Full Name

Vijay Shankar

Born

January 26, 1991, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu

Age

33y 62d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Medium

Playing Role

Allrounder

A middle-order batsman who can grind attacks and bowl medium-pace, Vijay Shankar established himself as one of the key members of a Tamil Nadu side undergoing transition in 2014-15. Particularly strong off the pads, and with a fondness for driving on the up, Shankar made scores of 111, 82, 91, 103 in the Ranji Trophy knockouts to finish with 577 runs at 57.70 that season, after returning from a groin injury.

He was subsequently rewarded with an India A call up and made an unbeaten half-century on debut against an Australia A attack comprising Gurinder Sandhu, Andrew Fekete, Sean Abbott, and Steve O'Keefe. Shankar also impressed against South Africa A and aimed to become a genuine allrounder, instead of a batsman who can bowl part-time.

As a teenager Shankar had honed his skills on his terrace, which doubled up as a make-shift indoor net, with his father and brother Ajay, who played lower-division cricket in Tamil Nadu. Shankar bowled offspin until he was 20, but switched to medium-pace in a bid to break into a spin-heavy Tamil Nadu side.

At 21, he was handed his first-class debut against Vidarbha in Nagpur, where he scored 63 not out and took two wickets. He had to play understudy to a settled middle order, before his breakthrough season in 2014-15. He had to play understudy at Chennai Super Kings in the IPL as well, getting just a solitary game over three seasons. He was then bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad in the 2016 IPL auction.
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Vijay Shankar Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
ODIs12812234631.8524690.650020470
T20Is9401014325.2573138.350011520
FC648411322613044.19632451.0192136531400
List A1008717244412934.91274689.0021319247400
T20s1361072521886926.681698128.8501015387630

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
ODIs12923321042/152/1552.505.4058.2000
T20Is9612619152/322/3238.209.0925.2000
FC647438752093384/525/8955.073.24101.9200
List A1007924062079584/344/3435.845.1841.4200
T20s136628301138333/123/1234.488.2225.1000
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Recent Matches of Vijay Shankar

MatchBatDateGroundFormat
GT vs CSK1226-Mar-2024ChennaiT20
GT vs MI6*24-Mar-2024AhmedabadT20
Tamil Nadu vs Mumbai44 & 2402-Mar-2024MumbaiFC
Tamil Nadu vs Saurashtra1823-Feb-2024CoimbatoreFC
Tamil Nadu vs Punjab13016-Feb-2024SalemFC

Photos of Vijay Shankar

CSK completed an all-run four after a fielding mix-up between Vijay Shankar and David Miller
B Indrajith and Vijay Shankar rose above the Chepauk conditions
Vijay Shankar scored a valiant 60 off 107 balls with Tamil Nadu chasing 355
Vijay Shankar takes a selfie with fans at Chepauk on the sidelines of the Ranji Trophy
Vijay Shankar hits down the ground
Vijay Shankar visited the Super Kings academy in Salem on the sidelines of the TNPL