Candy: Recently retired from Indian cricket. In IPL, domestic cricket will not be seen anymore. Vijay Shankar, known as the ‘3D’ cricketer of Indian cricket, announced his retirement by posting on his social media. This Tamil Nadu cricketer got a call to play in the Lankan Premier League. The right-hander has been invited to play in the franchise league there.

Vijay will be seen playing for Kandy Royals in the Sri Lankan franchise cricket league Lanka Premier League. The former Indian all-rounder will be seen playing for the Kandy franchise in the sixth season of the Lankan Premier League. Lanka Premier League player draft will be held on June 1. Before that, the foreign cricketers who announced to join this league, one of their victories. Riza Hendricks of South Africa, Moeen Ali of England, Shakib Al Hasan of Bangladesh and Sahibzada Farhan of Pakistan are the marquee players in the draft. Apart from Vijay Shankar, Sri Lanka’s star cricketers Angelo Mathews, Wanindu Hasaranga and England’s world-winning all-rounder Moeen Ali will be seen playing for Kandy Royals.

It should be noted that he has played in T20 and ODI formats in the country’s jersey. But Vijay could never match himself in that way. Vijay Shankar was last seen playing in the country’s jersey in the 2019 World Cup. He played in the country’s jersey in the One Day and T20 format. Played in IPL since 2014 season. Although Shankar is not playing for any team this season. No team took him. Did Vijay take the tough decision as a bratya? The 35-year-old all-rounder made a huge statement on his social media about retirement. IPL After saying goodbye to domestic cricket, he also said that he wants to play in foreign leagues. Similarly, within 2 days of his retirement, he got a call from a foreign franchise league.

Vijay Shankar has played for Chennai Super Kings, Gujarat Titans in IPL. However, he could not play an effective role for any franchise. Even injuries hampered Vijay’s career time and again. In 2019, he was criticized even after getting a chance in the ODI World Cup. Selection committee chief MSK Prasad was also criticized for fielding Vijay Shankar instead of the in-form Ambati Rayadu.