68 Facts About Murali Vijay

Murali Vijay was born on 1 April 1984 and is a former Indian international cricketer.

Murali Vijay was a right-handed opening batter and an occasional right-arm off break bowler.

Murali Vijay has represented the Indian cricket team and played for Tamil Nadu in domestic first-class cricket.

Murali Vijay was a member of the Indian team that won the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy.

In 2001, Vijay started playing cricket at the college level before he was selected for the Tamil Nadu under-22 cricket team.

Murali Vijay made his test debut against Australia in November 2008 when the team's regular opener Gautam Gambhir was not available.

Murali 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.

Murali Vijay was one of the designated opening batsmen in the away tours, the highlight of which included the 2014 series against England in which he was the top run getter.

Murali Vijay finished his career with 3982 runs in 61 test matches at an average of over 38 to go with the 331 runs he accumulated in 17 ODIs.

Murali Vijay played for three franchises in the Indian Premier League T20 cricket tournament.

Murali Vijay represented the Chennai Super Kings for seven season across two stints and in 2010 and 2011.

Murali Vijay was the top run scorer in the 2010 Champions League Twenty20, which was won by CSK.

Murali Vijay had a short stint with Delhi Daredevils in 2014 before he was part of the Kings XI Punjab side for three seasons including the 2016 season as captain.

Murali Vijay scored 2619 runs in 106 matches with two centuries in the IPL.

Murali Vijay captained the Kovai Kings side in the Tamil Nadu Premier League in 2016 and 2017.

Murali Vijay announced his official retirement from all forms of cricket in January 2023.

Murali Vijay started playing college cricket at the age of 17 and was scouted by former Indian cricketer Bharat Arun.

Murali Vijay opened the innings and averaged 26.45 in six matches.

Murali Vijay scored 38 in his second match, which was a quarterfinal loss to the Railways.

Murali Vijay scored a fifty in his first-class debut against Delhi.

Murali Vijay accumulated a total of 628 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.

Murali Vijay's season included two centuries including his high-score of 230* against Saurashtra.

In September 2008, Murali Vijay was picked in the India A squad to play against the touring New Zealand A team in two four-day matches.

Murali Vijay made 45 and 59 in the first match, helping the team win by 129 runs.

Murali Vijay opened the innings and scored 98 runs in the second match, in which India lost.

In October 2008, Murali Vijay was named in the India Red team for the Challenger Trophy and finished second amongst the highest run-scorers of the tournament with 164 runs from three matches at an average of over 54.

Murali Vijay 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 for elbowing Shane Watson in the previous match of the series.

Murali Vijay was playing in a Ranji trophy match at the time and was called mid-way to make his test debut.

Murali Vijay made 33 and 41, contributing to opening stands of 98 and 116 respectively with Virender Sehwag.

Murali Vijay was not selected in the playing eleven and was dropped after the first three matches upon the return of Sachin Tendulkar.

Murali Vijay scored 87 runs in a 221 run partnership for the first wicket with Sehwag, which contributed to the Indian victory by an innings.

Murali Vijay was selected for the two test home series against South Africa after Rahul Dravid was injured.

Murali Vijay made his ODI debut in the third and final match against South Africa at Ahmedabad on 27 February 2010 and scored a moderate 25 runs off 16 balls.

Murali Vijay made his full series debut during a tri-nations tournament in Zimbabwe but fared poorly scoring just 46 runs across three matches.

Murali Vijay fared poorly scoring just 57 runs in four matches averaging below 15.

Murali Vijay was selected as the reserve opener for away series against Sri Lanka in August 2010 and scored 99 runs across the two test matches he played.

Murali Vijay again fared poorly in the ODIs, scoring only 100 runs across six matches.

Murali Vijay played three test matches during the India's tour of West Indies in June 2011 but scored a meager 72 runs.

Murali Vijay made back to back centuries in the second and third tests of the series and finished as the highest scorer with 430 runs including two centuries.

Murali Vijay was part of the Indian squad that won the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy but did not play a single match in the series.

Murali Vijay played in an ODI match again only in July 2013 in the tri-series against West Indies and Sri Lanka scoring 57 runs across two matches.

Murali Vijay played all five tests during the tour of England in July 2014 and was the top scorer in the series with 402 runs.

When India toured Australia in December 2014, Murali Vijay scored 99 runs in a 185 run partnership with his skipper Virat Kohli.

Murali Vijay scored 144 runs in the first innings of the second test in Brisbane which equaled the highest score by an Indian at the ground.

Murali Vijay scored his sixth Test hundred in the one-match Test series against Bangladesh in June 2015 and scored 210 runs across four matches in the home test series against South Africa.

Murali Vijay played his last ODI match in July 2015 against Zimbabwe.

Murali Vijay later played three tests in the home series against Australia but scored just 113 runs.

Murali Vijay scored his last test century in the lone test match against Afghanistan in June 2018.

Murali Vijay played two tests in the Indian tour of England in August 2018 and scored only 26 runs with two ducks.

Murali Vijay played his last test match in the series at Perth scoring a duck in the first innings and 20 runs in the second.

Murali Vijay was later dropped from the Indian side and never made another appearance for the Indian team.

Murali Vijay announced his official retirement from all forms of cricket in January 2023.

Murali Vijay made his debut in the Indian Premier League for his home town franchise, Chennai Super Kings in 2009.

Murali Vijay was the top run scorer in the 2010 Champions League Twenty20 with 294 runs while CSK won the title.

Murali Vijay had another good season in the 2011 IPL, where he scored 434 runs in the second consecutive title win for CSK.

Murali Vijay scored more than 300 runs in each of the 2012 and 2013 seasons.

Murali Vijay played two seasons for Delhi scoring 458 runs.

Murali Vijay was the top-scorer for the team in the season with 453 runs.

Murali Vijay missed out the entire 2017 season due to a wrist injury and was released by Kings XI Punjab.

Murali Vijay finished with 2619 runs in 106 matches with two centuries in the IPL.

Murali Vijay captained the Kovai Kings side in the first two seasons of Tamil Nadu Premier League in 2016 and 2017.

Murali Vijay is a good timer of the ball and tends to prefer his fore-arm wrists to play the shots.

Murali Vijay's technique has been compared to that of former Indian batsman VVS Laxman.

Murali Vijay used an upright stance on the bouncy wickets outside India and adapted to play the ball late to counter the swing and seam movement.

Murali Vijay has a good foot movement and is a better player of spin.

Murali Vijay is known for his ability to bat for longer periods of time without losing concentration, fetching him the moniker "The Monk".

Murali Vijay is known for scoring boundaries by hitting the ball in the air, over the infield and down the ground.

Murali Vijay married Nikita Vanjara, who was earlier married to his Tamil Nadu teammate Dinesh Karthik.