Gurinder Sandhu

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Gurinder Sandhu
Personal information
Full name Gurinder Singh Sandhu
Born (1993-06-14) 14 June 1993 (age 31)
Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia
Nickname G-Man
Height 194 cm (6 ft 4 in)[1]
Batting style Left-handed
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium[1]
Role Bowler
International information
National side
Only ODI (cap 206) 18 January 2015 v India
ODI shirt no. 28
Domestic team information
Years Team
2012– New South Wales
2012– Sydney Thunder
2015– Delhi Daredevils
Career statistics
Competition ODI FC LA T20
Matches 2 12 30 17
Runs scored – 142 121 18
Batting average – 11.83 17.28 6.00
100s/50s –/– 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score – 45 21* 7*
Balls bowled 120 2,098 1,603 378
Wickets 3 41 53 21
Bowling average 35.67 27.48 25.00 19.95
5 wickets in innings 0 1 1 0
10 wickets in match n/a 0 n/a n/a
Best bowling 2/49 5/31 5/35 3/19
Catches/stumpings 0/– 7/– 8/– 5/–
Source: Cricinfo, 20 January 2015

Gurinder Singh Sandhu (born 14 June 1993) is an Australian professional cricketer 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.[4]

Sandhu, born in Blacktown, New South Wales, is the first male cricketer of Indian ancestry to represent Australia in an international tournament.[5][notes 1] His parents emigrated to Australia in the 1980s.[6] In March 2013, Sandhu was voted the Australian Cricketers' Association player of the month.[6]

He made his senior international debut for Australia in a One Day International against India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in January 2015.[7]

Gurinder Sandhu was selected by the Delhi Daredevils in the IPL 2015 Auction as an Overseas Player.

Notes

  1. ↑ 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.(Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.) Fellow New South Wales fast bowler, Stuart Clark is of Anglo-Indian ancestry.(Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ Gurinder Sandhu - Cricinfo profile
  3. ↑ ICC Under-19 World Cup 2012 / Australia squad
  4. ↑ Gurinder Sandhu – CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
  5. ↑ Indian origin teen sensation Gurinder Sandhu set to help Oz under-19 team
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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