Manpreet Gony Explained

Manpreet Gony
Country:India
Fullname:Manpreet Singh Gony
Birth Date:4 January 1984
Birth Place:Rupnagar, Punjab, India
Heightm:1.93
Batting:Right-handed
Bowling:Right-arm medium
Role:All rounder
International:true
Odidebutdate:25 June
Odidebutyear:2008
Odidebutagainst:Hong Kong
Odicap:173
Lastodidate:28 June
Lastodiyear:2008
Lastodiagainst:Bangladesh
Club1:Punjab
Year1:2007/08–2019
Club2:Chennai Super Kings
Year2:2008–2010
Club4:Deccan Chargers
Year4:2011–2012
Club5:Kings XI Punjab
Year5:2013
Club6:Gujarat Lions
Year6:2017
Club7:Toronto Nationals
Year7:2019
Club8:Colombo Kings
Year8:2020
Columns:4
Column1:ODI
Matches1:2
Runs1:
Bat Avg1:
100S/50S1:
Top Score1:
Deliveries1:78
Wickets1:2
Bowl Avg1:38.00
Fivefor1:0
Tenfor1:0
Best Bowling1:2/65
Catches/Stumpings1:0/–
Column2:FC
Matches2:61
Runs2:1,226
Bat Avg2:17.02
100S/50S2:0/5
Top Score2:69
Deliveries2:10,863
Wickets2:196
Bowl Avg2:28.77
Fivefor2:10
Tenfor2:0
Best Bowling2:6/36
Catches/Stumpings2:13/–
Column3:LA
Matches3:55
Runs3:479
Bat Avg3:19.16
100S/50S3:0/0
Top Score3:46
Deliveries3:2,725
Wickets3:77
Bowl Avg3:27.87
Fivefor3:0
Tenfor3:0
Best Bowling3:4/35
Catches/Stumpings3:12/–
Column4:T20
Matches4:90
Runs4:501
Bat Avg4:13.54
100S/50S4:0/0
Top Score4:42
Deliveries4:1,874
Wickets4:96
Bowl Avg4:25.00
Fivefor4:0
Tenfor4:0
Best Bowling4:4/16
Catches/Stumpings4:17/–
Date:23 June
Year:2019
Source:http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/317293.html ESPNcricinfo

Manpreet Singh Gony (born 4 January 1984) is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-arm medium pace bowler and right-hand middle order batsman. In June 2019, Gony announced his retirement from all forms of cricket, except for short-format leagues played overseas.[1]

Career

Manpreet Singh Gony made his debut for Punjab in the Ranji Trophy in the season 2007–08. He was later selected for the Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League.[2]

Gony has made his mark in the 2008 Indian Premier League matches. He played for the Chennai Super Kings. He was one of leading wicket takers in the Indian Premier League and also performed well with the bat, scoring crucial runs in the last overs. He was instrumental in the Chennai Super Kings victory against Delhi Daredevils. He took 17 wickets in 16 matches in the IPL tournament. His team, the Chennai Super Kings, were the runner's up of the IPL tournament. For the IPL season of 2011, Deccan Chargers picked him up for a sum of $290,000. Gony was later picked up by Kings XI Punjab for the season 6 of IPL. Gony got a chance to play his first match against KKR where he played a match winning innings of 42 off 18 balls with a strike rate of 233. He was presented with the man of the match for his powerful batting performance.

Gony was drafted into the Indian cricket team for the Tri-Nation Series in Bangladesh in place of Sreesanth who was ruled out with a side strain.[3]

On 25 March 2012, Gony became the first player ever to bowl three maiden overs in a top-level Twenty20 match. Gony finished with figures of 4–3–5–3 in Punjab's Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy quarter final win against Madhya Pradesh.[4] [5] [6] He still holds the joint record for bowling the most maiden overs in a single T20(3).

He was the leading wicket-taker for Punjab in the 2017–18 Ranji Trophy, with 19 dismissals in five matches.[7] In February 2017, he was bought by the Gujarat Lions team for the 2017 Indian Premier League for 60 lakhs.[8]

In June 2019, he was selected to play for the Toronto Nationals franchise team in the 2019 Global T20 Canada tournament.[9] In October 2020, he was drafted by the Colombo Kings for the inaugural edition of the Lanka Premier League.[10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Manpreet Gony retires from Indian cricket, signs up for Global T20 Canada . ESPNcricinfo. 24 June 2019.
  2. Web site: IPL's one-hit wonders: Where are they now? . Hindustan Times . 19 April 2019 . 25 April 2019.
  3. https://archive.today/20130125095756/http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=a969a86a-2154-4698-85e7-b39bbdafcfe3&ParentID=3b370815-0aa3-4b1a-b695-c6747a84157b&&Headline=Gony+replaces+Sreesanth+for+tri-series Gony replaces Sreesanth in Indian squad for tri-series
  4. Web site: Records – Twenty20 Matches – Bowling records – Most maidens in an innings. ESPNcricinfo. 27 March 2012.
  5. News: 4th Quarter-final: Madhya Pradesh v Punjab at Mumbai, Mar 25, 2012. Cricket Scorecard . ESPNcricinfo. 2017-05-04.
  6. News: Gony and VRV Singh dismantle MP. ESPNcricinfo. 2017-05-04. en.
  7. News: Ranji Trophy, 2017/18: Punjab batting and bowling averages . ESPNcricinfo. 3 April 2018.
  8. Web site: List of players sold and unsold at IPL auction 2017 . 20 February 2017 . ESPNcricinfo.
  9. Web site: Global T20 draft streamed live . Canada Cricket Online . 20 June 2019 . 20 June 2019.
  10. Web site: Chris Gayle, Andre Russell and Shahid Afridi among big names taken at LPL draft . ESPNcricinfo. 22 October 2020.