Overview

• The Tamil Nadu Cricket Association granted Shankar a no‑objection certificate, enabling his interstate switch before the new domestic season.
• Shankar said he "never got any secure feeling" from selectors after being dropped for early Ranji matches, benched late in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, and left out of a Buchi Babu game.
• He will be one of Tripura’s contracted professionals alongside Hanuma Vihari and Swapnil Singh.
• The 34-year-old exits as a longtime middle-order mainstay for Tamil Nadu with 3,142 Ranji runs and 11 centuries, and he was part of India’s 2019 World Cup squad.
• Tamil Nadu selection chief K Vasudevadas was unavailable for comment, and Shankar said he wants to play regularly rather than "sit out and give water."