Vijaykumar Yo Mahesh (born 21 December 1987), is a former Indian cricketer who played for

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. He is a right-hand batsman and bowls with his right hand. He studied in St. Bede's Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School in

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. He broke into the Indian U19 one-day squad for the series against

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in September 2005 and played sufficiently well to retain his squad place for both the Afro-Asian Cup and the

2006 Under-19 Cricket World Cup The 2006 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup was played in Sri Lanka from 2 to 15 February 2006. The final was played between Pakistan and India in Colombo, which Pakistan won by 38 runs, enabling them to become the first back-to-back champions of th ...

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. In his ten U19 ODIs to date, he has taken 15 wickets with a strike rate of one wicket every 32 balls. Previously, from 2008 to 2010, he played for

Delhi Daredevils Delhi Capitals (formerly Delhi Daredevils) are a franchise cricket team based out of Delhi in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The franchise is jointly owned by the GMR Group and the JSW Group. The team's home ground is Arun Jaitley Stadium, ...

in the

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. He was then signed up by the

Chennai Super Kings Chennai Super Kings (CSK) is an Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise cricket team based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Founded in 2008, the team plays its home matches at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. The team is owned by India ...

in 2011 and released after the end of

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. He took most wickets in the

2009–10 Vijay Hazare Trophy The 2009–10 Vijay Hazare Trophy was the eighth season of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, a List A cricket tournament in India. It was contested between 27 domestic cricket teams of India, starting in February and finishing in March 2010. In the fina ...

, India's domestic 50 over tournament. He can swing the ball both ways. On 20 December 2020, Mahesh announced his retirement from all forms of cricket.

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