Vijayshankar Chikkannaiah (born 16 June 1987) is a German

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er who plays for the national team. In May 2019, he was named in Germany's

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(T20I) squad for their three-match series against Belgium. The matches were the first T20Is to be played by the German cricket team. He made his T20I debut for Germany against

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on 11 May 2019. Later the same month, he was named in Germany's squad for the

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of the

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tournament in Guernsey. He played in Germany's opening match of the Regional Finals, against

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, on 15 June 2019. However, he was later ruled out of the tournament, after suffering a knee injury in the match against

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. In September 2021, he was named in Germany's T20I squad for the Regional Final of the

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tournament. In January 2022, he was named in Germany's team for the

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tournament in Oman.

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* 1987 births Living people German cricketers Germany Twenty20 International cricketers Place of birth missing (living people) German people of Indian descent Cricketers from Delhi Cricketers from Bangalore Indian emigrants to Germany {{Germany-cricket-bio-stub