Gurinder Sandhu
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| Full name | Gurinder Singh Sandhu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 June 1993 Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 194[1] cm (6 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut (cap 206) | 18 January 2015 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 23 January 2015 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI shirt no. | 28 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2018 | New South Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2020 | Sydney Thunder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Delhi Daredevils | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Cricket Australia XI | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2020 | Tasmania | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020- | Sydney Sixers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 30 October 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gurinder Singh Sandhu (Template:Lang-pa; born 14 June 1993) is an Australian cricketer currently representing Tasmania, who has represented his country internationally. Of Indian descent,[2] he is a tall fast bowler. He played for the Australia Under-19 cricket team in the 2012 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[3] Sandhu made his senior cricket debut for the Sydney Thunder in the 2011–12 Big Bash League season. He made his List A and First-class cricket debut for New South Wales at the end of the 2012–2013 Australian cricket season.
Sandhu, born in Blacktown, New South Wales, is the first male cricketer of Indian ancestry to represent Australia in an international tournament.[4][notes 1] His parents emigrated to Australia in the 1980s.[5] In March 2013, Sandhu was voted the Australian Cricketers' Association player of the month.[5]
Gurinder Sandhu was selected by the Delhi Daredevils in the IPL 2015 Auction as an Overseas Player.
It was announced on 26 April 2018 that Sandhu had signed for Tasmania for the upcoming season, ending a five year stint with New South Wales.[6]
Domestic career
2017–18 season
Sandhu played three games for New South Wales in the 2017–18 JLT One-Day Cup, taking 5 wickets but conceding 6.13 runs per over.[7] His best performance of the tournament came against Western Australia, when he took 4 wickets for 57 runs in a 9-run loss.[8]
International career
He made his senior international debut for Australia in a One Day International against India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in January 2015.[9] He had limited success in the series and played no further games for Australia.
See also
Notes
- ^ Two Indian–born Caucasian Australians have previously played Test cricket for Australia, Bransby Cooper in the first ever Test match and Rex Sellers in 1964.("Gurinder Sandhu not the first Aussie selected of Indian origin". 15 January 2015.) Fellow New South Wales fast bowler, Stuart Clark is of Anglo-Indian ancestry.(S. Muthaih (8 May 2006). "The Clarks and the Booseys". Archived from the original on 3 August 2009. Retrieved 20 January 2015.)
References
- ^ "Gurinder Sandhu". cricket.com.au. Cricket Australia. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
- ^ Gurinder Sandhu - Cricinfo profile
- ^ ICC Under-19 World Cup 2012 / Australia squad
- ^ Indian origin teen sensation Gurinder Sandhu set to help Oz under-19 team
- ^ a b Coverdale, Brydon. "Emerging Sandhu wins another award". www.ESPNCricinfo.com. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
- ^ "Gurinder Sandhu Signs With Cricket Tasmania". Cricket Tasmania. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- ^ "Records / JLT One-Day Cup, 2017/18 - New South Wales / Batting and bowling averages". ESPNcricinfo.com. ESPN Inc. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
- ^ "Labuschagne penalised under new 'fake fielding' rule". ESPNcricinfo.com. ESPN Inc. 29 September 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
- ^ "Sandhu to debut, India to bat in ODI". AAP. 18 January 2015.
External links
- Gurinder Sandhu at ESPNcricinfo
- Gurinder Sandhu at CricketArchive (subscription required)
- Gurinder Sandhu on Twitter
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- Living people
- 1993 births
- Australian cricketers
- Australia One Day International cricketers
- Cricketers from Sydney
- Sydney Thunder cricketers
- New South Wales cricketers
- Australian people of Indian Punjabi descent
- Delhi Capitals cricketers
- Tasmania cricketers
- Sydney Sixers cricketers