Murali Vijay
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Relations | Nikita Vanjara (Wife) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut (cap 260) | 6 November 2008 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 14 December 2018 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut (cap 181) | 27 February 2010 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 9 July 2015 v Zimbabwe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI shirt no. | 8 (formerly 26) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I debut (cap 27) | 1 May 2010 v Afghanistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 19 July 2015 v Zimbabwe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I shirt no. | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2005–19 | Kings XI Punjab (squad no. 8) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018–20 | Chennai Super Kings (squad no. 1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | Essex (squad no. 8) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | Somerset (squad no. 1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 24 May 2021 |
Murali Vijay (born 1 April 1984) is a former Indian international
In 2001, Vijay started playing
Vijay played mainly test cricket for India and scored in 3982 runs in 61 matches at an average of over 38. He retired from all forms of international cricket in January 2023.[2]
Early career
Vijay was born in
Vijay made his
Vijay played in all seven matches of Tamil Nadu in the
In September 2008, Vijay was picked in the
International career
Test debut
In
His defensive shots are so assured. And he looks comfortable of both front and back foot. And when he attacks, he doesn't go hard at the deliveries. I can see why this young man is playing.
—Former Australian captain Allan Border[23]
Following his performance in his debut test, Vijay was selected for the Indian
In
ODI debut and test regular
Vijay made his
Vijay was selected as the reserve opener for away series against Sri Lanka in August 2010 and played two test matches scoring 99 runs.[28] In October 2010, he scored his maiden test century when he scored 139 runs during the second test match of Australia's tour of India at Bangalore.[35] Vijay was selected in the ODI team for New Zealand's tour of India and India's tour of South Africa but scored only 100 runs across six matches.[31] He played three matches during India's tour of West Indies in June 2011 and scored only 72 runs.[28]
Middle years: comeback and test regular
"My main focus was on getting out of the habit of those scores of 30s and 40s because they really haunted me. I had a chat with my coach, Jaykumar, during which we came out with three points: shot selection, shot selection and shot selection. Nothing was wrong technically with my batting, it was only the shot selection that went wrong. Then it came down to fitness - whether I was throwing it away because I got tired? We worked on small aspects like that and it is paying dividends now."
—Vijay on his batting turnaround in 2014[36]
Following poor returns, Vijay was not selected to play for India till February 2013 when he was re-called to the side for the home series against Australia. He made back to back centuries in the second and third tests of the series and finished as the highest scorer of the series with 430 runs including two centuries.[37] Vijay was part of the Indian squad that won the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy but did not play a single match in the series.[38] He played in an ODI match again only in July 2013 in the tri-series against West Indies and Sri Lanka scoring 57 runs across two innings.[31]
Vijay became a regular in the Indian test team and played consecutive away series against
Later years and retirement
In the
T20 career
IPL
Vijay made his debut in the Indian Premier League for his home town franchise, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in 2009.[46] In the 2010 season, Vijay was amongst the top 5 run getters scoring 458 runs to lead CSK to a first tile win.[47] Vijay was the top run scorer in the 2010 Champions League Twenty20 with 294 runs leading CSK to the title.[48] In the 2011 season, he scored 434 runs in the second consecutive title win for CSK.[49] Vijay scored more than 300 runs in each of the 2012 and 2013 seasons.[46]
In the
He missed out the entire
TNPL
Vijay captained the Kovai Kings side in the inaugural season of Tamil Nadu Premier League in 2016.[54] In 2022, Vijay returned to play for Trichy Warriors and scored 224 runs in four matches.[55]
Personal life
Vijay is married to Nikita Vanjara who was earlier married to Dinesh Karthik but later got divorced.[56][57] The couple have three sons and one daughter.[56]
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