Vikramjit Singh

Vikramjit Singh (born 9 January 2003) is a Dutch cricketer.[1] He made his debut for the Netherlands national cricket team in 2019 as a left-handed opening batsman.

Vikramjit Singh
Personal information
Full name
Vikramjit Singh
Born (2003-01-09) 9 January 2003
Cheema Khurd, Punjab, India
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-fast
RoleBatsman
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 79)20 June 2022 v New Zealand
Last ODI21 October 2023 v Sri Lanka
ODI shirt no.7
T20I debut (cap 49)19 September 2019 v Ireland
Last T20I27 October 2022 v India
T20I shirt no.7
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I LA T20
Matches 28 8 27 8
Runs scored 874 76 809 76
Batting average 31.21 9.50 29.96 9.50
100s/50s 1/5 0/0 1/4 0/0
Top score 110 39 110 39
Balls bowled 192 – 204 –
Wickets 7 – 8 –
Bowling average 27.71 – 23.50 –
5 wickets in innings 0 – 0 –
10 wickets in match 0 – 0 –
Best bowling 2/12 – 2/12 –
Catches/stumpings 7/– 0/– 9/– 0/–
Source: Cricinfo, 21 October 2023

Personal life

Singh was born on 9 January 2003 in Cheema Khurd, Punjab, India to a Sikh family.[1][2] His grandfather Khushi Cheema fled to the Netherlands following the 1984 anti-Sikh riots and initially worked as a taxi driver before establishing a transport company in Amstelveen. The family moved back and forth between the Netherlands and India over the following decades, before settling permanently in the Netherlands when Singh was seven.[3][4]

Junior career

Singh was spotted at the age of eleven by Netherlands captain Peter Borren, who convinced him to play club cricket for VRA Amsterdam. He received private coaching from Borren and Amit Uniyal, attending Uniyal's academy in Chandigarh for several years.[4] He made his debut for Netherlands A at the age of 15.[3]

Singh represented the Netherlands national under-19 cricket team at the 2019 Under-19 World Cup Europe Qualifier. He finished as the second-highest run-scorer at the tournament behind Scotland's Tomas Mackintosh, recording 304 runs from five innings including 133 against France.[5]

Senior career

In September 2019, Singh was named in the Netherlands' Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the 2019–20 Ireland Tri-Nation Series.[6] He made his T20I debut for the Netherlands, against Scotland, on 19 September 2019.[7] In April 2020, he was one of seventeen Dutch-based cricketers to be named in the team's senior squad.[8]

He made his List A debut on 11 May 2021, for the Netherlands A team against the Ireland Wolves, during their tour of Ireland.[9] Later the same month, he was named in the Dutch One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against Scotland.[10] In February 2022, he was named in the Dutch ODI squad for their series against New Zealand.[11] He made his ODI debut on 29 March 2022, for the Netherlands against New Zealand.[12]

In July 2023, Singh beat his previous ODI personal best of 88 runs by scoring 110 against Oman to help the team win by 74 runs for the 2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier in Harare, Zimbabwe.[13][14] Subsequently in the following game, the Netherlands beat Scotland to earn themselves a place in the 2023 Cricket World Cup.

References
  1. "Vikramjit Singh". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  2. "Vikramjit Singh's family escaped 1984 riots: Netherlands sikh batter's story, know it all here - IN PICS". ZeeNews.
  3. U19 CWCQ Europe Div 2: Meet Vikramjit Singh. International Cricket Council. 3 August 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2022 – via YouTube.
  4. Raj, Pratyush (27 October 2022). "Family fled Punjab in the '80s, 19-yr-old at T20 World Cup for Netherlands". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 13 November 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  5. "ICC Under-19 World Cup Qualifier Europe Region 2019". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  6. "Ryan Campbell announces squad for T20 World Cup Qualifier". Royal Dutch Cricket Association. Archived from the original on 8 October 2019. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  7. "5th Match, Ireland Tri-Nation T20I Series at Dublin (Malahide), Sep 19 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  8. "Dutch men's squads announced". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 25 February 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  9. "1st unofficial ODI, Wicklow, May 11 2021, Netherlands A Tour of Ireland". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  10. "Preview: first ODI in ten years between Netherlands and Scotland (19 & 21 May)". Royal Dutch Cricket Association. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  11. "Cricket selection announced for tour to New Zealand". Royal Dutch Cricket Association. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  12. "1st ODI (D/N), Mount Maunganui, Mar 29 2022, Netherlands tour of New Zealand". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  13. Moonda, Firdose (3 July 2023). "Vikramjit's 'lids off' moment caps Netherlands' record-breaking run". ESPNCricInfo.
  14. "Vikramjit, Barresi keep Netherlands in the hunt for a CWC23 spot". ICC Cricket.
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