Vijay Shankar retired from Indian cricket, including the IPL, to explore new opportunities and play more cricket. He turned the once-derogatory '3D Cricketer' tag into a badge of pride. Ex-BCCI chief selector MSK Prasad had praised his 'three-dimensional value' for the 2019 World Cup, a label mocked by Ambati Rayudu's viral tweet: "Just ordered 3D glasses to watch world cup."