Murali Vijay
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Murali Vijay (born 1 April 1984) is an Indian international cricketer who plays as a right-handed opening batsman.
A regular member of the Indian Test team, he also represents Tamil Nadu in first-class cricket and Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League.
Having started playing cricket at the age of 17, Vijay played club cricket in Chennai before he was selected in the Tamil Nadu Under-22 team.
He quickly came up the ranks and made his first-class debut for the Tamil Nadu senior team in 2006.
He was one of the top run-scorers of the 2006-07 Ranji Trophy, which was his maiden first-class tournament.
By October 2008, he went on to represent South Zone, India Red and India A, and in November 2008, he was handed his Test debut after regular opener Gautam Gambhir was banned for one match by the ICC.
Personal life
Vijay is married to Nikita Vanjara who was earlier married to Dinesh Karthik, but later got divorced.The couple have two sons and one daughter.
Early career
Vijay was born in Madras, Tamil Nadu, India. At the age of 17, he began playing cricket. In 2003, he first played club cricket in Chennai for Alwarpet. He was later selected in the Tamil Nadu Under-22 squad for the 2004-05 CK Nayudu Trophy. The tournament was won by Tamil Nadu Under-22, but Vijay averaged just 26.45 in six matches, in the first round. In 2005, he began playing club cricket before being selected again in the Tamil Nadu Under-22 squad for the 2005-06 CK Nayudu Trophy. In three matches, he failed to impress once more, averaging 26.50.
Vijay was selected in the Tamil Nadu squad for the Ranji One-day Trophy in February 2006 despite his below-average results in club cricket and Under-22 tournaments. He played his senior cricket in Tamil Nadu's last group fixture of the tournament, against Karnataka on February 16th, scoring 17 runs. In the quarterfinals against Railways, he scored 38 runs. He defeated the Railways who won the match by a single run.
Vijay came to fame during the 2006-07 Ranji Trophy, his first-class season, in which he finished third highest run-getter of the tournament, only behind Karnataka's Robin Uthappa and Bengal's Manoj Tiwary. He made his first-class debut against Delhi and scored a fifty in his debut innings. He played 628 runs at an average of more than 52, including two centuries and a fifty. He maintained his good form in the 2006-10 Ranji One-day Trophy by scoring 277 runs in seven matches for an average of 39.57 and a high-scoring score of 112.
Vijay played in all seven matches of Tamil Nadu and averaged 582 runs per cent, including a high-scoring of 230* against Saurashtra. He was selected in the South Zone squad for the 2007-08 Duleep Trophy following the conclusion of the Ranji Trophy. In the first match against North Zone, he batted at 3 a.m. and scored a duck and 39. He scored 46 runs and registered another duck in the second innings while opening the batting in the second game against East Zone, batting at 3 batting at 3 p.m. Vijay won the Vijay Hazare Trophy (earlier: Ranji One-Day Trophy) and followed, playing seven matches in which he opened the innings thrice and batted at 3 on four occasions. He found success batting at 3, batting back-to-back hundreds against Hyderabad and Andhra.
Vijay was selected in the India A team in September 2008 to face the touring New Zealand A team in two 4-day matches. In the first match, he maintained his good form and scored 45 and 59, assisting India A in defeat by 129 runs. In the second match, in which New Zealand A won by a landslide, he opened the innings and scored 98 and 0. Vijay was selected in the India Red team for the Challenger Trophy in October 2008. He started as an opener and finished second among the tournament's top run-corers with 164 runs from three matches averaged 54.66.
Test career
In the fourth and final Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Nagpur in November 2008, Vijay made his Test debut against Australia. In the Third Test of the same series in Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi, Gautam Gambhir was suspended for the match. Vijay was playing in a Ranji trophy match at the time and made his Test debut on the last day of the match.
"His defensive shots are so assured" as a result of Vijay's tactics. He seems to be in control of both front and back foot. And if he attacks, he doesn't attack the deliveries at all. I can see why this young man is playing" in this video.
Vijay partnered Virender Sehwag, and India got off to a good start in both innings. Vijay earned 33 and 41, adding to the opening stands of 98 and 116. Vijay caused the first wicket to fall, running out Matthew Hayden with a direct hit from mid on during Australia's first innings. Hayden was attempting a quick single. At a silly time, Michael Hussey was then drafted out of the field at a ridiculous rate. Hussey was unaware that Vijay had intercepted the ball at close range and instinctively took a step out of his crease in anticipation of a run, but Vijay had thrown down the stumps by then. Brett Lee was caught at bat pad from Harbhajan Singh's bowling to finish his first catch in the second innings.
Vijay was selected in the Indian ODI squad for the first three matches against the touring England team after his success in his debut Test. He did not get to play and was suspended after the first three matches after returning from a break.
Vijay was given another opportunity in the Test team when Gambhir pulled out of the Third and final Test against Sri Lanka at Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai in December 2009 in order to attend his sister's wedding. In Sri Lanka's first innings, Vijay took two catches at Harbhajan's bat pad. Sehwag replied with 221 for the first wicket but then had to be out for 87 in the midst of his maiden Test century. The Indians went on to win by an innings and claim the top Test team.
Vijay was brought on as the reserve batsman on the tour of Bangladesh in January 2010, and after V. V. Laxman injured a finger in the First Test, he was called into the team. Vijay performed in the second Test in Mirpur, Laxman's No. 2nd Test. In the top five positions, scoring 30. No. 81 is the same as a no. 0 in the same match. Rahul Dravid, a three-batsman, was hurt after being struck in the chest by a bouncer, so Vijay played in Dravid's position against South Africa in the two-Test home series.
In August 2010, he was named as the reserve opener for away series against Sri Lanka in August 2010 and the home series against Australia in October 2010. After Gambhir was injured, he participated in the Second and Third Tests against Sri Lanka. When Gambhir was injured in the first match against Australia and was ruled out of the Second Test, he had a second chance. Vijay scored 139 runs in the first innings, his second Test century, and he appeared in a triple-century collaboration with Sachin Tendulkar. Vijay and debutant Cheteshwar Pujara won by 72 runs, completing India's 2–0 series.
Despite being dropped from the national team, Gautam Gambhir was reinstated in the 2013 home series against Australia, replacing out-of-form Gautam Gambhir. Despite Vijay's loss in the first test, he scored an assured and fast 167 in the second Test, putting on a 370-run partnership with Cheteshwar Pujara (204). With debutant Shikhar Dhawan's second consecutive score (153) in the third test at Mohali, he scored his second straight 150+ score (153) with a solid opening stand of 289 off just 174 balls. Sachin Tendulkar (37), who scored 92 runs for the third wicket, then added 92 runs for the third wicket. He had an amazing run against Australia and was the nation's highest scorer with 430 runs, two centuries in total, with two centuries spanning 150+ and an amazing half century.
Vijay scored his first Test century outside of India in July 2014 at Trent Bridge against England. He finished as the best run scorer for India in the series with 402 runs from five matches.
Vijay scored a patient and a steady 99 at the Adelaide Oval in the fourth innings as India tour Australia later this year, bringing up a 185-plus-48 partnership with skipper Virat Kohli to nearly lift India to an improbable victory. His deposition caused the batting slump, and India lost the test by a slim margin. In the second test at the Gabba, Brisbane, Vijay was at his fluent best. On the first day, he scored 144 runs at a brisk pace to bring India to a point of briskness. This was the highest score by an Indian at the time.
In a one-match Test series against Bangladesh in June 2015, he scored his sixth Test century.
ODI career
In the third and final one dayer on February 27, 2010, Vijay made her debut in ODIs against South Africa. He scored a brisk 25 runs off 16 balls.
During a tri-nations tournament in Zimbabwe, he began a complete series, although India's majority of the first-choice squad was missing. Vijay failed in India's fourth match and was disqualified after coming last behind Zimbabwe.
Vijay was selected for the New Zealand 5 ODI series 2010 and he appeared in the first 3 ODI series, in which he scored an average of 30 points. He was later substituted by wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel for other 2 ODI matches.
International T20 career
Vijay was chosen for the 2010 ICC World Twenty2020 Championships in Vijay. In India's turbulent campaign, he did not do well and didn't get off to a promising start in any of the matches.
Indian Premier League career
Vijay played for his hometown team, Chennai Super Kings, in the Indian Premier League until the sixth season of the competition before transferring to Delhi Daredevils. In April 2016, he was named captain of Kings XI Punjab after replacing South African David Miller in the middle of the season. Due to wrist surgery, he missed the entire 2017 season.