Vijay Shankar announces retirement from domestic cricket and IPL

Key facts

• Indian all-rounder Vijay Shankar announced his retirement from domestic cricket and the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the age of 35 to pursue new opportunities.
• Shankar represented India in 12 One Day Internationals (ODIs) and nine T20 Internationals (T20Is) between 2018 and 2019, including a stint in the 2019 ODI World Cup.
• He expressed gratitude to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and cited bowling the final over in India's 500th ODI at Nagpur as a career highlight.
• During his career, he played for four IPL franchises: Chennai Super Kings (CSK), Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), Delhi Capitals (DC), and Gujarat Titans (GT).
• His professional record includes 77 First-Class matches with 4,253 runs and 13 centuries, 112 List A games with 2,790 runs, and 159 T20 matches since 2012.