Mandeep Singh

Mandeep Singh
Personal information
Full name Mandeep Singh
Born (1991-12-18) 18 December 1991[1]
Jalandhar, Punjab, India
Height 5 ft 6.5 in (1.69 m)
Batting Right-handed
Bowling Right-arm medium
Role Middle-order batsman
International information
National side
T20I debut (cap 62) 18 June 2016 v Zimbabwe
Last T20I 22 June 2016 v Zimbabwe
T20I shirt no. 23
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2010–present Punjab
2010 Kolkata Knight Riders
2011–2014 Kings XI Punjab (squad no. 23)
2015–present Royal Challengers Bangalore (squad no. 9 (formerly 23))
Career statistics
Competition T20I FC LA T20
Matches 3 62 90 122
Runs scored 87 4,018 2,835 2,425
Batting average 43.57 44.15 37.30 26.07
100s/50s 0/1 11/18 3/21 0/11
Top score 235 119 84*
Balls bowled 526 272 213
Wickets 1 6 14
Bowling average 303.00 46.83 15.71
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match n/a 0 n/a n/a
Best bowling 1/13 2/3 3/21
Catches/stumpings 1/– 53/– 44/– 50/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 5 April 2018

Mandeep Singh (born 18 December 1991) is an Indian cricketer.[2] He plays for Punjab in the top-flight of Indian cricket.[3] An attacking right-hand batsman who also occasionally bowls right arm medium pace, Mandeep has also played for India Blue cricket team[4] and North Zone[5] and is currently a part of the Royal Challengers Bangalore squad in the IPL.[6] He has also played for Kolkata Knight Riders in the 2010 edition of the IPL. He was the vice-captain of the India Under-19 cricket team for the 2010 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[7]

In the 2012 season of IPL, Mandeep scored 432 runs from 16 matches, including two half-centuries, and ended the tournament as Kings XI Punjab's leading run-scorer.[8] He was also adjudged the winner of "Rising Star of the tournament Award".[9]

On 18 July 2012 he was included in 30 probables for the World T20 tournament to be played in Sri Lanka in September 2012.[10] However, he was not selected in the final 15-member squad.

He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut against Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club on 18 June 2016.[11]

Domestic career

Mandeep play for Punjab in Ranji Trophy & Vijay Hazare Trophy and for North Zone in Zonal Tournament.

He was the highest run scorer in 2015 Vijay Hazare Trophy. On the back of his form in the tournament he was selected for 2015 tour of Zimbabwe.

In January 2018, he was bought by the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 2018 IPL auction.[12]

Personal life

Mandeep Singh's father is an athletics coach in Jalandhar. He was initially not happy with his sons cricketing ambition but was later satisfied when saw his son's cricketing potential. He also once fielded for South Africa A.[13]

References

  1. "Birthdate of Mandeep Singh". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  2. Mandeep Singh
  3. Punjab Squad, Ranji Trophy 2011/12
  4. India Blue Squad, Challeger Trophy 2011/12
  5. North Zone Squad, Duleep Trophy 2011/12
  6. Kings XI Punjab
  7. 2010 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup squads#.C2.A0India
  8. Indian Premier League 2012 – Kings XI Punjab / Records / Most runs
  9. IPL 5: Awards and honours
  10. "Yuvraj included in World T20 probables". Wisden India. 18 July 2012. Archived from the original on 26 August 2012.
  11. "India tour of Zimbabwe, 1st T20I: Zimbabwe v India at Harare, Jun 18, 2016". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  12. "List of sold and unsold players". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  13. http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/398506.html
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