Hanuma Vihari's move came after assurance from a Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader when the senior batter had made plans to move to Madhya Pradesh as his domestic team. Vihari had vowed never to play for Andhra again after a public spat with a player in the side, who had political connections.
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Hanuma Vihari is a domestic veteran with 124 first-class matches. The right-handed batter has scored 9325 runs in the circuit with the help of 24 hundreds and 49 half-centuries.
Veteran red-ball batter Hanuma Vihari has confirmed his departure from the Andhra Cricket Association after the end of the Ranji Trophy 2024 campaign. In a thriller, Andhra lost to Madhya Pradesh by just four runs in the quarter-finals as the visitors failed to chase a target of 170 runs.
Ranji Trophy 2023 champions Saurashtra led by Jaydev Unadkat will be up against Rest of India led by Hanuma Vihari in the Irani Cup clash. Rest of India features some of the out-of-favour players including Mayank Agarwal and Vihari himself and a good game could be their ticket to South Africa.
Hanuma Vihari-led Andhra were knocked out by Madhya Pradesh in the quarter-final of Ranji Trophy 2022-23 but he guided South Zone to Duleep Trophy glory this month.
Several players have been dropped unceremoniously before and there has been no communication from the selectors it seems with the players over the same.
With places of few cricketers under the scanner, Duleep Trophy presents the best chance to some of the players to stake their claim once again to get picked in Indian team.
The right-handed batsman not only played with his left hand to prevent further injuries to his broken wrist but also batted with one hand on most occasions.
WATCH: The Andhra Pradesh side are facing defending champions Madhya Pradesh in the 4th Quarterfinal of the Ranji Trophy 2022/23 season. Hanuma Vihari is the captain of the AP team.
LIVE Saurashtra vs Rest of India, Irani Trophy 2022: Follow for all the latest updates
LIVE Saurashtra vs Rest of India, Irani Trophy 2022: Follow for all the latest updates
Duleep Trophy Final 2022: With this, West Zone has become the most successful team in the Duleep Trophy tournament as they have won record 19 titles. They were earlier tied with North Zone at 18 wins.
South Zone vs West Zone, Day 5, Duleep Trophy Final, Highlights
ith Siraj operating, Bairstow nicked one ball which flew to Vihari at third slip and he completely lost sight of it and missed it.
With the experienced Rohit out of the playing eleven, seasoned Cheteshwar Pujara has a good chance of opening the batting with young Shubman Gill.
Vihari, Indian cricket's 'Tough Runs Man' has never had it easy in terms of chances as he has played only one of his 13 Tests at home and it was skipper Virat Kohli's back spasms and Shreyas Iyer's stomach bug that opened the door for another chance.
At the close of play, Kishan was batting on 86 off 141 balls with the help of 12 boundaries and one six, while Vihari scored 63 off 170 balls.
Ahead of the 2016/17 season, he had moved to Andhra Pradesh mainly for better prospects. He went on to debut for India in Test cricket in 2018 while being a part of Andhra in domestic cricket.
Vihari could be added to the openers lot comprising Rohit Sharma, Mayank Agarwal and Abhimanyu Easwaran.
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