Sunny Singh (cricketer)

For the English cricketer who plays for Warwickshire, see Sukhjit Singh (cricketer).

Sunny Singh (born 18 December 1986 in Jind, Haryana, India) is an Indian cricketer.[1] He plays for Haryana in the Ranji Trophy.[2][3] Singh is a right-hand batsman who is an occasional medium pacer. Singh is a part of the Kings XI Punjab team of the Indian Premier League.[4] He has also played for the India Under-19 cricket team in the 2004 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[5][6]

Career

When he was 17, Singh began in first-class cricket with the Haryana cricket team in the 2003–04 Ranji Trophy season. He scored 474 runs from six matches at an average of 52.66.[7] In the following year, he scored 654 runs from seven matches, including three hundreds, at an average of 59.45.[8] Three seasons later, he was dropped from the side.[9] In the 2009–10 season, Singh made 617 runs from 5 matches at an average of 88.14.[10] He also made three centuries and became a permanent member of the team. In 2011, as he led his team to the semi-finals of the Ranji Trophy. There, he made a total of 593 runs from seven matches, including two hundreds, at an average of 45.61.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Sunny Singh". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
  2. ^ "Haryana Squad, Ranji Trophy 2011/12". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
  3. ^ "Haryana Squad, Vijay Hazare Trophy 2011/12". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
  4. ^ "Kings XI Punjab Squad, IPL 2011". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
  5. ^ "Sunny Singh – List of Youth One-Day International Matches". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 8 July 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
  6. ^ "India Squad – ICC Under-19 World Cup in Bangladesh, Feb-Mar 2004". Static.espncricinfo.com. 17 June 2008. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
  7. ^ "Ranji Trophy 2003/04 – Haryana Batting and bowling averages". Stats.espncricinfo.com. 1 January 1970. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
  8. ^ "Ranji Trophy 2004/05 – Haryana Batting and bowling averages". Stats.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
  9. ^ "Season by season First-Class Batting by Sunny Singh". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
  10. ^ "Ranji Trophy 2009/10 – Haryana Batting and bowling averages". Stats.espncricinfo.com. 1 January 1970. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
  11. ^ "Ranji Trophy 2011/12 – Haryana Batting and bowling averages". Stats.espncricinfo.com. 1 January 1970. Retrieved 7 March 2012.