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Vishnu Vinod was playing in IPL after a gap of 6 years.
Vishnu Vinod, 29, is a wicketkeeper-batsman from Kerala.
New Delhi. Mumbai Indians have always been giving opportunities to young players. These new and young players have also flourished under the umbrella of senior players. After Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Akshar Patel, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Tilak Verma, Nehal Wadhera, now 5-time IPL champions Mumbai Indians fielded 29-year-old wicketkeeper-batsman Vishnu Vinod from Kerala. In the important match played against Gujarat Titans of Mumbai Indians in IPL 2023, this player showed a great game. Vishnu Vinod has been a part of the IPL for a few franchises over the years. However, he could not get the chance. But after 6 years, Mumbai Indians finally gave him a chance in the playing XI and Vishnu made good use of this opportunity.
Vishnu Vinod made a strong partnership of 65 runs with ‘Shatakveer’ Suryakumar Yadav and pulled Mumbai Indians out of trouble. Vishnu Vinod, who came out to bat at number 5, scored 30 runs in 20 balls. During this innings of his strike rate of 150, Vishnu hit 2 fours and 2 sixes and forced even the commentators to stand up from their seats. At the same time, Suryakumar Yadav scored an unbeaten 103 in 49 balls. Mumbai Indians made a huge score of 218 runs in 20 overs. Gujarat Titans could only manage 191 runs and lost the match by 27 runs.
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Vishnu Vinod was a part of the Royal Challengers Bangalore team in 2017 and he also played three matches. Vishnu scored 19 runs in these three matches. He then joined Delhi Capitals in 2021 and then Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2022, but he did not get a chance to play a single match with both the teams. Meanwhile, Vishnu Vinod left his mark in all the three formats of domestic cricket. After seeing his recent performance, Mumbai Indians roped in the Kerala batsman in a mini auction for Rs 20 lakh. In his very first match with Mumbai, Vishnu Vinod impressed everyone with his brilliant strokes.
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Wicketkeeper-batsman Vishnu Vinod made his List A and T20 debut for Kerala in 2014. In 2016, Vishnu started first class cricket. As a wicket-keeper, he had to fight for his place in the domestic team with Sanju Samson, but managed to make a mark with his batting. Vishnu has also opened and also played in the middle order. From Mumbai Indians, he got down to bat at number 5. Vishnu Vinod has played 23 first class matches so far. Has played 46 List A and 50 T20 matches. Vinod has scored 1562 runs in List A at an average of 40. Vinod made good scores in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, but was in excellent form in the DY Patil T20 Cup.
Even with SKY at the other end, this could be the six of the #IPL2023 seasons from Vishnu Vinod #MIvGT #IPLonJioCinema #TATAIPL pic.twitter.com/FdDKlCN3d8
— JioCinema (@JioCinema) May 12, 2023
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FIRST PUBLISHED : May 13, 2023, 06:30 IST