Former Indian cricketer Kris Srikkanth has said that he is 'proud' of how the likes of Virat Kohli, Ravichandran Ashwin and Murali Vijay were groomed during his tenure as chief selector.
A lot had changed when IPL had rolled into its fourth edition. There increase in the number of teams, players and a slight change in format was made as well. But formidability factor and the stronghold over the title from CSK remained the same.
Notably, the pair have opened together in 41 Test innings scoring 1748 runs ar 43.70 with three-century stands. They are the third-highest Indian opening pair in Tests
Perry, in conversation with Sony Sports in an Instagram Live session, said that it was very kind of him to pick her name.
Vijay has been part of CSK's three IPL winning campaigns, scoring 2173 runs in 86 innings at 26.50. He is in fact the fourth-highest run-getter in CSK after Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni and Mike Hussey.
Vijay gave the example of the 2014 England series where he and Dhoni shared a 126-run partnership at Trent Bridge.
The incident happened just two balls before tea in the 70th over when Ravichandran Ashwin and Co. vociferously made a caught behind appeal against Pavan Deshpande but it was shot down by umpire Nitin Pandit.
Uttar Pradesh batsman Upendra Yadav scored a 41-ball 70 to power the side to a five-wicket victory over Tamil Nadu in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.
India's out-of-favour opening batsman Murali Vijay has said that he only wants to play cricket, and is not worried about playing for India, or at the 'world level'.
India's out-of-favour opening batsman Murali Vijay will join County side Somerset for a three-game stint. He will be replacing Pakistan's Azhar Ali in the side.
Murali Vijay featured in three Specsavers County Championship matches for Essex last season, scoring over 320 runs at an average of 64.60.
The hugely popular Suresh Raina (56), coming in at number three, was the only batter to post a half-century.
VVS Laxman also said that he was surprised to see India's choice of the new opening pair, while adding that the team management should have backed Murali Vijay.
KL Rahul and Murali Vijay have failed to score big in any of the four innings they had in Australia till now in this tour.
There is no doubt that Virat Kohli and Co. have every right to revel in their hard-fought triumph, a few headaches persist even after the fabulous win.
Dada also sees the tour as an opportunity for Virat Kohli to stamp his name among the greatest captains in the history of Indian cricket.
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Murali Vijay slammed 129 off 132 balls on the fourth and final day of the tour game versus Cricket Australia XI at the SCG.
Murali Vijay and KL Rahul put on an opening stand of 109 runs in the second innings of the tour game as India finished the last day on 211/2 from 43.4 overs.
Murali Vijay hit 16 boundaries and five sixes in his knock of 129 off 132 balls against Cricket Australia XI on the last day of the tour game at the SCG.
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