Vijay Shekhawat Cricketer: Biography, Age, Cricket Career & More

Vijay Singh Shekhawat Cricketer is an Indian Cricketer from Didwana region of Rajasthan. He has played for multiple teams and has more than 1300 runs. Apart from that there is a biography movie on him named ‘Victory’ which was done by “Harman Baweja and Amrita Rao”. Here is a complete history, age, Cricketing stats of Vijay Shekhawat Cricketer.

Who is Vijay Shekhawat cricketer?

Vijay Singh Shekhawat is a Right-arm or right-hand bowler and cricketer who is from the Didwana region of Rajasthan. He has played, total 118 matches and has gained 1322 runs. Apart from that, his wickets are 150. He has played for multiple teams like CSK, PBKS, and many more. Apart from that, there is also a biopic movie on him “Victory”. It was released in the year 2019, there is a complete history of Vijay Shekhawat and his father, how his son Vijay had a dream of becoming a cricketer, and it came true in this movie. This film starred Harman Baweja and Amrita Rao with Anupam Kher. It was a box office movie, and though it was not that famous, but it was a great picture that shows the complete journey of Vijay and how his surgery and childhood hardships are the challenges in his cricket journey, but how he overcame each one of them. Apart from that, he has won multiple awards such as Best Bowler, Player of the Match, and he has badges too. His dad is also really nice.

Vijay Shekhawat cricketer Age

Vijay Shekhawat cricketer was born on “15th March in the year 1980” in the Didwana of Rajasthan. As of 2025 Vijay is “45 years old“. He was born and brought up there, but later on, he started playing cricket.

Matches played by Vijay Shekhawat cricketer

Vijay Shekhawat cricketer has played a total of 118 matches till now and for different teams such as CSK, PKB, and SRH, many more teams. Apart from that, he has a run score of 132 and 150 wickets. Here are some details about his famous and latest match:

• First match of Vijay Shekhawat: Vijay Shekhawat has played with Team Rajdeep vs Team Vijay. On November 16, 2023, and the tournament was CCM Session 3 in Ballia Road, Didwana. In this match, he played as a lead and scored 29 runs in 12 balls, with a strike rate of 210.34 with his aggressive batting, which helped them to win the match.
• Latest match of Vijay Shekhawat: Vijay Shekhawat played this match on December 31, 2024. It was a tournament of CCM 5 IPL Version 2.0, and was located in Didwana. The match was between Chennai Super Kings and Gujarat Titans, and in the end Chennai Super Kings won by 7 runs. 
• Match was Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings PKS: It was organized on May 19, 2024. This was the match where Vijay contributed and gained 20 runs off 7 balls with a strike rate of 200.10. His aggressive batting and the momentum of the innings were so high but they didn’t win, the rest of the match was good.

• The most famous recorded match of Vijay Shekhawat: This match was held on June 11, 2024. It was again in the tournament of CCM 4 IPL Version in Didwana. This match had 15 overs, and the team was Rajasthan Royals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad. In the result, Rajasthan Royals won by 41 runs, and this tournament shows how local cricketers and local tournaments are getting famous.

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Vijay Shekhawat cricketer stats

Here are the complete stats mentioned in four parts such as batting, bowling, fielding, and captaincy of how he played:

1. Batting stats: Vijay Shekhawat has played a total of 1080 matches, and out of that, he did batting for  96 innings. Apart from that, he has also scored 1322 runs, with the highest score of 61 not out. He has a batting average of 16.4 and a strike rate of 102.31. Apart from that, he has 48 successes, 138 fours, and 4 half centuries.
   
2. Bowling stats: Vijay Shekhawat cricketer did bowling in 98 innings, delivering 216.2 overs, he also took 115 wickets. Apart from that, his best bowling was five wickets for 8 runs, and he took three wickets in total in 30 matches and had five wickets in two matches. His economy rate was 11.29, and the average was 18.95, with 125 wides, 17 no balls, and 595 dot balls.
   
3. Fielding stats: Vijay Singh Shekhawat has taken a total of 47 catches and has also completed 2 stumpings. Apart from that, he has also assisted 4 more in the run out, and he also has 10 bye runs.
   
4. Captaincy stats: Vijay Singh Shekhawat has led in a total of 12 matches in which he was a captain. He has won the toss 2 times, and his win rate is 58.33%. Apart from that, he has also suffered losses, with a loss rate of 47.67%.

Vijay Shekhawat Cricketer Profile Stats 

Category	Stats
Batting Stats
Matches Played	118
Innings Batted	96
Not Outs	15
Highest Score	61*
Batting Average	16.44
Total Runs	1332
Strike Rate	122.31
Bowling Stats
Matches Bowled	118
Innings Bowled	98
Overs Bowled	216.2
Wickets Taken	115
Best Bowling Performance	5 wickets for 8 runs
Bowling Economy	10.07
Bowling Strike Rate	11.29
Bowling Average	18.95
Dot Balls Bowled	595
Wides Bowled	125
No Balls Bowled	17
4s Conceded	186
Fielding Stats
Matches Fielded	118
Catches Taken	47
Caught Behind	9
Run Outs	2
Assisted Run Outs	4
Stumpings	2
Bye Runs (WK)	10
Captaincy Stats
Matches Captained	12
Tosses Won	2 (41.67%)
Matches Won as Captain	7 (58.33%)
Matches Lost as Captain	5 (41.67%)

Awards won by Vijay Shekhawat

Vijay Singh Shekhawat has won multiple awards, and here are the awards which he has won.

1. Best Bowler – SRH vs KKR (29 Dec, 2024): Took 3 wickets, gave away just 11 runs.
2. Player of the Match – MI vs GT (16 Jun, 2024): Scored 59 runs and took 1 wicket.
3. Best Batter – MI vs GT (16 Jun, 2024): Smacked 59 runs in just 26 balls.
4. Best Batter – PKS vs KKR (19 May, 2024): Scored 42 runs off 20 balls.
5. Best Bowler- RCB vs LSG (07 Apr, 2024): Took 3 wickets, conceded 30 runs.
6. Best Batter- TEAM NILESH vs TEAM PRADEEP CH (17 Mar, 2024): Hit 50 runs off 37 balls.
7. Best Bowler-  TEAM VIJAY ASHOPA vs TEAM NILESH (31 Dec, 2023): Took 3 wickets for 30 runs.
8. Player of the Match-  TEAM PRITAM vs TEAM VIJAY ASHOPA (10 Dec, 2023): Scored 37 runs and took 5 wickets.
9. Best Bowler- TEAM PRITAM vs TEAM VIJAY ASHOPA (10 Dec, 2023): Took 5 wickets and gave away just 21 runs.
10. Best Batter- TEAM VIJAY vs TEAM RAJDEEP (16 Nov, 2023): Scored an impressive 61 runs.
11. Best Bowler- Team Rishi vs Team Guruji (31 May, 2023): Took 3 wickets for 11 runs.
12. Best Bowler – DANGEROUS RIDERS 2 vs ROYALS 11 (07 Aug, 2022): Took 4 wickets for 22 runs.
13. Best Bowler- WORRIOR ARMY vs ROYALS 11 (08 May, 2022): Took 2 wickets for just 6 runs.

Conclusion 

Vijay Singh Shekhawat Cricketer, is an Indian Cricketer who has played 118 matches till now, and has more than 1322 runs and 112 wickets. He has gained a total 19 fabulous awards too for his amazing and unbreakable performances. He is a Right Hand Bowler and Right arm off Break player.  There is even a biopic movie on his journey named ‘Victory’ which shows how one can achieve their dream with a little bit of hard work and courage. 

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