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Full name Maninder Singh
Born June 13, 1965, Poona (now Pune), Maharashtra
Current age 42 years 339 days
Major teams India,Delhi,Shropshire
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
Other Umpire
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
35
38
12
99
15
3.80
0
0
1
9
0
ODIs
59
18
14
49
8*
12.25
90
54.44
0
0
1
0
18
0
First-class
145
140
58
1387
102*
16.91
1
5
59
0
List A
110
42
23
207
44
10.89
0
0
37
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
35
52
8218
3288
88
7/27
10/107
37.36
2.40
93.3
5
3
2
ODIs
59
57
3133
2066
66
4/22
4/22
31.30
3.95
47.4
1
0
0
First-class
145
36273
14457
606
8/48
23.85
2.39
59.8
46
14
List A
110
5832
3748
128
4/22
4/22
29.28
3.85
45.5
2
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Pakistan v India at Karachi, Dec 23-27, 1982 scorecard
Last Test
India v Zimbabwe at Delhi, Mar 13-17, 1993 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Pakistan v India at Karachi, Jan 21, 1983 scorecard
For an all-too-brief period in the mid-1980s, Maninder Singh was Indian spin's candle in the wind - the heir-apparent to Bishan Bedi. Like many protégés doomed to follow in famous footsteps, Maninder's journey was a tortuous one. As a raw 17-year-old, he had it all: beguiling flight, variety and an ability to rip the ball on helpful surfaces. Matchwinning performances in England in 1986 were followed by plentiful harvests at home against Sri Lanka and Pakistan. But everything came unstuck with painful swiftness. He lost his rhythm, his tantalising loop and ultimately his place in the side. Despite an abortive comeback in the early '90s, when he desperately experimented with his bowling action, Maninder - like Laxman Shivaramakrishnan - has come to epitomise unfulfilled promise. His enduring place in the game's history is unlikely to be as a matchwinning spinner, but rather as Greg Matthews's final victim in the second Tied Test at Madras in 1986-87. Dileep Premachandran
