‘Cricket is my life’: Vijay Shankar retires from all forms of Indian cricket
India all-rounder Vijay Shankar has announced his retirement from domestic cricket and the IPL, ending a career that included the 2019 ODI World Cup and IPL success.
India all-rounder Vijay Shankar has announced his retirement from domestic cricket and the IPL, ending a career that included the 2019 ODI World Cup and IPL success.
Vijay Shankar would have been targeting a good show in this year's IPL to stake a claim in the Indian squad for the ICC T20 World Cup in Australia.
Eyeing a return to the Indian senior team, the 20-year-old Shaw struck 22 fours and two sixes during his blazing knock at the Bert Sutcliffe Oval.
Bangar largely retained the same squad that played against Bangladesh at home in November.
The India ‘A' team doesn't undergo the Yo-Yo test anymore, but Pandya failed the mandatory fitness test that a player undergoes while making a comeback post-rehabilitation.
Taking a jibe at the selectors, the southpaw said: "Five selectors combined would not have made the runs Rayudu has in his career. I feel extremely sad about this retirement.
Rayudu has played 55 ODI matches for India and scored 1,694 runs at an average of 47.06, including 3 centuries and 10 half-centuries.
Vijay Shankar had a memorable game against Pakistan in which he picked up a wicket of his very first ball in the World Cup becoming the first Indian to do so.
Vijay Shankar, who currently plays at India's much-debated number four slot in the batting order has failed to book a spot for himself with mediocre scores of 29 against Afghanistan and 14 versus the West Indies.
Earlier, Virat Kohli's deputy Rohit Sharma had also said that Dhoni should bat at the number four spot as that it is the "ideal" position for the wicketkeeper-batsman.
