Virat Singh

Virat Singh

Indian Left Handed Bat
T20 ALL TIME STATS
89 Mat
2499 Runs
128.21 S/R
35.7 Avg
103 H/S

Personal Information

Full Name Virat Singh
Date of Birth December 8, 1997
Age 28 Years
Nationality Indian
Height 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Current Team(s)
Role Left hand batsman, Right arm legbreak
Family Vinod Singh (father), Renu (Mother), Vishal Singh (Brother)

Most Recent Matches

Match R BF 4s 6s S/R O R W E/R
JHA vs RAJ 69 36 4 5 191.67 0 0 0 0
JHA vs TN 72 39 10 2 184.62 0 0 0 0
UT vs JHA 43 22 2 3 195.45 0 0 0 0
JHA vs SAU 20 14 2 1 142.85 0 0 0 0
TRI vs JHR 53 40 4 1 132.50 0 0 0 0

Batting Stats

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Game Type Mat Inn R BF NO Avg S/R 100s 50s H 4s 6s Ct St
T20s 89 86 2499 1949 16 35.7 128.21 1 16 103 248 69 35 0
LISTAs 76 76 2720 3294 11 41.84 82.57 6 16 143 264 38 25 0
FIRSTCLASS 64 107 3645 7666 10 37.57 47.54 13 10 140 415 48 58 0

Bowling Stats

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Game Type Mat Inn O R W Avg E/R Best 5w 10w
T20s 89 5 10.0 87 1 87 8.7 1/13 0 0
LISTAs 76 12 24.0 180 1 180 7.5 1/59 0 0
FIRSTCLASS 64 7 16.0 72 1 72 4.5 1/20 0 0

Virat Singh: A Brief Biography

Virat Singh is a dynamic left-hand batsman who can bat at No. 3 as well as finish an innings in white-ball cricket. The talented southpaw had just missed the U-19 express but his tlent has finally brought him to the place that he deserves thoroughly. Virat is expected to don his maiden IPL cap this season.

Table of Contents

  1. Career
  2. Background

Career

Domestic Career

Singh was 16 when he made his debut for Jharkhand in all three formats. Back then he was looking to break into the India Under-19 squad with the hope of playing the 2016 U-19 World Cup. But a bout of appendicitis put a halt to his plans. Virat, soon after his Ranji Trophy debut on December 2014, against Assam, scored a maiden first-class century in his second match itself and showed his mettle on the big stage.

In 2016-17, Singh played under MS Dhoni's captaincy in the 50-over Vijay Hazare Trophy. Jharkhand progressed to the semi-finals that season, but Singh had an underwhelming tournament, managing only 50 runs in six innings. With some help from Rajiv Kumar, the Jharkhand coach, Singh got a gig with the Seaham Park Cricket Club in the Durham League in 2018.

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The hard-hitting middle-order batter had a rather productive Syed Mushtaq Ali tournament, finishing the 2019-20 season as eighth-highest run-getter with 343 runs in 10 games at an average of 57.16 - the best for Jharkhand.

IPL Career

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He was also on the radar of Sunrisers Hyderabad, Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals. At a Sunrisers trial, he struck four sixes and four fours in a slog-overs scenario (between overs 14 and 20) and helped hunt down about 70 in six overs. Impressed by the performance of Virat in the trials, SRH and Kings XI Punjab engaged in a fierce bidding war that saw Virat's signing amount hike up nearly10 times his base price of INR 20 Lakhs to INR 1.9 Cr. The 2020 IPL season will be a huge learning curve for the youngster who will e rubbing shoulders with the best in the business.

Background

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Virat and his brother used to play cricket in the backyard of their house. Virat’s father, Vinod Singh got fed up with the regularly smashed windowpanes in his house,enrolled both his sons to the open Jharkhand Cricket Academy and the rest they say has been history.

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