This World Cup playing stalwart was suddenly OUT from Team India, now created panic with rapid centuries

Ranji Trophy, Vijay Shankar 3rd consecutive century: Indian cricket team is currently playing limited overs cricket series against New Zealand. The captaincy of the team is handled by experienced opener Rohit Sharma. He decided to bat first after winning the toss in the first ODI in Hyderabad. Meanwhile, a player has been waiting for a chance in Team India for a long time. Interestingly, he has also played the World Cup for India.

century in the third consecutive match

The player who is said to be difficult to find a place in the Indian cricket team has taken the first class cricket by storm. The Indian player being mentioned is none other than Vijay Shankar. Nearly 4 years have passed since Vijay Shankar played with the Indian team. Now even the selectors don't care about him. Especially it can be called impossible for him to play in the upcoming ODI World Cup. Although Vijay Shankar is showing amazing with the bat in Ranji Trophy. He scored a century in the third consecutive match.

Vijay's storm in first class cricket

Vijay Shankar, playing for Tamil Nadu, scored his third consecutive century in first class cricket. He scored 112 runs from 187 balls in the Ranji Trophy Group-B match against Assam. He hit 7 fours and a six in his innings. Apart from him, Pradosh Pal played a brilliant inning of 153 runs in 212 balls. Tamil Nadu made a mammoth score of 540 runs in their first innings. Earlier, Vijay had scored 103 against Mumbai at Brabourne Stadium, then 107 against Maharashtra in Pune. Now he also scored a century in the Group-B match against Assam and scored 112 runs in 187 balls.

Shankar was a part of the World Cup

Vijay Shankar, who was part of the ICC ODI World Cup-2019, has not been able to represent the Indian cricket team since that tournament. When he was included in the team for the World Cup, there was a lot of criticism. Although Vijay Shankar played at number-4 in the tournament. He did not perform anything special. He played the last international match in June-2019. After this, he could never wear Team India's jersey again.

Played 21 matches for India

Vijay Shankar, who is going to turn 32 on January 26 this month, has played 12 ODIs and 9 T20 Internationals so far in his career. He has scored a total of 223 runs in ODIs while 101 runs in T20 International format. He has also taken 4 wickets in ODIs and 5 wickets in T20 Internationals. He has more than 2500 runs in first class cricket.