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.

Gurinder Sandhu
Personal information
Full name
Gurinder Singh Sandhu (The Economy Monster)
Born (1993-06-14) 14 June 1993
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

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
  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.[5] Stuart Clark is also of Anglo-Indian ancestry.[6]

References
  1. "Gurinder Sandhu". cricket.com.au. Cricket Australia. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  2. Gurinder Sandhu – Cricinfo profile
  3. ICC Under-19 World Cup 2012 / Australia squad
  4. Indian origin teen sensation Gurinder Sandhu set to help Oz under-19 team
  5. "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.
  6. 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)
  7. Coverdale, Brydon. "Emerging Sandhu wins another award". ESPNCricinfo.com. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  8. "Gurinder Sandhu Signs With Cricket Tasmania". Cricket Tasmania. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  9. "Records / JLT One-Day Cup, 2017/18 – New South Wales / Batting and bowling averages". ESPNcricinfo.com. ESPN Inc. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  10. "Labuschagne penalised under new 'fake fielding' rule". ESPNcricinfo.com. ESPN Inc. 29 September 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  11. "Sandhu to debut, India to bat in ODI". Australian Associated Press. 18 January 2015.
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