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{{Short description|Indian cricketer (born 1987)}}
{{use Indian English|date=May 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}
{{Infobox cricketer
|                name = Yo Mahesh
|               image = 
|             country = India
|            fullname = Vijaykumar Yo Mahesh
|          birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1987|12|21|df=yes}}
|         birth_place = [[Chennai]], India
|            nickname = 
|            heightft = 
|          heightinch = 
|             heightm = 
|             batting = Right-handed
|             bowling = Right-arm [[Fast bowling (cricket)|medium-fast]]
|                role = [[All-rounder]]               
|              family =
|               club1 = [[Delhi Daredevils]]
|               year1 = 2008–2010
|               club2 = [[Chennai Super Kings]]
|               year2 = 2011–2012
|               club3 = [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]]
|               year3 = 
|               club4 = [[Northern Warriors-Abu Dhabi T10 League]]
|               year4 = 2021
|             columns = 3
|             column1 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
|            matches1 = 50
|               runs1 = 1119
|            bat avg1 = 26.02
|           100s/50s1 = 2/5
|          top score1 = 103[[not out|*]]
|         deliveries1 = 7132
|            wickets1 = 108
|           bowl avg1 = 35.31
|            fivefor1 = 3
|             tenfor1 = 0
|       best bowling1 = 6/47
|  catches/stumpings1 = 23/0
|             column2 = [[List A cricket|LA]]
|            matches2 = 61
|               runs2 = 326
|            bat avg2 = 13.04
|           100s/50s2 = 0/1
|          top score2 = 55
|         deliveries2 = 1665
|            wickets2 = 93
|           bowl avg2 = 24.67
|            fivefor2 = 2
|             tenfor2 = 0
|       best bowling2 = 5/31
|  catches/stumpings2 = 18/0
|             column3 = [[Twenty20|T20]]
|            matches3 = 46
|               runs3 = 96
|            bat avg3 = 9.60
|           100s/50s3 = 0/0
|          top score3 = 17[[not out|*]]
|         deliveries3 = 929
|            wickets3 = 52
|           bowl avg3 = 23.00
|            fivefor3 = 0
|             tenfor3 = 0
|       best bowling3 = 4/23
|  catches/stumpings3 = 13/0
|                date = 20 December
|                year = 2020
|              source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/31732.html ESPNcricinfo
}}

'''Vijaykumar Yo Mahesh''' (born 21 December 1987), is a former Indian cricketer who played for [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/31732.html |title=Yo Mahesh |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=20 December 2020}}</ref> He is a right-hand batsman and bowls with his right hand. He studied in St. Bede's Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School in [[Chennai]].

He broke into the Indian U19 one-day squad for the series against [[Australia]] in September 2005 and played sufficiently well to retain his squad place for both the [[Afro-Asia Cup|Afro-Asian Cup]] and the [[2006 Under-19 Cricket World Cup]] in [[Sri Lanka]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.srilankasports.org/under_19/squads.htm |title=ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup 2006 - Team Squads |work=Sri Lanka Sports |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160424101835/http://www.srilankasports.org/under_19/squads.htm |access-date=20 December 2020|archive-date=24 April 2016 }}</ref>

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]] in the [[Indian Premier League|IPL]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/1093101/once-upon-an-ipl |title=Once upon an IPL |work=Cricket Monthly |access-date=20 December 2020}}</ref> He was then signed up by the [[Chennai Super Kings]] in 2011 and released after the end of [[IPL 2012]]. He took most wickets in the [[2009–10 Vijay Hazare Trophy]], India's domestic 50 over tournament. He can swing the ball both ways.{{citation needed|date=March 2019}}

On 20 December 2020, Mahesh announced his retirement from all forms of cricket.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/indian-domestic-season-former-tamil-nadu-and-chennai-super-kings-seamer-yo-mahesh-retires-from-all-forms-of-cricket-1244759 |title=Former Tamil Nadu and CSK seamer Yo Mahesh retires from all forms of cricket |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=20 December 2020}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{ESPNcricinfo|id=31732}}

{{Tamil Nadu cricket squad}}

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