Vijay Shankar (Cricketer)

Some Lesser Known Facts About Vijay Shankar

• Vijay started playing cricket at a very young age with his father and brother who helped him to nourish his skills.

• Initially, he bowled as an offspinner but later switched to medium pace to become the part of ‘Tamil Nadu’ cricket team as a number of spinners were already there.

• He made his List A debut for ‘Tamil Nadu’ in 2012 against ‘Andhra’ at Bangalore.

• In the same year, he made his first-class debut against ‘Vidarbha’ in ‘2012-2013 Ranji Trophy’ at Nagpur, in which he scored 63 runs not out and also picked 2 wickets.

• ‘Chennai Super Kings’ bought him three times in 2013, 2014, and 2015 for the ‘Indian Premier League’ (IPL) auction but he played only one game in all 3 seasons.

• In the 2014-2015 season, he scored 577 runs in just 7 matches.

• His consistent great performance helped him to play for ‘India A’ and he made his debut against ‘Australia A.’

• In 2016, ‘Sunrisers Hyderabad’ (SRH) bought him for Rs 35 lakhs for the ‘2016 IPL’ auction.

• In November 2017, he got an opportunity to be the part of ‘India’ squad for their Test series against ‘Sri Lanka’ after replacing Bhuvneshwar Kumar but wasn’t in the playing XI.

• In 2018, he got another opportunity to make his debut for ‘India’ in ‘2018 Nidahas Trophy’ (T20I).

• In the same year, ‘Delhi Daredevils’ (DD) bought him for Rs 3.2 crore for the ‘2018 IPL’ auction.