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Navjot Sidhu      

Full name Navjot Singh Sidhu

Born October 20, 1963, Patiala, Punjab

Current age 46 years 33 days

Major teams India, Punjab

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm medium

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Navjot Singh Sidhu
Batting and fielding averages
Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
Tests 51 78 2 3202 201 42.13 9 15 38 9 0
ODIs 136 127 8 4413 134* 37.08 6329 69.72 6 33 335 44 20 0
First-class 157 228 12 9571 286 44.31 27 50 50 0
List A 205 191 19 7186 139 41.77 10 55 31 0
Bowling averages
Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
Tests 51 1 6 9 0 - - - 9.00 - 0 0 0
ODIs 136 2 4 3 0 - - - 4.50 - 0 0 0
First-class 157 104 91 0 - - - 5.25 - 0 0 0
List A 205 10 8 0 - - - 4.80 - 0 0 0
Career statistics
Test debut India v West Indies at Ahmedabad, Nov 12-16, 1983 scorecard
Last Test New Zealand v India at Hamilton, Jan 2-6, 1999 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut India v Australia at Chennai, Oct 9, 1987 scorecard
Last ODI India v Pakistan at Toronto, Sep 20, 1998 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span 1981/82 - 1999/00
List A span 1983/84 - 1999/00
Profile

Navjot Singh Sidhu's cricket had a schizophrenic touch to it. A dour batsman capable of dogged defence, he could also be a marauding strokeplayer who loved tearing spinners apart. Dubbed a strokeless wonder at the start of his Test career in 1983-84, he returned with a vengeance in the 1987 World Cup, where he began with four fifties in a row, hitting over the top merrily. Eventually, in a career spanning 51 Tests and 136 one-day internationals, both sides of his personality played themeselves out. Sidhu's finest moment in Tests was his 201 against West Indies in 1996-97, an act of supreme endurance lasting 11 hours. And his ruthlessness against spinners was legion. He cracked eight sixes in 124 against Sri Lanka - Muralitharan and all - in 1993-94, and hammered four fifties in five innings against the Australians in 1997-98, singling out Shane Warne for a personalised spanking. In his second career as a commentator, though, only the ebullience was in evidence, as Sidhu began mauling the spoken word with a unique, entertaining concoction of mixed metaphors and garbled clichés.
Amit Varma

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May 8, 2009

Navjot Singh Sidhu with the Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, Amritsar, May 8, 2009

Navjot Singh Sidhu with the Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi

© AFP

Dec 19, 2006

Navjot Sidhu talks to the media, New Delhi, December 19, 2006

Navjot Sidhu talks to the media

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Dec 28, 1998

Doull dismisses Sidhu India in New Zealand, 1998/99, 2nd Test New Zealand v India Basin Reserve, Wellington 28 December 1998

Doull dismisses Sidhu

© AFP

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Group B: Bengal v Saurashtra at Kolkata
Nov 24-27 (09:30 local, 04:00 GMT)
Group A: H. Pradesh v Tamil Nadu at Dharamsala
Nov 24-27 (09:30 local, 04:00 GMT)
Group A: Hyderabad v Orissa at Hyderabad (Decc)
Nov 24-27 (09:30 local, 04:00 GMT)
2nd Test: India v Sri Lanka at Kanpur
Nov 24-28 (09:30 local, 04:00 GMT)
Group B: Maharashtra v Karnataka at Poona
Nov 24-27 (09:30 local, 04:00 GMT)
Group A: Punjab v Gujarat at Mohali
Nov 24-27 (09:30 local, 04:00 GMT)
Group A: Railways v Mumbai at Delhi
Nov 24-27 (09:30 local, 04:00 GMT)
Group B: U. Pradesh v Delhi at Lucknow
Nov 24-27 (09:30 local, 04:00 GMT)
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