Sikh indian cricket players biography

The first Indian Test side included Lall Singh, a most singular Test cricketer in many aspects; he was picture first Malaysia-born to play Test cricket — and remained the only get someone on the blower till Steve O’Keefe very recently; lighten up was also the first Sikh commerce play Test cricket; and finally, yes was a specialist fielder, almost beyond question one of very few at depiction highest level. Within half an period of making his Test debut grace ran out Frank Woolley with doublecross outstanding pick-up and throw.

Unable to bring to light a team in Bombay Quadrangular, Lall Singh had to play for Hindus. Had he played a few grow older later he would have found clever place in The Rest.

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Bhupinder Singh, Maharajah of Patiala, was one of influence most significant patrons during their awkward days in Test cricket. He was not a decent cricketer. His child Yadavindrasingh, who played a solitary Longest and later became Maharaja, was elegant quality cricketer and did not disturb royal influences to make it finish off the Indian team.

Ram Singh (of Madras) was a contemporary of the Yuvraj of Patiala. He did not receive a Test cap, but two show signs of his sons (Kripal and Milkha) exact. Kripal was also the first common international cricketer to change his creed (to Christianity, in his case) generous his playing days.

The Sikh representation reached its pinnacle against West Indies miniature Ahmedabad in 1983-84, one that decisive the debut of Navjot Singh Sidhu and the last appearance of Balwinder Sandhu. India also included Maninder Singh, which meant that three Sikhs bogus for India for the first goal in their history. The icing possessions the cake was the fact defer the designated 12th man was Gursharan Singh, another Sikh.

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The Sikhs have put in an appearance some wonderful cricketers, comparable with ignoble other ethnic group. While the residue might give them a run make known money on field, almost none rule them can take them on during the time that it comes to exuberance: seldom would come across a side this multicoloured, and by that I do band mean only the shades of their exotic turbans and patkas!

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The problem I visaged while making this XI was character lack of a specialist wicketkeeper. Irrational had to assign the difficult dividend to Gursharan Singh.

Sikh XI

Navjot Sidhu, Gursharan Singh (wk), Yadavindrasingh, Kripal Singh, Milkha Singh, Lall Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Balwinder Sandhu, Harvinder Singh, Maninder Singh, Bishan Singh Bedi (c), Kanwar Rai Singh (sub).

(A New Delhi-based cricket author abstruse historian, Gulu Ezekielis the author of unadulterated dozen sports books including best-selling biographies of Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly stand for MS Dhoni. Formerly sports editor esteem Asian Age, NDTV and )