Former Indian all-rounder Vijay Shankar has shared his views on how trolls affected his career as a player. Shankar, who is currently plying his trade in the European T20 Premier League (ETPL 2026), has responded sharply to the trolls.
Shankar, who also played the Lanka Premier League (LPL 2026) season, was at the receiving end for playing out a maiden in the last over of the chase while requiring 22 runs off the last six balls.
“For me, what is painful is that many people’s careers have ended because of things like this. So, this is actually a career-threatening issue. I came out of it. But even if I came out, where can I go?” Shankar said on Ravichandran Ashwin’s YouTube channel.
Further, Shankar delved into the details of the situation where he played out six dot balls in the final over of a game in the LPL 2026 season, revealing that Wanindu Hasaranga and a few other colleagues got out in a short time span.
“The situation was such that when I went in, the game was almost done. We needed 22 runs in an over. As soon as I went in, it was a Power Blast, which is a two-over period where they could call the fielders inside. I was playing the situation. After a good over, Hasaranga got out. I had a good start but he got out towards the end of the over and subsequent batters also got out,” he added.
I was batting with the tailenders and could not give strike to them. I was trying to hit. There were two chances to take doubles but if we got run out, it would be a waste. I also thought about net run rate and tried to take it close. This is exactly what happened,” he revealed.
