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Vijayakanth Viyaskanth
Sri Lankan cricketer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Vijayakanth Viyaskanth (Tamil: விஜயகாந்த் வியாஸ்காந்த்; born 5 December 2001) is a Sri Lankan cricketer.[1] He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm leg break bowler.[2] He is a talented leg spinner, who plays for the Jaffna Kings in the Lanka Premier League.[3] He has also played for Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League.[4][5]
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Domestic career
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He made his Twenty20 debut on 4 December 2020, for the Jaffna Stallions in the 2020 Lanka Premier League.[6] In November 2021, he was selected to play for the Jaffna Kings following the players' draft for the 2021 Lanka Premier League.[7]
He made his List A debut on 30 January 2022, for the Team Jaffna in the 2021–22 SLC National Super League.[8] In July 2022, he was signed by the Jaffna Kings for the third edition of the Lanka Premier League.[9] He was one of the leading wicket takers in the tournament, taking 13 wickets.[10][11]
In December 2022, he was picked by the Chattogram Challengers for the 2022–23 Bangladesh Premier League.[12][13] He made his first-class debut for Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club on 22 September 2023, against Nondescripts in the 2023–24 Major League Tournament.[14]
Before his first-class debut, in August 2023, he was picked by MI Emirates to play for them in the 2024 International League T20.[15] He picked up 8 wickets in the tournament and was the most economical bowler for his team, going at 5.43 runs per over.[16] In April 2024, he was signed by Sunrisers Hyderabad as a replacement for Wanindu Hasaranga, to play for them in the 2024 Indian Premier League.[17]
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International career
In September 2023, he was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the 2023 Asian Games.[18] He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for Sri Lanka on 4 October 2023, against Afghanistan.[19] He played in the IPL for the first time as a bowler for Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2024.[20]
In May 2024, he was named as a reserve player in Sri Lanka’s squad for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament.[21]
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