Vijay Shankar described his inspiration for leaving Tamil Nadu and signing up with Tripura ahead of the 2025-26 domestic season, stating that he never ever felt genuinely safe and secure with the selectors throughout his period. He got backing from TNCA authorities, other selectors did not provide him self-confidence in his location.
Reviewing his time there, he shared, “Except for TNCA authorities I never ever got any safe sensation when it concerns the selectors or whoever existed. At one point, I chose I require to take a call. I mored than happy that a minimum of our coach (M Senthilnathan) showed up and informed what they were believing. I felt after a point, there is no point staying here, and attempting to still combat it out to play in this setup was rather tough. I believed, ‘fine, I need to proceed’ and keep an eye out for chances,” as he informed Indian Express.
Just recently, Shankar was provided a No-Objection Certificate by the TNCA, permitting him to pursue choices with a brand-new group. This advancement followed he experienced minimal chances, consisting of being dropped after the preliminary of the Buchi Babu competition in spite of betting the TNCA President’s XI. He thought that continuing to contend for an area ended up being significantly difficult, leading him to look for more routine possibilities to play all formats by moving to Tripura.
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Vijay Shankar, now prepared for a brand-new stage in his cricketing journey, will be associating fellow gamers Hanuma Vihari and Swapnil Singh at Tripura. Discussing his future, he mentioned, “Whatever I have actually dealt with in my profession, I believe those things will absolutely assist. Since, the most essential thing for me is to share what I have actually discovered. If I am sharing something, then I will be extremely positive about whatever I state. Absolutely, eagerly anticipating sharing my understanding, share my experience. Looking forward to in fact getting to find out from them. Since they have a various culture there. Yeah. It’s extremely essential to discover that. Knowing is something that’s never ever ending. I will keep doing that.”
Shankar had actually contributed substantially to Tamil Nadu cricket in his 13-year association, becoming part of their successes in competitions such as Vijay Hazare, Deodhar Trophy, and Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Throughout the 2024-25 season, he was not chosen for the opening 2 Ranji Trophy matches and invested much of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy benched. His profession started in 2012 with his Ranji launching, where he developed himself as a crucial middle-order batter, partnering with B Indrajith. Over 81 Ranji Trophy innings, he scored 3,142 perform at approximately 44.25, consisting of 11 centuries and 16 half-centuries, and declared 43 wickets with his medium rate.