Indian cricketer — Vijay Shankar, who is set to play for Sunrisers Hyderabad — in the IPL 2020 in the UAE, has got engaged with Vaishali Visweswaran. He shared this joyful news with his fans through an Instagram post. His Indian teammates and friends — KL Rahul, Yuzvendra Chahal and Shreyas Iyer also congratulated the couple for the new beginning.
On his Instagram post, the allrounder Vijay Shankar uploaded two pictures with his fiancee with one ring emoji in the caption.
Also, Karun Nair, Abhinav Mukund and Jayant Yadav also congratulated Vijay Shankar, who would be ready to tour to the UAE over the coming weekend.
IPL 2020 important event for Vijay Shankar:
Earlier, Vijay Shankar was included in the World Cup 2019 squad but surfaced with an injury during the mega event. He was axed from the tournament and Rishabh Pant was introduced in his place. Since then, he has not got his place in the national team.
After making the debut in 2018, Shankar has, so far, represented India in 12 ODIs, scoring 223 runs and nine T20Is, scoring 101 runs. The upcoming IPL edition would be crucial for the allrounder to earn back his place in the Indian team. His performance will also be crucial to get his place in the T20 World Cup 2021 scheduled in India.
Vijay Shankar, along with his Indian SRH teammates, would land in the UAE this week after which he would go under the quarantine period. He would be playing a competitive match after five months gap as India’s domestic tournaments were also halted.
The IPL 2020 is set to start from 19th September. 60 games will be played over 53 days in three venues – Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah. The grand finale will be played on 10th November (Tuesday). This would be the first time in IPL history that the final clash would be played on a weekday.
Meanwhile, KKR, KXIP and RR have landed in the UAE on Thursday (20th August).