Vishnu Vinod
Vishnu Vinod (born 2 December 1993) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Kerala in domestic cricket and Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League (IPL).[1] He is a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper.[2]
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| Born | 2 December 1993 Kalliseri, Thiruvalla, Pathanamthitta | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right arm (unknown style) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper, batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014—present | Kerala | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Royal Challengers Bangalore (squad no. 4) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 18 May 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Early lifeEdit
Vishnu was born on 2 December 1993 on Kallisseri of Thiruvalla in Pathanamthitta district of Kerala. He did his schooling on MGM Higher Secondary School, Thiruvalla and High School Ranni, Perunad. He completed his graduation on BA Political Science from Mar Thoma College, Thiruvalla.[3]
Domestic careerEdit
He made his Twenty20 debut against Karnataka in 2014-15 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy season for Kerala on 3 April 2014.[4] He made his List A debut against Hyderabad in 2014-15 Vijay Hazare Trophy season Kerala on 10 November 2014.[5] He made his first-class debut for Kerala in the 2016–17 Ranji Trophy on 5 November 2016.[6]
In October 2019, he was named in India A's squad for the 2019–20 Deodhar Trophy.[7] He played both the matches ending up with a forgettable tournament with a total of 23 runs from 2 matches with an average of 11.50.
He was the top run scorer of Kerala on 2019-20 Vijay Hazare Trophy scoring 508 runs from 8 matches with an average of 63.50 including 3 centuries.[8][9]
Indian Premier LeagueEdit
Vishnu was signed to play for Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2017 IPL as a replacement to wicket-keeper batsman KL Rahul who was ruled out of the tournament.[10][3] He played 3 matches in the season scoring a total of 19 runs with an average of 6.33 per match and wasn't retained by the team in the next season. He went unsold in 2018,[11] 2019[12] and 2020[13] seasons of Indian Premier League.[14] In February 2021, Vinod was bought by the Delhi Capitals in the IPL auction ahead of the 2021 Indian Premier League.[15][16][17]
Playing styleEdit
Vishnu is an attacking opening batsman who is a flexible player who can play lower in the order as well.[18] Apart from being a handy wicket-keeper, he is a very good outfielder as well. He has impressed the critics with his six-hitting ability in domestic arena.[19][3]
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ "Vishnu Vinod". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
- ↑ "Vishnu Vinod". Cricket Archive.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "All you want to know about RCB's new Kerala wicketkeeper Vishnu Vinod". Asianet Newsable.
- ↑ "South Zone, Visakhapatnam, Apr 3 2014, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy". ESPN Cricinfo. 3 April 2014.
- ↑ "South Zone, Secunderabad, Nov 10 2014, Vijay Hazare Trophy". ESPN Cricinfo. 10 November 2014.
- ↑ "Ranji Trophy, Group C: Kerala v Haryana at Jaipur, Nov 5-8, 2016". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
- ↑ "Deodhar Trophy 2019: Hanuma Vihari, Parthiv, Shubman to lead; Yashasvi earns call-up". SportStar. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
- ↑ "2019-20 Vijay Hazare Trophy | Most Runs | Kerala". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
- ↑ "Vijay Hazare Trophy: Vishnu Vinod hits third ton of the tournament to end Kerala campaign on a high | Cricket News - Times of India". The Times of India.
- ↑ "RCB sign Vishnu Vinod as replacement to KL Rahul". Crictracker. 7 April 2017.
- ↑ "List of sold and unsold players". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
- ↑ "IPL 2019 auction: The list of sold and unsold players". ESPN Crincinfo. 27 November 2018.
- ↑ "IPL 2020 auction: The list of sold and unsold players". ESPN Cricinfo. 19 December 2019.
- ↑ "IPL auction : 5 unsold Indians from last season the franchises should target : Vishnu Vinod". Sports Keeda.
- ↑ "IPL 2021 auction: The list of sold and unsold players". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
- ↑ "Vishnu Vinod IPL Profile". Delhi Capitals. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
- ↑ "Looking forward to playing with Smith in Delhi Capitals: Vishnu Vinod | Cricket News - Times of India". The Times of India.
- ↑ Vishnu Vinod - Cricbuzz
- ↑ "Three players who can effectively replace Rishabh Pant in DC : Vishnu Vinod". Crictracker. 15 October 2020.