Young Vijayakumar scores cricket hat-trick

Botswana participated in seven games and Vijayakumar was the man-of-the-match in four and went on to scoop the player-of-the series award as well. Vijayakumar scored a total of 383 runs in the tournament, making him the top scorer, 38 runs ahead of his runner-up.

Despite his age, Vijayakumar was given a big role in the team. He and teammate Siddarth Rangaswamy were the opening batsmen. Vijayakumar played the role of bowler as well. In Namibia, Botswana coach Sulaman Chothia gave Vijayakumar a tough task of making sure he scored the most runs. Although he was able to achieve this and even more Botswana palyers failed to qualify for the ICC Under-19 World Cup 2011, a problem Vijayakumar attributes to the team's fluctuating performance.