Gurinder Sandhu

Australian cricketer

Gurinder Sandhu

Personal information

Full name|

Gurinder Singh Sandhu (The Economy Monster)

Born|  (1993-06-14) 14 June 1993 (age 30)
Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia
Height| 196[1] cm (6 ft 5 in)
Batting| Left-handed
Bowling| Right-arm fast-medium
Role| Bowler
International information
National side|

* Australia (2015)

ODI debut (cap 206)| 18 January 2015 v India
Last ODI| 23 January 2015 v England
ODI shirt no.| 28
Domestic team information
Years| Team
2012/13–2017/18| New South Wales
2012/13–2019/20| Sydney Thunder
2015| Delhi Daredevils
2018/19–2019/20| Tasmania
2020/21| Sydney Sixers
2021/22–present| Queensland
2021/22–present| Sydney Thunder
Career statistics
| Competition | ODI | FC | LA | T20

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Matches | 2 | 47 | 70 | 72
Runs scored | – | 864 | 337 | 83
Batting average | – | 16.94 | 14.65 | 8.30
100s/50s | – | 0/2 | 0/1 | 0/0
Top score | – | 97* | 51 | 20*
Balls bowled | 120 | 8,084 | 3,471 | 1,387
Wickets | 3 | 122 | 131 | 73
Bowling average | 35.66 | 31.88 | 22.58 | 25.72
5 wickets in innings | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0
10 wickets in match | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Best bowling | 2/49 | 6/57 | 7/56 | 4/22
Catches/stumpings | 0/– | 19/– | 18/– | 18/–

Source: ESPNcricinfo, 20 December 2022

Gurinder Singh Sandhu (born 14 June 1993) is an Australian international cricketer who plays for Queensland in Domestic cricket.[2] He played for the Australia Under-19 cricket team in the 2012 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[3] Sandhu made his senior cricket debut for the Sydney Thunder in the 2011–12 Big Bash League season. He made his List A and First-class cricket debut for New South Wales at the end of the 2012–2013 Australian cricket season.

Sandhu, born in Blacktown, New South Wales, is the first male cricketer of Indian descent to represent Australia in an international tournament.[4][a] His parents emigrated to Australia in the 1980s.[7] In March 2013, Sandhu was voted the Australian Cricketers' Association player of the month.[7]

It was announced on 26 April 2018 that Sandhu had signed for Tasmania for the upcoming season, ending a five-year stint with New South Wales.[8]

## Domestic career[edit]

Sandhu played three games for New South Wales in the 2017–18 JLT One-Day Cup, taking 5 wickets but conceding 6.13 runs per over.[9] His best performance of the tournament came against Western Australia, when he took 4 wickets for 57 runs in a 9-run loss.[10]

## International career[edit]

He made his senior international debut for Australia in a One Day International against India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in January 2015.[11] He had limited success in the series and played no further games for Australia.

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ Two Indian–born Caucasian Australians have previously played Test cricket for Australia, Bransby Cooper in the first ever Test match and Rex Sellers in 1964.[5] Stuart Clark is also of Anglo-Indian ancestry.[6]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Gurinder Sandhu". cricket.com.au. Cricket Australia. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
2. ^ Gurinder Sandhu – Cricinfo profile
3. ^ ICC Under-19 World Cup 2012 / Australia squad
4. ^ Indian origin teen sensation Gurinder Sandhu set to help Oz under-19 team
5. ^ "Gurinder Sandhu not the first Aussie selected of Indian origin". 15 January 2015. Archived from the original on 15 May 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
6. ^ S. Muthaih (8 May 2006). "The Clarks and the Booseys". Archived from the original on 3 August 2009. Retrieved 20 January 2015.`{{cite news}}`: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
7. ^ a b Coverdale, Brydon. "Emerging Sandhu wins another award". ESPNCricinfo.com. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
8. ^ "Gurinder Sandhu Signs With Cricket Tasmania". Cricket Tasmania. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
9. ^ "Records / JLT One-Day Cup, 2017/18 – New South Wales / Batting and bowling averages". ESPNcricinfo.com. ESPN Inc. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
10. ^ "Labuschagne penalised under new 'fake fielding' rule". ESPNcricinfo.com. ESPN Inc. 29 September 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
11. ^ "Sandhu to debut, India to bat in ODI". Australian Associated Press. 18 January 2015.

## External links[edit]

* Gurinder Sandhu at ESPNcricinfo
* Gurinder Sandhu on Twitter

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* 22 Gilkes
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* 27 Holt †
* 28 Sandhu
* 32 Rossouw
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