Hanuma Vihari-led Andhra were knocked out by Madhya Pradesh in the quarter-final of Ranji Trophy 2022-23 but he guided South Zone to Duleep Trophy glory this month.
Several players have been dropped unceremoniously before and there has been no communication from the selectors it seems with the players over the same.
With places of few cricketers under the scanner, Duleep Trophy presents the best chance to some of the players to stake their claim once again to get picked in Indian team.
The right-handed batsman not only played with his left hand to prevent further injuries to his broken wrist but also batted with one hand on most occasions.
WATCH: The Andhra Pradesh side are facing defending champions Madhya Pradesh in the 4th Quarterfinal of the Ranji Trophy 2022/23 season. Hanuma Vihari is the captain of the AP team.
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Duleep Trophy Final 2022: With this, West Zone has become the most successful team in the Duleep Trophy tournament as they have won record 19 titles. They were earlier tied with North Zone at 18 wins.
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ith Siraj operating, Bairstow nicked one ball which flew to Vihari at third slip and he completely lost sight of it and missed it.
With the experienced Rohit out of the playing eleven, seasoned Cheteshwar Pujara has a good chance of opening the batting with young Shubman Gill.
Vihari, Indian cricket's 'Tough Runs Man' has never had it easy in terms of chances as he has played only one of his 13 Tests at home and it was skipper Virat Kohli's back spasms and Shreyas Iyer's stomach bug that opened the door for another chance.
At the close of play, Kishan was batting on 86 off 141 balls with the help of 12 boundaries and one six, while Vihari scored 63 off 170 balls.
Ahead of the 2016/17 season, he had moved to Andhra Pradesh mainly for better prospects. He went on to debut for India in Test cricket in 2018 while being a part of Andhra in domestic cricket.
Vihari could be added to the openers lot comprising Rohit Sharma, Mayank Agarwal and Abhimanyu Easwaran.
Vihari's stint was unproductive as he failed to score twice, made two scores of eight and managed only one half-century. However, he feels the stint gave him an idea of what to expect in England.
Vihari will be making a comeback to the Test squad after missing out in the England series due to injury.
Vihari, while being in the UK for his county stint, has used his Twitter handle to amplify appeals for help.
Vihari, who is set to play a minimum three games for the Birmingham-based county, struggled a lot while facing England international Stuart Broad.
Vihari, who was ignored at the IPL mini-auction this year, then signed a contract to play for Warwickshire.
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