Vijay Shankar

Vijay Shankar

Shankar during a Vijay Hazare Trophy match at Bangalore 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
2014	Chennai Super Kings
2016–2017	Sunrisers Hyderabad
2018	Delhi Daredevils
2019–2021	Sunrisers Hyderabad
2022–present	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

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 plays for Gujarat Titans team in Indian Premier League (IPL) from the year 2022.