{"id":172646,"date":"2026-05-26T07:44:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T13:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=172646"},"modified":"2026-05-26T07:44:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T13:14:27","slug":"vijay-shankar-joins-kandy-royals-in-lanka-premier-league-after-domestic-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=172646","title":{"rendered":"Vijay Shankar joins Kandy Royals in Lanka Premier League after domestic retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-71025200\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">Former India and Tamil Nadu all-rounder Vijay Shankar has joined Lanka Premier League side Kandy Royals days after announcing his retirement from domestic and IPL cricket.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline_embed article-block-item\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You&#8217;ve seen him before in the heat of battle\u2026<br \/>but never like this.<br \/>Different stage. Same calm fire.<br \/>Now entering Kandy Royals.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KandyRoyals?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#KandyRoyals<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LPL2026?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#LPL2026<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LankaPremierLeague?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#LankaPremierLeague<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SLC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#SLC<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SriLankaCricket?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#SriLankaCricket<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IPGGroup?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#IPGGroup<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CBUzbNiZqH\">pic.twitter.com\/CBUzbNiZqH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 LPL &#8211; Lanka Premier League (@LPLT20) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LPLT20\/status\/2059212921255981075?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 26, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Shankar is the franchise\u2019s fourth direct signing after Wanindu Hasaranga, Angelo Matthews, and Moeen Ali. A larger player draft will be held on June 1.<\/p>\n<p><b>ALSO READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/domestic\/vijay-shankar-announces-retirement-ipl-domestic-cricket-india-latest-news\/article71011001.ece\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">I am happy with my journey: Vijay Shankar calls time on domestic and IPL career<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>The 35-year-old played 12 ODIs and nine T20Is for India and last featured in national colours at the 2019 ODI World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>He played 77 First-Class matches, scoring 4,253 runs and taking 43 wickets. He also featured in 78 IPL matches<\/p>\n<p>Shankar follows a number of Indian cricketers who announced their domestic retirements to pursue playing opportunities overseas including Ambati Rayudu, Robin Uthappa, and Dinesh Karthik.<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on May 26, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/vijay-shankar-joins-kandy-royals-lanka-premier-league-moeen-hasaranga-matthews-latest-news\/article71025200.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former India and Tamil Nadu all-rounder Vijay Shankar has joined Lanka Premier League side Kandy Royals days after announcing his retirement from domestic and IPL cricket. You&#8217;ve seen him before in the heat of battle\u2026but never like this.Different stage. Same calm fire.Now entering Kandy Royals.#KandyRoyals#LPL2026#LankaPremierLeague#SLC#SriLankaCricket#IPGGrouppic.twitter.com\/CBUzbNiZqH \u2014 LPL &#8211; Lanka Premier League (@LPLT20) May 26, 2026 &#8230; <a title=\"Vijay Shankar joins Kandy Royals in Lanka Premier League after domestic retirement\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=172646\" aria-label=\"Read more about Vijay Shankar joins Kandy Royals in Lanka Premier League after domestic retirement\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":172647,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-172646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/5331_12_4_2024_13_5_53_3_INDEX_INDIAN_PREMIER_LEAGUE_MATCH_JAIPUR_66.JPG","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":176853,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=176853","url_meta":{"origin":172646,"position":0},"title":"BCCI Apex Council mulls over retirement policy for cricketers, permits to play in overseas leagues","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"June 4, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is set to formulate a uniform retirement policy for retired players seeking opportunities in overseas leagues. 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