Gurinder Sandhu

Australian cricketer

Gurinder Sandhu
Personal information
Full name
Gurinder Singh Sandhu (The Economy Monster)
Born (1993-06-14) 14 June 1993 (age 30)
Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia
Height196[1] cm (6 ft 5 in)
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RoleBowler
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 206)18 January 2015 v India
Last ODI23 January 2015 v England
ODI shirt no.28
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2012/13–2017/18New South Wales
2012/13–2019/20Sydney Thunder
2015Delhi Daredevils
2018/19–2019/20Tasmania
2020/21Sydney Sixers
2021/22–presentQueensland
2021/22–presentSydney Thunder
Career statistics
Competition ODI FC LA T20
Matches 2 47 70 72
Runs scored 864 337 83
Batting average 16.94 14.65 8.30
100s/50s 0/2 0/1 0/0
Top score 97* 51 20*
Balls bowled 120 8,084 3,471 1,387
Wickets 3 122 131 73
Bowling average 35.66 31.88 22.58 25.72
5 wickets in innings 0 4 3 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 2/49 6/57 7/56 4/22
Catches/stumpings 0/– 19/– 18/– 18/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 20 December 2022

Gurinder Singh Sandhu (born 14 June 1993) is an Australian international cricketer who plays for Queensland in Domestic cricket.[2] He is the first male cricketer of Indian descent to represent Australia in an international tournament.[3][a]

Early life and family

Sandhu was born in Blacktown, New South Wales. His parents emigrated to Australia in the 1980s.[6]

Career

Domestic career

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.

In March 2013, Sandhu was voted the Australian Cricketers' Association player of the month.[6]

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]

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.[9]

International career

Sandhu played for the Australia Under-19 cricket team in the 2012 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[10]

Sandhu made his senior international debut for Australia in a One Day International against India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in January 2015.[11] He had limited success in the series and played no further games for Australia.

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.[4] Stuart Clark is also of Anglo-Indian ancestry.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Gurinder Sandhu". cricket.com.au. Cricket Australia. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  2. ^ Gurinder Sandhu – ESPNcricinfo profile
  3. ^ Indian origin teen sensation Gurinder Sandhu set to help Oz under-19 team
  4. ^ "Gurinder Sandhu not the first Aussie selected of Indian origin". 15 January 2015. Archived from the original on 15 May 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  5. ^ S. Muthaih (8 May 2006). "The Clarks and the Booseys". Archived from the original on 3 August 2009. Retrieved 20 January 2015.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. ^ a b Coverdale, Brydon. "Emerging Sandhu wins another award". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  7. ^ "Records / JLT One-Day Cup, 2017/18 – New South Wales / Batting and bowling averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  8. ^ "Labuschagne penalised under new 'fake fielding' rule". ESPNcricinfo. 29 September 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  9. ^ "Gurinder Sandhu Signs With Cricket Tasmania". Cricket Tasmania. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  10. ^ ICC Under-19 World Cup 2012 / Australia squad
  11. ^ "Sandhu to debut, India to bat in ODI". Australian Associated Press. 18 January 2015.

External links

  • Gurinder Sandhu at ESPNcricinfo
  • Gurinder Sandhu on Twitter Edit this at Wikidata
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