Star batter Hanuma Vihari, who represents India in the Red-Ball format, has joined the Tripura state team before the upcoming domestic season, which will be launched with the Dalip Trophy to be held before the Asia Cup 2025.
Indian middle-order batsman Hanuma Vihari has played in the Test side for 16 matches between 2018 and 2022, including the famous England tour as well as the Border-Gavaskar Trophy win against Australia. In 16 matches, he scored 839 runs, on an average with 33.56 and a century named after him.
Despite not one-despite a career looking, his short tenure with the Indian team included several crunch moments where they saved the match for India, although he could not lead them to win all occasions. This step comes on the verge of India’s new domestic season before the start of Asia Cup 2025.
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Hanuma Vihari hopes for “all-format partnership” in Tripura’s Kadam
Ahead of the upcoming domestic season in India, which will begin with the Dalip Trophy before the Asia Cup 2025 starts, Hanuma Vihari has decided to move from Andhra to Tripura.
This decision has been made by the Indian player, as they feel that young players are eyeing the Andhra Pradesh team T20 format; However, he is ready to act in all three formats of the game.
“I was eager to other occasions because I believe I am quite good to play all three formats,” Vihari said as quoted by ESPNCricinfo.
He said, “Andhra clarified that he was looking at the youth for the T20 format. That is why I decided that it did not understand to play the 50 -over format also, so I also sat out of the Vijay Hazare Trophy. I also wanted to play in a new environment,” he said.
“I am a captain or not, whatever I expect from the team, I will contribute it”
Even before the 2024–25 season, Vihari was about to take a step for the Madhya Pradesh team, but the TDP was spoken to by the Andhra ruling party general secretary Nara Lokesh.
“For the last two sessions, I was talking about going out [he’d been in talks with Madhya Pradesh]But I was back, “Vihari said about the last season.
“I realized the circumstances around me, and also where I have my own cricket, it was the best time to signed with an upcoming team. This year he approached me before, and I felt that it would be a challenge that would be worth taking.”
He further emphasized the fact that he is likely to be a prominent member in the Tripura squad and “as a senior player, I would contribute to it, whether I am a captain or not, from a leadership point of view, whatever the team expects from a lead point of view.
Hanuma Vihari is not monitoring the Asia Cup 2025 after any return
Just before the Asia Cup 2025, such a step from Hanuma can be seen that he is looking for an opportunity to go back to the Indian team; However, he has made it clear that he has no such intention so far.
Karun Nair made his comeback in the Test series before the Asia Cup 2025, but auditioned for years through his domestic performance.
“My challenge is to take through the team. After the first class cricket of 14-15 years, I have definitely got the experience I want to pass. But I am not thinking about the return yet. It is far away. I am far away. I want to run, important runs and then take the team.
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