Murali Vijay announces retirement from all forms of international cricket

Murali Vijay announces retirement from all forms of international cricket

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Category : Sports Published on: February 01 2023

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  • Former India opener Murali Vijay announced his retirement from all forms of international cricket.
  • Vijay made his Indian squad Test debut in November 2008 after a successful run in the Ranji trophy, South Zone, India Red and India A tournaments. 
  • Within the span of 61 Test matches he amassed 3982 runs while playing for India with 12 centuries.
  • He last played for India in December 2018 during the Border-Gavaskar Test series against Australia.
  • Murali appeared in 17 ODIs and nine T20Is for India during his international career that began back in 2008.
  • He scored 339 runs in ODIs with a solitary half-century and 169 runs in T20Is.
  • He also played 135 first-class and 94 List A cricket matches for Tamil Nadu, last appearing in late 2019. Murali also appeared in 106 IPL matches, scoring 2619 runs with two tons and 13 fifties, last appearing in September 2020.
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