Yo Mahesh
Vijaykumar Yo Mahesh (born 21 December 1987), is a former Indian cricketer who played for Tamil Nadu.[1] He is a right-hand batsman and bowls with his right hand. He studied in St. Bede's Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School in Chennai.
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| Full name | Vijaykumar Yo Mahesh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 December 1987 Chennai, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Yomi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium-fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2010 | Delhi Daredevils | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Chennai Super Kings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Northern Warriors-Abu Dhabi T10 League | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 20 December 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
He broke into the Indian U19 one-day squad for the series against Australia in September 2005 and played sufficiently well to retain his squad place for both the Afro-Asian Cup and the 2006 Under-19 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka.[2]
In his ten U19 ODIs to date, he has taken 15 wickets with a strike rate of one wicket every 32 balls. Previously, from 2008 to 2010, he played for Delhi Daredevils in the IPL.[3] He was then signed up by the Chennai Super Kings in 2011 and released after the end of IPL 2012. He took most wickets in the 2009–10 Vijay Hazare Trophy, India's domestic 50 over tournament. He can swing the ball both ways.
On 20 December 2020, Mahesh announced his retirement from all forms of cricket.[4]
References
- "Yo Mahesh". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
- "ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup 2006 - Team Squads". Sri Lanka Sports. Archived from the original on 24 April 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
- "Once upon an IPL". Cricket Monthly. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
- "Former Tamil Nadu and CSK seamer Yo Mahesh retires from all forms of cricket". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 December 2020.