3D Vijay Shankar May Switch Teams In Bid To Stage Comeback To Indian Team

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All-rounder Vijay Shankar, who represented India at the 2019 World Cup but fell out of favor soon after, said he needs chances to bat up the order for Tamil Nadu and may not rule out switching to a different state team for that as he eyes return to the Indian team.

"I did well in the limited opportunities I got for India. Even in the last T20 International series during the tour of New Zealand, I got some good scores while batting at No. 3 and 4," Shankar told IANS. He scored 27 and 43 at No. 3 and 14 while batting at No. 4.

Shankar said he was upset after he has dropped even from the India A side - prior to last year's lockdown - within a few months of playing the World Cup. He was picked only as a replacement for fellow pace-bowling all-rounder Hardik Pandya in the A-side.

"As a cricketer, it was disappointing to get dropped from India A [for the tour of New Zealand early 2020] and get picked only as a replacement," he said.

"It is not that I had performed badly. I did well. My batting position was never certain. I batted at different places. In 12 ODIs, I got to bat eight-nine times and on five of those occasions, I went in with the asking rate being too high. I know that in cricket you have to be good enough to perform at any stage. But sometimes it doesn't come off or gets difficult," he added.

Shankar was picked ahead of Ambati Rayudu in the 2019 World Cup leading to controversy, as well as an outburst from the senior Andhra batsman who plays for Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League. The then chief selector MSK Prasad said Shankar was picked since he was a 3D (3-dimensional) player.

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