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Murali Vijay

Indian cricketer

In this Indian name, the name Murali is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Vijay.

Murali Vijay (born 1 April ) is a former Indian international cricketer. He was a right-handed opening batter and an occasional right-arm off break bowler. He has represented the Indian cricket team and played for Tamil Nadu in domestic first-class cricket. He was a member of the Indian team that won the ICC Champions Trophy.

In , Vijay started playing cricket at the college level before he was selected for the Tamil Nadu under cricket team. He made his first-class debut for Tamil Nadu in and was amongst the top run-scorers in the –07 Ranji Trophy, which was his maiden first-class tournament. In , he was called up to the South Zone cricket team that played for the Duleep Trophy and later to the India A side that faced the touring New Zealand A team. He made his test debut against Australia in November when the team's regular opener Gautam Gambhir was not available. After a brief run in the side playing test cricket, he played his first ODI against the touring South African team in February

Vijay is noted as a good timer of the ball, who tends to play off his front foot and prefer his fore-arm wrists to play the shots. Known for his ability to bat for longer periods of time, he played mainly test cricket for India. After a start-stop initial few years, he became a regular in the Indian test teams after his call back to the side during the home series against Australia in , in which he scored back to back centuries. He was one of the designated opening batsmen in the away tours, the highlight of which included the series against England in which he was the top run getter. Though he played his last ODI in , he continued to play tests for India regularly. After a good series against England in early , his returns diminished over the next two seasons and he played his last test in December He finished his career with runs in 61 test matches at an average of over 38 to go with the runs he accumulated in 17 ODIs.

Vijay played for three franchises in the Indian Premier League (IPL) T20 cricket tournament. He represented the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) for seven season across two stints and in and He was also the top run scorer in the Champions League Twenty20, which was won by CSK. He had a short stint with Delhi Daredevils in before he was part of the Kings XI Punjab side for three seasons including the season as captain. He scored runs in matches with two centuries in the IPL. He also captained the Kovai Kings side in the Tamil Nadu Premier League in and He announced his official retirement from all forms of cricket in January In a career spanning more than 20 years, he scored more than 13, runs in all forms of cricket.

Early career

Vijay was born on 1 April in Madras, Tamil Nadu to Murali and Lakshmi.[2][3][4] He started playing college cricket at the age of 17 and was scouted by former Indian cricketer Bharat Arun.[2] He was selected for the Tamil Nadu under squad for the –05 C. K. Nayudu Trophy. Vijay opened the innings and averaged in six matches.[5] He was again chosen to represent the under squad for the –06 C. K. Nayudu Trophy and averaged across three matches.[6] Based on his performances, Vijay was selected in the Tamil Nadu senior squad for the Ranji One-day Trophy in February and scored 17 runs in his senior cricket debut in the last group fixture of the tournament against Karnataka on 16 February.[7] He scored 38 in his second match, which was a quarterfinal loss to the Railways.[8]

Vijay made his first class debut for Tamil Nadu during the Ranji Trophy. He scored a fifty in his first-class debut against Delhi.[9] He accumulated a total of runs at an average of more than 52 including two centuries and finished as the third highest run getter of the tournament in his debut season.[10] He continued his good form in the –07 Ranji One-day Trophy and scored runs in seven matches at an average of with a high-score of [11]

Vijay played in all seven matches of Tamil Nadu in the Ranji Trophy and scored runs at an average of more than His season included two centuries including his high-score of * against Saurashtra.[12][13] In the season, he was also involved in a run partnership for the first wicket with Abhinav Mukund, which was two runs short of the Indian first class record of runs.[14][15] On the back of his performances in the Ranji Trophy, he was named in the South Zone squad that competed for the Duleep Trophy.[16] In the debut match for the team against North Zone, he scored a duck in the first innings and 39 runs in the second.[17] In the second game of the series against East Zone, he had a similar outing where he scored 46 in the first innings and registered a duck in the second while opening the batting.[18] In the –08 Vijay Hazare Trophy that followed, Vijay played seven matches in which he scored more than runs with back-to-back hundreds against Hyderabad and Andhra.[19][20][21]

In September , Vijay was picked in the India A squad to play against the touring New Zealand A team in two four-day matches. He made 45 and 59 in the first match, helping the team win by runs.[22] He opened the innings and scored 98 runs in the second match, in which India lost.[23] In October , Vijay was named in the India Red team for the Challenger Trophy and finished second amongst the highest run-scorers of the tournament with runs from three matches at an average of over [24]

International career

Test debut

When Australia toured India in November , Vijay received his maiden call-up to the Indian team for the fourth test of the Border–Gavaskar Trophy.[25] He made his Test cricket debut at Nagpur after he was selected in place of the regular opener Gautam Gambhir, who had received a one match ban from International Cricket Council (ICC) for elbowing Shane Watson in the previous match of the series.[26][27] He was playing in a Ranji trophy match at the time and was called mid-way to make his test debut.[28] He made 33 and 41, contributing to opening stands of 98 and respectively with Virender Sehwag. He also effected the run out of Matthew Hayden and Michael Hussey during Australia's innings and caught Brett Lee from the bowling of Harbhajan Singh to take his first catch in test cricket.[29]

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[30]

Following his performance in his debut test, Vijay was selected for the Indian ODI squad for the first three matches against the touring England team in November He was not selected in the playing eleven and was dropped after the first three matches upon the return of Sachin Tendulkar.[31] In December , he played the third and final Test against Sri Lanka at Mumbai.[32] He scored 87 runs in a run partnership for the first wicket with Sehwag, which contributed to the Indian victory by an innings.[33][34] Vijay was selected for the Bangladesh tour in January as a reserve batsman and made it to the playing eleven for the second test after V. V. S. Laxman got injured. Vijay scored 30 runs in the second test at Mirpur.[35][36] He was selected for the two test home series against South Africa after Rahul Dravid was injured.[37]

ODI debut and initial years

Vijay made his ODI debut in the third and final match against South Africa at Ahmedabad on 27 February and scored a moderate 25 runs off 16 balls.[38] He made his full series debut during a tri-nations tournament in Zimbabwe but fared poorly scoring just 46 runs across three matches.[39] Despite a poor series in Zimbabwe, his earlier performances were enough for him to be named in the Indian squad for the ICC World Twenty[40] Vijay fared poorly scoring just 57 runs in four matches averaging below [41]

Vijay was selected as the reserve opener for away series against Sri Lanka in August and scored 99 runs across the two test matches he played.[35] In October , he scored his maiden test century when he scored runs in the second test match of Australia's tour of India at Bangalore.[42] Based on his performance in the test series, he was selected in the ODI team for New Zealand's tour of India and India's tour of South Africa. He again fared poorly in the ODIs, scoring only runs across six matches.[38] He played three test matches during the India's tour of West Indies in June but scored a meager 72 runs.[35]

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 [43]

Following poor returns in the last few series, Vijay was not selected to play for India till February , when he was re-called to the side for the home series against Australia.[35] He made back to back centuries in the second and third tests of the series and finished as the highest scorer with runs including two centuries.[44][45] Vijay was part of the Indian squad that won the ICC Champions Trophy but did not play a single match in the series.[46] He played in an ODI match again only in July in the tri-series against West Indies and Sri Lanka scoring 57 runs across two matches.[38]

After his performance against Australia, Vijay became a regular in the Indian test team and played consecutive away series against South Africa and New Zealand.[35] He played all five tests during the tour of England in July and was the top scorer in the series with runs.[47] When India toured Australia in December , Vijay scored 99 runs in a run partnership with his skipper Virat Kohli. The Indian team fell short by 34 runs while chasing a run target in the fourth innings at the Adelaide Oval.[48] He scored runs in the first innings of the second test in Brisbane which equaled the highest score by an Indian at the ground.[49] He scored his sixth Test hundred in the one-match Test series against Bangladesh in June and scored runs across four matches in the home test series against South Africa.[35] He played his last ODI match in July against Zimbabwe.[38]

Later years and retirement

In the home series against England, Vijay scored runs in five tests including two centuries in an Indian series victory.[50] He later played three tests in the home series against Australia but scored just runs.[35] In January , he again fared poorly, scoring only runs in three matches in the away series against South Africa.[51] He scored his last test century in the lone test match against Afghanistan in June [52] He played two tests in the Indian tour of England in August and scored only 26 runs with two ducks.[35] Despite his poor performance in the series, there were calls from retired Indian cricketers for him to be part of the Indian tour of Australia after his performances for Essex in the English County Championship.[53][54] He played his last test match in the series at Perth scoring a duck in the first innings and 20 runs in the second.[55] He was later dropped from the Indian side and never made another appearance for the Indian team.[35][56] He announced his official retirement from all forms of cricket in January [57][58]

T20 career

IPL

Vijay made his debut in the Indian Premier League for his home town franchise, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in [59] In the season, he was amongst the top five run getters after scoring runs to lead CSK to a first title win.[60][61] Vijay was the top run scorer in the Champions League Twenty20 with runs while CSK won the title.[62][63] He had another good season in the IPL, where he scored runs in the second consecutive title win for CSK.[64][65] Vijay scored more than runs in each of the and seasons.[59]

In the IPL auction, he was picked up by Delhi Daredevils.[66][67] He played two seasons for Delhi scoring runs.[59] In April , he was picked up by Kings XI Punjab and replaced South African David Miller as the captain of the side in the middle of the season.[68] He was the top-scorer for the team in the season with runs.[69] He missed out the entire season due to a wrist injury and was released by Kings XI Punjab.[70] In the IPL auction, he went back to Chennai Super Kings and played only six matches across the next three seasons.[71] He finished with runs in matches with two centuries in the IPL.[59]

TNPL

Vijay captained the Kovai Kings side in the first two seasons of Tamil Nadu Premier League in and [72][73] In , he returned to play a short stint for Trichy Warriors in which he scored runs across four matches.[74]

Playing style

Vijay is described as a stylish opening batsman.[75] He is a good timer of the ball and tends to prefer his fore-arm wrists to play the shots.[2] He prefers to play off his front foot.[44] His technique has been compared to that of former Indian batsman VVS Laxman. He used an upright stance on the bouncy wickets outside India and adapted to play the ball late to counter the swing and seam movement. He has a good foot movement and is a better player of spin.[2] He is known for his ability to bat for longer periods of time without losing concentration, fetching him the moniker "The Monk".[1][75] He is known for scoring boundaries by hitting the ball in the air, over the infield and down the ground.[44]

Personal life

Vijay married Nikita Vanjara, who was earlier married to his Tamil Nadu teammate Dinesh Karthik. The couple have two sons and a daughter.[76][77]

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