R. P. Singh
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Test debut | 21 January 2006 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 18 August 2011 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut (cap 165) | 4 September 2005 v Zimbabwe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 16 September 2011 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI shirt no. | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I debut (cap 13) | 13 September 2007 v Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 16 June 2009 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2003–2015 | Rising Pune Supergiants | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 28 October 2017 |
Rudra Pratap Singh
Early career
He first came in contention during the Under-19 World Cup in Bangladesh in 2004, when he took eight wickets for a very impressive average of 24.75.[4] He later performed consistently in the Ranji Trophy for Uttar Pradesh[5] and impressive performances saw him earn a place in the ODI side in 2005. In 2015, he switched from UP to Gujarat in the domestic circuit.[citation needed]
International career
In his third one-day match, Singh got his first man of the match award as he played his part as India restricted Sri Lanka to a modest 196 all out. Swinging the ball on a batting wicket, he took 4 important wickets to rattle Sri Lanka. His bowling figures of 8.5 overs, 2 maidens, 35 runs and 4 wickets announced his arrival on the international stage.
Singh's 4 wicket-haul in the fourth match of the
Singh was favoured to
Singh was included in the Test squad for the tour to England and performed well, taking 5/59 at Lord's, his first five-wicket-haul in Tests.[10] In the one-day series he took seven wickets at 31.71 from five matches.[11]
Singh was selected to play in the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 tournament in South Africa in September 2007.[12] Singh emerged as the second-highest wicket-taker in the entire competition, taking 12 wickets in 7 matches at an average of 12.66 runs per wicket.[13] India won the 12-nation tournament after beating Pakistan in the final.[14] R.P. Singh's best figures were 4/13 in 4 overs in India's final Super-8 stage match in which they eliminated South Africa from the tournament.[15]
Singh was then selected for India's one-day home series against Australia and Pakistan that followed, playing four games in each series and picking up a total of 11 wickets.[16][17]
In August 2011 RP Singh was called up to the India squad for the remainder of the tour of England, he was recalled after a 3-year test absence due to an injury picked up Zaheer Khan which ruled him out of the tour.[18]
Singh played in the fourth test match of the series. Bowling the first over, his first four deliveries were down the leg side. Singh seemed more like a club bowler. His pace was drastically reduced to 120 km/h, and he seemed no threat to the England batsmen.
Domestic career
In 2006 it was announced that Singh would be signing for
He plays for the
References
- ^ RP Singh’s profile on Sportskeeda
- ^ "R. P. Singh". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
- ^ "Former India seamer RP Singh retires". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- ^ "ICC Under-19 World Cup 2004". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
- ^ "BOWLING IN RANJI TROPHY 2004/05 (ORDERED BY WICKETS)". cricketarchive. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
- ^ "Sri Lanka tour of India, 6th ODI: India v Sri Lanka at Rajkot, Nov 9, 2005". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
- ^ "India tour of Pakistan, 2nd Test: Pakistan v India at Faisalabad, Jan 21–25, 2006". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
- ^ "India tour of Pakistan, 4th ODI: Pakistan v India at Multan, Feb 16, 2006". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
- ^ "Champions Trophy 2006 – India Squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
- ^ "India tour of Ireland, England and Scotland, 1st Test: England v India at Lord's, Jul 19–23, 2007". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
- ^ "NatWest Series [India in England], 2007 / Records / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ "ICC WORLD TWENTY20, 2007 – India Squad / Players". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ "ICC World Twenty20, 2007 / Records / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ "ICC WORLD TWENTY20 2007 – Results". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ "ICC World Twenty20, 24th Match, Group E: South Africa v India at Durban, Sep 20, 2007". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ "Records / Australia in India ODI Series, 2007/08 / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ "Records / Pakistan in India ODI Series, 2007/08 / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ "India's Zaheer Khan ruled out of England series with ankle injury". The Guardian. London. 7 August 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
- ^ "Leicestershire sign left-armer Singh". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
- ^ "Foxes eye replacement for Singh". BBC Sport. 16 May 2007. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
- ^ "Indian Premier League 2009 – Records – Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
- ^ "Indian Premier League, Final: Royal Challengers Bangalore v Deccan Chargers at Johannesburg, May 24, 2009".
- ^ "Indian squad for the World T20". Retrieved 3 June 2009.
- ^ "IPL Auction 2012". Retrieved 4 February 2012.