Swaranjit Singh | |
Country: | India |
Birth Date: | 18 July 1932 |
Birth Place: | Amritsar, Punjab, India |
Batting: | Left-handed |
Bowling: | Right-arm medium |
Club1: | Eastern Punjab |
Year1: | 1950-51 to 1958-59 |
Club2: | North Zone |
Year2: | 1951-52 to 1958-59 |
Club3: | Cambridge University |
Year3: | 1954 to 1956 |
Club4: | Warwickshire |
Year4: | 1956 to 1958 |
Club5: | Bengal |
Year5: | 1959-60 to 1961-62 |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 88 |
Runs1: | 3,709 |
Bat Avg1: | 27.07 |
100S/50S1: | 4/19 |
Top Score1: | 145 |
Deliveries1: | 13,525 |
Wickets1: | 183 |
Bowl Avg1: | 29.89 |
Fivefor1: | 7 |
Tenfor1: | 1 |
Best Bowling1: | 6/20 |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 33/0 |
Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34200/34200.html CricketArchive |
Swaranjit Singh (born 18 July 1932) is a former Indian first-class cricketer.
Singh was a left-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Eastern Punjab and Bengal in India as well as Cambridge University and Warwickshire in England between 1950 and 1962.[1]
Swaranjit Singh was educated at Khalsa College, Amritsar and Punjab University before going to England to study at Christ's College, Cambridge.[2] While he was a student at Christ's College in the 1950s, he married a fellow student from Germany. Manmohan Singh, who later became Prime Minister of India, attended their wedding. Swaranjit and his wife Irmengard, who converted to Sikhism, settled in Amritsar.[3] [4]