Touted largely as India's first-choice opener in red-ball cricket - Murali Vijay plays an immensely important role in Indian team's batting line-up. Seen as an all-conditions' batting expert, Vijay had consistently proved his mettle in overseas conditions with his adaptable batting technique. He has the ability to stand up tall on the bouncy pitches of Australia and South Africa, and can also easily counter the seam and swing movement of the Dukes in English conditions. Just like any other Indian batsmen, Vijay can play spin exceptionally well with nimble foot movement that helps him to get to the pitch of the ball and play accordingly. After the toils of first-class cricket for his state side - Tamil Nadu, Vijay became famous for converting starts into huge scores. One of those big scores came in a 462-run opening stand with compatriot Abhinav Mukund, which earned him a Test call-up in 2008-09. He was called as replacement for Gautam Gambhir in the fourth Test against Australia in Nagpur. Post that, Vijay never looked back and went on to establish himself as a seasoned campaigner for the Indian team particularly in cricket's most challenging format - Test cricket. He is just as valuable to the Indian team as compared to Kohli, Pujara or Rahane and is India's go-to man at the highest level for the toughest conditions. In the glitzy Indian Premier League, the Chennai-born batsman plays for two-time champions Chennai Super Kings. Major teams: India, Chennai Super Kings, Delhi Daredevils, Kings XI Punjab, Lyca Kovai Kings, Tamil Nadu Playing role: Opening batsman Batting style: Right-hand bat Bowling style: Right-arm offbreak
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Kings XI Punjab on Friday announced Australian big-hitter Glenn Mxwell as the captain of the side for the upcoming 10th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), to be played April 5 to May 21.
India reached 348/6 in the first innings at tea on the third day of the fourth Test against England here on Saturday.
Riding on brilliant centuries from opener Murali Vijay (126) and Cheteshwar Pujara (124), India reached 319/4 at stumps on day three of the opening Test against England today. Showing great fortitude in the face of
Kings XI Punjab has replaced David Miller with Murali Vijay as the skipper of the side for the remaining matches of the ongoing Indian Premier League 2016.
Dubai: Indian opener Murali Vijay was on Sunday fined 30 per cent of his match fee for showing dissent against the umpire after being given out in the ongoing fourth and final cricket Test against
New Delhi: Their own families caught in the devastating Chennai floods, Indian cricket team members R Ashwin and Murali Vijay said they have been pained by the loss of life in the disaster and will
New Delhi: Batting legend Sunil Gavaskar today criticised the performance of India's top-order batsmen save Murali Vijay terming their effort as "below-par" despite the pitch being a tricky one.Asked about how would he rate the
Nagpur: In-form opener Murali Vijay feels the intense pressure put on the visiting South African batsmen by India's spin bowlers has paved the way for the home team's domination of the four-match Test series so
Dubai: Riding on his good showing in India's win in the first Test against South Africa, opener Murali Vijay rose eight places to be the best-ranked Indian batsmen at number eleven in the ICC batting
As wickets tumbled on Day 1 and a large part of Day 2 of the Mohali Test between India and South Africa, it looked like the match would end in three days.But in the last
New Delhi: Team India's long wait to play a test series will finally end tomorrow. After a gap of two years, Indian Team will play a test series under home conditions. Team India's record at
New Delhi: Looking forward to the challenge of facing Dale Steyn in the upcoming four-match Test series against South Africa, Indian opener Lokesh Rahul has said playing the speedster in the longer format is a
New Delhi: Praising Team Director Ravi Shastri for lifting the morale, Test opener Murali Vijay has said that the former all-rounder has entered the Indian cricket dressing room at the right time as things have
Galle: India opener Murali Vijay has been ruled out of the first cricket Test against Sri Lanka with a hamstring injury.In Vijay's absence from the game beginning here on Wednesday, India are likely to open
Harare: Robin Utthapa top scored for Team India scoring an unbeaten 39 runs from 35 balls and were well supported by Indian opening pair of Rahane and Murali Vijay. Chris Mpofu was the peak of
Harare: India rode on a solid all-round performance to comfortably crush Zimbabwe by 62 runs in the second One Day International, thereby taking an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match cricket series, here today.Batting first,
Harare: Murali Vijay and skipper Ajinkya Rahane scored sedate half-centuries as India registered a decent 271 for eight in the second cricket One-day International against Zimbabwe here today.Sent into bat by host captain Elton Chigumbura,
Chennai : After being selected in the limited overs series against Zimbabwe, India batsman Murali Vijay said following couple a good run in Tests, he expected to be called up in the One-Day Internationals (ODI),
Fatullah: Claiming to be a much-improved batsman, India's Shikhar Dhawan, who returned to form with a blazing 173 in the ongoing one-off Test against Bangladesh, today said that many more big stands are in
Fatullah: With India ending the rain-hit third day at 462/6 in their first innings of the lone cricket Test against Bangladesh here on Friday, opener Murali Vijay hoped the team can do something special in
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