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Sarandeep Singh      

Full name Sarandeep Singh

Born October 21, 1979, Amritsar, Punjab

Current age 30 years 32 days

Major teams India, Delhi, Punjab

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm offbreak

Sarandeep Singh
Batting and fielding averages
Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
Tests 3 2 1 43 39* 43.00 136 31.61 0 0 1 0 1 0
ODIs 5 4 1 47 19 15.66 73 64.38 0 0 6 0 2 0
First-class 91 116 22 2200 94 23.40 0 7 28 0
List A 74 44 13 467 50* 15.06 0 1 30 0
Twenty20 10 2 1 53 30 53.00 53 100.00 0 0 5 1 6 0
Bowling averages
Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
Tests 3 4 678 340 10 4/136 6/206 34.00 3.00 67.8 1 0 0
ODIs 5 5 258 180 3 2/34 2/34 60.00 4.18 86.0 0 0 0
First-class 91 19819 9031 313 8/180 28.85 2.73 63.3 18 2
List A 74 3608 2574 95 5/11 5/11 27.09 4.28 37.9 1 2 0
Twenty20 10 10 204 213 11 3/20 3/20 19.36 6.26 18.5 0 0 0
Career statistics
Test debut India v Zimbabwe at Nagpur, Nov 25-29, 2000 scorecard
Last Test West Indies v India at Georgetown, Apr 11-15, 2002 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut India v England at Delhi, Jan 31, 2002 scorecard
Last ODI India v South Africa at Dhaka, Apr 18, 2003 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut 1998/99
Last First-class Mumbai v Himachal Pradesh at Mumbai, Nov 17-20, 2009 scorecard
List A debut 1999/00
Last List A Himachal Pradesh v Uttar Pradesh at Agartala, Mar 2, 2009 scorecard
Twenty20 debut Delhi v Himachal Pradesh at Delhi, Apr 3, 2007 scorecard
Last Twenty20 Punjab v Himachal Pradesh at Delhi, Oct 25, 2009 scorecard
Profile

When Sarandeep Singh made his debut at Nagpur in November 2000, it was the first time in almost six months that India were playing a specialist offspinner. Brought on almost as an afterthought by his captain, when Zimbabwe had already reached 145, Sarandeep started impeccably with four maidens. He struck twice in ten balls soon after, extracting turn and bite to keep the close cordon busy, and ended the game with six wickets.

Blooded into first class cricket against Haryana at Amritsar in 1998-99, Sarandeep made 45, a legacy of having started his career as a batsman in junior cricket, but went wicketless. A superb spell against Hyderabad in the Super League quickly made pundits sit up and take notice, his match haul of eight wickets taking Punjab to the brink of victory but the effort being thwarted by the fickleness of the batsmen who failed to chase a target of 176. Before the season was out, Sarandeep was playing for the India Under-19s against the touring Sri Lankans.

Sarandeep's 37 victims at 19.43 in the 1999-2000 Ranji Trophy, just his second season in first class cricket, thrust him into the national reckoning. His swift rise was recognised by the National Cricket Academy which selected him amongst its first batch of trainees in May 2000, a tough four month grind punctuated by lessons from such masters of the craft like Prassana and Venkataraghavan. After impressing in the 2001 domestic season, Sarandeep was picked for a Test against England at Bangalore. He got one more opportunity, in the West Indies in April 2002, but one wicket for 80 in a high-scoring draw meant he was only selected for three more ODIs.

Sarandeep moved from Delhi to Himachal Pradesh for the 2006-07 domestic season - the side wanted a spinner - and finished with 28 wickets at 22.28. As he put it, the responsibility brought the best out of him, and he enjoyed his cricket more than ever.
Cricinfo staff November 2007

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Dec 13, 2008

Himachal Pradesh offspinner Sarandeep Singh bowls, Himachal Pradesh v Goa, Ranji Plate League, 2nd day, Dharamsala, December 13, 2008

Himachal Pradesh offspinner Sarandeep Singh bowls

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Nov 18, 2008

Sarandeep Singh bowls against Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh v Jammu & Kashmir, Ranji Plate League, 3rd day, Dharamsala, November 18, 2008

Sarandeep Singh bowls against Jammu & Kashmir

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Dec 26, 2007

Sarandeep Singh makes an unsuccessful lbw appeal against Shamsher Singh, 
Himachal Pradesh v Rajasthan, Ranji Trophy Super League, Group A, 7th round, 2nd day, Dharamsala, December 26, 2007

Sarandeep Singh makes an unsuccessful lbw appeal against Shamsher Singh

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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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