Murali Vijay

Murali Vijay

Murali Vijay during a practice session with the Indian team
Personal information
Born	(1984-04-01) 1 April 1984 (age 40) Madras (now Chennai), Tamil Nadu, India
Nickname	Monk[1]
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off break
Role	Opening batsman
Relations	Nikita Vanjara (Wife)
International information
National side	India (2008–18)
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
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2005–19	Tamil Nadu
2009–13	Chennai Super Kings (squad no. 8)
2014	Delhi Daredevils (squad no. 8)
2015–17	Kings XI Punjab (squad no. 8)
2018–20	Chennai Super Kings (squad no. 1)
2018	Essex (squad no. 8)
2019	Somerset (squad no. 1)
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 61 17 135 94 Runs scored 3,982 339 9,205 3,644 Batting average 38.29 21.18 41.84 40.04 100s/50s 12/15 0/1 25/38 8/19 Top score 167 72 266 155 Balls bowled 354 36 1,073 287 Wickets 1 1 11 9 Bowling average 198.00 37.00 56.27 29.33 5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 1/12 1/19 3/46 3/13 Catches/stumpings 49/– 9/– 118/– 42/–
Medal record Men's Cricket Representing  India ICC Champions Trophy Winner 2013 England and Wales
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 24 May 2021

Murali Vijay (born 1 April 1984) is a former Indian international cricketer. He is a right-handed opening batter and an occasional right-arm off break bowler. He had represented the Indian cricket team and played for Tamil Nadu in domestic first-class cricket. Vijay was a member of the Indian team that won the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy. He has also played for Chennai Super Kings, Delhi Daredevils and Kings XI Punjab in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

In 2001, Vijay started playing club cricket in Chennai before he was selected in the Tamil Nadu under-22 cricket team. He made his first-class debut for the Tamil Nadu in 2006 and was amongst the top run-scorers in the 2006–07 Ranji Trophy, which was his maiden first-class tournament. In 2008, he was called up to the South Zone cricket team and later India A. He made his test debut in November 2008 after the team's regular opener Gautam Gambhir was banned for one match by the ICC.

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.^[3]