Chandroth Vijayan (born 4 November 1936) was an Indian

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er. He was a right-handed batsman who played for

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. He was born in

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Career

Vijayan made a single first-class appearance for the side, during the 1957–58 season, against

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. From the lower order, he scored 10 runs in the first innings, and a single run in the second. Vijayan's brother, Chandroth Bhaskaran, played for Kerala and Madras in a twelve-year first-class career.

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