Vijay Shankar

For the Indian naval officer, see Vijay Shankar (admiral).

Vijay Shankar (born 26 January 1991) is an Indian cricketer who plays for the Tamil Nadu state cricket team. He is an all-rounder who bats right-handed and bowls right-arm medium pace. He played for India in 2019 Cricket World Cup, where he became the first Indian to pick up a wicket on the first ball of his World Cup debut.^[1] He played for Gujarat Titans team in Indian Premier League (IPL) from 2022 to 2024.

Vijay Shankar

Shankar during a Vijay Hazare Trophy match in 2019
Personal information
Born	(1992-01-26) 26 January 1992 (age 32) Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Role	Batting all-rounder
International information
National side	India (2018–2019)
ODI debut (cap 226)	18 January 2019 v Australia
Last ODI	27 June 2019 v West Indies
T20I debut (cap 74)	6 March 2018 v Sri Lanka
Last T20I	27 February 2019 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2012–present	Tamil Nadu
2013-2014, 2025	Chennai Super Kings
2016–2017	Sunrisers Hyderabad
2018	Delhi Daredevils
2019–2021	Sunrisers Hyderabad
2022–2024	Gujarat Titans
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA Matches 12 9 45 88 Runs scored 223 101 2,242 2,286 Batting average 31.85 25.25 44.84 38.10 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 5/16 2/12 Top score 46 43 111 129 Balls bowled 233 126 3,065 1,738 Wickets 4 5 33 54 Bowling average 50.93 38.20 53.06 35.57 5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 2/15 2/32 4/52 4/34 Catches/stumpings 7/– 2/– 28/– 32/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 26 June 2019

Domestic career

Playing for Tamil Nadu, he won two Man of the Match awards in the knockout stage of 2014–15 Ranji Trophy. In the quarterfinal against Vidarbha, he scored 111 and 82 for which he was named man of the match. The match was drawn but Tamil Nadu progressed to the next round on first-innings lead. Against Maharashtra in the semifinal, he scored 91 and picked 2/47 to win his second man of the match award. This game was also drawn and Tamil Nadu progressed to the final on first-innings lead. In the final against Karnataka, he scored 5 & 103 and picked 1/92. However, Karnataka registered an innings victory to take the title.^[2]

He led the Tamil Nadu team to title triumphs in 2016-17 Vijay hazare trophy and Deodhar trophy.

In October 2018, he was named in India C's squad for the 2018–19 Deodhar Trophy.^[3] He was the leading wicket-taker in the tournament, with seven dismissals in three matches.^[4] The following month, he was named as one of eight players to watch ahead of the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy.^[5] In October 2019, he was named in India B's squad for the 2019–20 Deodhar Trophy. He captained the Tamil Nadu side in their title winning Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy campaign (2021–2022)^[6]

Indian Premier League

In the Indian Premier League, he played one match for the Chennai Super Kings in 2014^[7] and four for Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2017. His highest batting score was 63 not out against Gujarat Lions on 13 May 2017.^[8][9]

In January 2018, he was bought by the Delhi Daredevils in the 2018 IPL auction.^[10]

He was traded back to the Sunrisers Hyderabad for the 2019 IPL season. In March 2019, he was named as one of eight players to watch by the International Cricket Council (ICC) ahead of the 2019 Indian Premier League tournament.^[11] In February 2022, he was bought by the Gujarat Titans in the auction for the 2022 Indian Premier League tournament.^[12]

International career

2017 Sri Lanka and 2018 Nidahas Trophy

On 20 November 2017, he was named as Bhuvneshwar Kumar's replacement in India's Test squad for their series against Sri Lanka, but he did not play.^[13] In February 2018, he was named in India's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the 2018 Nidahas Trophy.^[14] He made his T20I debut for India against Sri Lanka in the 2018 Nidahas Trophy on 6 March 2018.^[15] He took his first wicket in T20Is in his second match, dismissing Mushfiqur Rahim via the Umpire Decision Review System.^[16] In the second match of the 2018 Nidahas Trophy, he took two wickets for 32 runs, with India winning by 6 wickets, and he was named the player of the match.^[17]

2019 Australia and New Zealand

In January 2019, Shankar was named the replacement for Hardik Pandya, who was banned for his controversial remarks on a TV show, for the remaining two One Day Internationals (ODI) of the Australian tour and the whole limited-overs series in New Zealand.^[18]

On 18 January 2019 he made his ODI debut against Australia at Melbourne Cricket Ground.^[19]

2019 Cricket World Cup

In April 2019, he was named in India's squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup ahead of experienced players like Ambati Rayudu and Suresh Raina which created a media buzz around the time.^[20][21] The International Cricket Council (ICC) named him as one of the five surprise picks for the tournament.^[22] In the match against Pakistan, He took a wicket with his first ball, becoming the third player to do so at a World Cup.^[23] Then, Shankar was ruled out of India's final two matches due to an injury, with Mayank Agarwal named as his replacement.^[24]

Personal life

On 20 August 2020, Shankar announced engagement with Vaishali Visweswaran and married her on 27 January 2021. The couple welcomed their first child on 30 October 2021. ^[25]

References

1. "Dinesh Karthik, Vijay Shankar in India's World Cup squad". www.icc-cricket.com. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
2. "Final, Ranji Trophy at Mumbai, Mar 8-12 2015". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
3. "Rahane, Ashwin and Karthik to play Deodhar Trophy". ESPNcricinfo. 18 October 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
4. "Deodhar Trophy, 2018/19: Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
5. "Eight players to watch out for in Ranji Trophy 2018-19". ESPNcricinfo. 2 November 2018. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
6. "Deodhar Trophy 2019: Hanuma Vihari, Parthiv, Shubman to lead; Yashasvi earns call-up". SportStar. 24 October 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
7. "Pepsi Indian Premier League, 37th match: Chennai Super Kings v Rajasthan Royals at Ranchi, May 13, 2014". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
8. "All you need to know about Vijay Shankar". The Hindu. 21 November 2017. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
9. "53rd match (D/N), Indian Premier League at Kanpur, May 13 2017". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
10. "List of sold and unsold players". ESPNcricinfo. 27 January 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
11. "Indian Premier League 2019: Players to watch". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
12. "IPL 2022 auction: The list of sold and unsold players". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
13. "Bhuvneshwar, Dhawan released from India Test squad". ESPNcricinfo. 20 November 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
14. "Rohit Sharma to lead India in Nidahas Trophy 2018". BCCI Press Release. 25 February 2018. Archived from the original on 25 February 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
15. "1st Match (N), Nidahas Twenty20 Tri-Series at Colombo, Mar 6 2018,7.00PM". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
16. "Dhawan, Unadkat brush aside Bangladesh". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
17. "2nd Match (N), Nidahas Twenty20 Tri-Series at Colombo, Mar 8 2018". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
18. "Vijay Shankar replaces Hardik Pandya in Australia, Shubman Gill added for New Zealand tour". Hindustan Times. 13 January 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
19. "India vs Australia 3rd ODI: Vijay Shankar to debut; India make three changes". The Indian Express. 18 January 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
20. "Rahul and Karthik in, Pant and Rayudu out of India's World Cup squad". ESPNcricinfo. 15 April 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
21. "Dinesh Karthik, Vijay Shankar in India's World Cup squad". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
22. "Cricket World Cup 2019: surprise pick due to Selection over a fine batsman named Ambati Rayudu". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
23. "India vs Pakistan: Vijay Shankar joins elite list with wicket off first ball in World Cups". India Today. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
24. "Vijay Shankar out of World Cup with toe injury". ESPNcricinfo. July 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
25. Mukherji, Arnab (28 January 2021). "Vijay Shankar Marries Vaishali Visweswaran, SunRisers Hyderabad Send Best Wishes". NDTVSports.com. Retrieved 28 January 2021.

External links

• Vijay Shankar at ESPNcricinfo