeper may be on his way to becoming India`s best ever."

Unfortunately, his player`s career came to an end with the untimely and pathetic demise of his parents. Sadanand`s decline into poor performance, got him dropped. Kiran More in the meantime, replaced this dashing cricketer.

However, Sadanand has continued his attachment with cricket in other forms. He is at present , serving as a first-class umpire and coach, with much accuracy. He has also opened up his own cricket coaching academy for the future generation in Bangalore . Sadanand Vishwanath, is the living example of the tragedy of some promising talent, who are nipped in the bud, owing to some untoward circumstances.