Virandeep Singh

Virandeep Singh (born 23 March 1999) is a Malaysian cricketer and the current captain of the Malaysia cricket team.[1]. His older brother is also an Malaysian cricketer player Pavandeep Singh.

Virandeep Singh
Personal information
Born (1999-03-23) 23 March 1999
RelationsPavandeep Singh (brother)
International information
National side
T20I debut (cap 11)24 June 2019 v Thailand
Last T20I6 March 2020 v Hong Kong
Source: Cricinfo, 6 March 2020

Career

He played for Malaysia in the 2017 ICC World Cricket League Division Three tournament in May 2017.[2] Prior to the Division 3 tournament, he was captain of the national side for the 2016 Under-19 Asia Cup.[3] In April 2018, he was named in Malaysia's squad for the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Four tournament, also in Malaysia.[4]

In August 2018, he was named in Malaysia's squad for the 2018 Asia Cup Qualifier tournament.[5][6] He was the leading run-scorer for Malaysia in the tournament, with 165 runs in five matches.[7] In October 2018, he was named in Malaysia's squad in the Eastern sub-region group for the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Asia Qualifier tournament.[8]

In June 2019, he was named in Malaysia's squad for the 2019 Malaysia Tri-Nation Series tournament.[9] He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for Malayasia, against Thailand, on 24 June 2019.[10] He made his List A debut for Malaysia, against Denmark, in the 2019 Malaysia Cricket World Cup Challenge League A tournament on 16 September 2019.[11] He finished the tournament as the leading run-scorer for Malaysia, with 181 runs in five matches.[12]

In September 2019, he was named as the captain of Malaysia's squad for their series against Vanuatu.[13] In the opening match of the tour, at the age of 20 years and 190 days,[14] Singh became the youngest male cricketer to captain a side in a T20I match.[15]

References
  1. "Virandeep Singh". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  2. "ICC World Cricket League Division Three, Malaysia v Singapore at Kampala, May 23, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  3. "Malaysia Under-19s Squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  4. "Six teams travel to Malaysia on road to ICC Cricket World Cup 2023". International Cricket Council. 28 April 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  5. "Malaysia Team". Asian Cricket Council. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  6. "Malaysia put seasoned players forward for ACC Asia Cup Qualifiers 2018". Cricket Malaysia. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  7. "Asia Cup Qualifiers, 2018/19: Malaysia / Minor cricket (one-day/limited overs) / Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  8. "Exciting battle on the cards in the ICC World T20 Asia Qualifier B in Malaysia". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  9. "Malaysia (MCA T20i Tri-Series 2019)". CricClubs. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  10. "1st Match, Malaysia Tri-Nation T20I Series at Kuala Lumpur, Jun 24 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  11. "1st Match, CWC Challenge League Group A at Kuala Lumpur, Sep 16 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  12. "CWC Challenge League Group A, 2019-2021/22 - Malaysia: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  13. "Malaysia Squad". Malaysian Cricket Association. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  14. "Twenty20 Internationals Records: Youngest captains". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  15. "Wonder Women – Ten T20I records women own". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
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