Vijayshankar Chikkannaiah (born 16 June 1987) is a German cricketer who plays for the national team.[1] In May 2019, he was named in Germany's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their three-match series against Belgium. The matches were the first T20Is to be played by the German cricket team.[2] He made his T20I debut against Belgium on 11 May 2019.[3] Later the same month, he was named in Germany's squad for the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier tournament in Guernsey.[4][5] He played in Germany's opening match of the Regional Finals, against Guernsey, on 15 June 2019.[6] However, he was later ruled out of the tournament, after suffering a knee injury in the match against Italy.[7]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Vijayshankar Bangalore Chikkannaiah |
| Born | 16 June 1987 Delhi, India |
| Batting | Right-handed |
| Role | Opening batsman |
| International information | |
| National side | |
| T20I debut (cap 5) | 11 May 2019 v Belgium |
| Last T20I | 22 February 2022 v Canada |
Source: Cricinfo, 22 February 2022 | |
In September 2021, he was named in Germany's T20I squad for the Regional Final of the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier tournament.[8] In January 2022, he was named in Germany's team for the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Global Qualifier A tournament in Oman.[9]
References
edit- ^ "Vijayshankar Chikkannaiah". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
- ^ "Germany announce dates for first T20Is". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 20 March 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ^ "1st T20I, Germany tour of Belgium at Waterloo, May 11 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ^ "ICC Men's T20 World Cup – wir fahren nach Guernsey!". Deutscher Cricket Bund. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
- ^ "Squads announced for ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Final 2019". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
- ^ "3rd Match, ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Region Final at Castel, Jun 15 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
- ^ "Denmark remain in contention". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 2 September 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
- ^ @Cricket_Germany (16 September 2021). "Our squad for the men's T20 World Cup European Finals" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ @Cricket_Germany (28 January 2022). "Our 14 man squad for the ICC T0 World Cup Global Qualifiers in Oman from 17-24 February" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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