Gurinder Sandhu
Gurinder Singh Sandhu (born 14 June 1993) is an Australian international cricketer who plays for Queensland in Domestic cricket.[2] 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.
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Full name | Gurinder Singh Sandhu (The Economy Monster) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia | 14 June 1993|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 196[1] cm (6 ft 5 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012/13–2017/18 | New South Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012/13–2019/20 | Sydney Thunder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015 | Delhi Daredevils | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018/19–2019/20 | Tasmania | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020/21 | Sydney Sixers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021/22–present | Queensland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021/22–present | Sydney Thunder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 20 December 2022 |
Sandhu, born in Blacktown, New South Wales, is the first male cricketer of Indian descent to represent Australia in an international tournament.[4][lower-alpha 1] His parents emigrated to Australia in the 1980s.[7] In March 2013, Sandhu was voted the Australian Cricketers' Association player of the month.[7]
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.[8]
Domestic career
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.[9] His best performance of the tournament came against Western Australia, when he took 4 wickets for 57 runs in a 9-run loss.[10]
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.[11] He had limited success in the series and played no further games for Australia.
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.[5] Stuart Clark is also of Anglo-Indian ancestry.[6]
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
- "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.
- S. Muthaih (8 May 2006). "The Clarks and the Booseys". Archived from the original on 3 August 2009. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - Coverdale, Brydon. "Emerging Sandhu wins another award". 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". Australian Associated Press. 18 January 2015.