My father never gave much importance to wealth. He would talk about how it is important to treat people well. For anyone, leave alone a teenager. Once he cleared his exams, and got admitted to Vivekananda College in Mylapore, Chennai — once known for its academic excellence, and always for promoting sports, especially cricket — Vijay was in his element. Some nights were even spent at the cricket ground. My friends mean a lot to me.
Their parents used to treat me as their own son. They pushed me hard to play cricket. They knew that I was born to play cricket.
They believed a lot more in me as a cricketer than I did. Srinath, Harish, Vineet.. With Srinath, he had gone to see Sachin Tendulkar bat against Pakistan in the famous Chennai Test in where Tendulkar made an epic in the run chase.
Tendulkar and Mongia were in a match-turning partnership, or so it seemed, when Vijay saw Tendulkar shouting at Mongia. Back in college, he was having fun with the cricket team.
If I got a call about a match, I would be there: 8 am or 1 in the afternoon, multiple times a day. Diwakar Vasu, another former Tamil Nadu player, who was in charge of Chemplast told him he might not get to play in the first five matches but if he waited, he would get a chance.
He was forced, however, to stop and pause at least a few times. Or so he believes. What does it really say? How can you judge my attitude on that?
If I do not supporting my teammates, or come late for training or make mistakes on the field, these things can be addressed. It was an early lesson in image management that continues to haunt him. And off he went that evening to chop off the hair. I told myself I can grow back the hair anytime. Cricket was my ultimate thing. He then makes a critical observation about being a professional player.
He is talking of his pre-India days here. As the conversation progressively turns to how people perceive him, I bring up the old question he had asked once about his negative image. It played out in the tabloid press in Chennai and across the country in salacious detail. There was no word from Vijay at all then, or much from Karthik.
The stories kept spinning and churning and reached the sports pages of the national dailies. It subsided only after it came out that Vijay had married her. But, perhaps, the damage was done. Sex: Male. Industry: Bollywood , Hollywood. Relationship Status: Not Known. Marital Status: Not Sure. Nationality: Indian. Hometown: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Mother Tongue: Not Revealed Yet. Languages Known: English , Hindi. Birth Star: Star Unknown. Religion: Hindu. Caste: Not Known.
Hobbies: No Hobbies Revealed Yet. Address Untraceable. Under Graduate. He was then selected to play Ranji Trophy and junior-level cricket for Tamil Nadu. In his debut first-class season, he was the third-highest run-getter. He scored a fifty in his debut Ranji innings. In the edition of Ranji Trophy, Vijay scored runs with two hundreds and a fifty, which he backed up by scoring runs in the Ranji season.
After, being part of a run partnership with Abhinav Mukund in a Ranji Game, Vijay was called on to make his test debut for India in the final test of the prestigious Border-Gavaskar trophy in against Australia. In this test match he impressed a lot of people by playing a good knock of He also displayed his fielding talent by getting rid of Micheal Hussey in a Run-Out. Later, In December , Vijay was given another chance when Gambhir could not play two tests against Sri Lanka due to family reasons.
Vijya played as V. Vijay later scored his debut Test century against Australia in , scoring runs. For a long while then, Vijay was dropped from the Test Squad due to the presence of Gambhir and Sehwag.
He also had a ninety-plus score in Durban against South Africa against a quality bowling lineup. Vijay was never regarded as much of a Limited overs player, especially at an international level. He later scored poorly against Zimbabwe in a tri-nations tournament as India ended up behind Zimbabwe.
His performance was also terrible in the international level. He had scored with an average of 15 in the T20 World cup. In the next season, he was the man of the match for the final as he scored a brilliant In , he played for Delhi Daredevils but suffered from lack of form. He captained Kings XI Punjab in the season but missed the season due to injury. In and he was in the Chennai squad but did not play IPL in His first century came in against Rajasthan Royals for Chennai Super Kings when he scored off 56 balls, which is also his best.
His second century came against Delhi Daredevils in a qualifier in for Chennai Super Kings, when he scored off 58 balls. Happy and long life bro.. Happy and long life Paaji. More power to you.
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