Vijay, Ashwin and Dravid return a good distance, having performed native league cricket collectively in Chennai within the early 2010s. Vijay additionally labored with Dravid when each had been a part of the India A set-up.
Vijay had scored 223 ODI runs in 12 video games at a mean of 31.85 and a strike charge of 90.65, and 101 T20I runs in 9 matches at 25.25 and 138.35. He performed most of his home cricket for Tamil Nadu, captaining them to title wins within the Vijay Hazare Trophy, Deodhar Trophy and Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy earlier than transferring to Tripura forward of the 2025-26 season. He ended his home profession with a bang, scoring an unbeaten, Participant-of-the-Match-winning 151* in a Ranji Trophy victory over Gujarat in February.
In all, Vijay made 4253 runs in first-class cricket at a mean of 46.73, 2790 Record A runs at 34.87, and 2583 T20 runs at a mean of 26.09 and a strike charge of 128.37. He additionally took 154 wickets in 348 video games throughout codecs.
Within the IPL, he represented Chennai Tremendous Kings, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Delhi Daredevils and Gujarat Titans. He was a part of the SRH aspect that received the title in 2016.
Within the draft in late June, Dublin snapped up Benjamin Calitz, George Dockrell, Matthew Hollard, Craig Younger, Noah Croes and Chris Greaves.
The inaugural season of the ETPL will run from August 26 to September 20 in Eire, Scotland and the Netherlands. The league, launched in partnership with Cricket Eire, Cricket Scotland and the Royal Dutch Cricket Affiliation, options groups from Dublin, Belfast, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Rotterdam and Amsterdam. Additionally it is Europe’s first ICC-sanctioned multi-country franchise T20 league.
R Ashwin (capt), Vijay Shankar, Harry Tector, George Dockrell, James Vince, Daryl Mitchell, Muhammad Waseem, Noah Croes, Ben Calitz, Harmeet Singh, Josh Little, Matthew Hollard, Craig Younger, Chris Greaves, Peter Hatzoglou, Sanjay Krishnamurthi, Chris Wooden
