Vishnu Vinod
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| Born | 2 December 1993 Pathanamthitta, Kerala, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium-fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper-batter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014—present | Kerala (squad no. 4) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Royal Challengers Bangalore (squad no. 4) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Sunrisers Hyderabad (squad no. 4) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Mumbai Indians (squad no. 4) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025—present | Punjab Kings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 3 January 2026 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vishnu Vinod (born 2 December 1993) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Kerala in domestic cricket.[1] He is a right-handed wicket-keeper-batter and occasional medium pacer.[2]
Vishnu was born on 2 December 1993 in Pathanamthitta, Kerala.[1] He did his schooling in MGM Higher Secondary School, Thiruvalla and High School Ranni, Perunad. He completed his graduation in BA Political Science from Mar Thoma College, Tiruvalla.[3]
Domestic career
He made his Twenty20 debut against Karnataka in 2014-15 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy season for Kerala on 3 April 2014.[4] He made his List A debut against Hyderabad in 2014-15 Vijay Hazare Trophy season Kerala on 10 November 2014.[5] He made his first-class debut for Kerala in the 2016–17 Ranji Trophy on 5 November 2016.[6]
In the 2018-19 Ranji Trophy, he hit his maiden first-class century against Madhya Pradesh scoring an unbeaten 193 off 282 balls.[7]
He was the top run scorer of Kerala on 2019-20 Vijay Hazare Trophy scoring 508 runs from 8 matches with an average of 63.50 including 3 centuries.[8][9]
In October 2019, he was named in India A's squad for the 2019–20 Deodhar Trophy.[10] He played both the matches ending up with a forgettable tournament with a total of 23 runs from 2 matches with an average of 11.50.[11]
In November 2021, he scored a 26-ball 65* including seven sixes against Tamil Nadu in the quarter-finals of the 2021-22 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Although, the match ended in a losing cause.[12]
In December 2021, Vishnu scored an unbeaten 100, also forming a record-breaking seventh-wicket of 174 runs along with Sijomon Joseph, winning the match for Kerala in a match against Maharashtra in the 2021-22 Vijay Hazare Trophy.[13]
Indian Premier League
In April 2017, Vishnu was signed to play for Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2017 Indian Premier League as a replacement to wicket-keeper-batter KL Rahul who was ruled out of the tournament.[14][3] He played 3 matches in the season scoring a total of 19 runs and wasn't retained by the team in the next season.[15][16]
He went unsold in 2018,[17] 2019[18] and 2020[19] seasons of Indian Premier League.[15]
In February 2021, Vinod was bought by the Delhi Capitals in the IPL auction ahead of the 2021 Indian Premier League[20][21] but was benched the whole season.[22][23] He was released by Delhi ahead of the 2022 Indian Premier League auction.[24] In February 2022, he was bought by the Sunrisers Hyderabad in the auction for the 2022 Indian Premier League tournament.[25] He was bought by Mumbai Indians at his base price of 20 lakh in 2023 Indian Premier League auction and part of their setup for 2023 and 2024 seasons as a back-up wicket keeper.[26] Eventually he let go by Mumbai Indians ahead of 2025 IPL Mega auction.