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Born | Delhi, India | 17 February 1963|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Dilbaugh Singh (father) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1985/86–1995/96 | Delhi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:ESPNcricinfo,26 December 2015 |
Bantoo Singh (born 17 February 1963),also spelled as Bantu Singh,is a former Indian first-class cricketer who played for Delhi cricket team from 1985/86 to 1995/96. In 2005,he became a selector for the Delhi District Cricket Association.
Singh was born on 17 February 1963 in Delhi. His father Dilbaugh Singh [1] was the founder of Delhi Gymkhana Club and had also played first-class cricket for Jammu and Kashmir cricket team. He had also worked as a selector of Delhi. [2]
Singh played as a right-handed middle-order batsman,representing Delhi between the 1985/86 to 1995/96 seasons. He scored more than 3000 first-class runs and 11 hundreds including hundreds in two Ranji Trophy finals:179 against Bengal in the 1988–89 Ranji Trophy final and 123 against Tamil Nadu in the 1991–92 Ranji Trophy final. He had also captained the team in a few matches and appeared for North Zone cricket team in Duleep Trophy. Although he had played his last first-class match in 1995/96,he announced his retirement only in November 2005. [3]
In August 2005,Delhi District Cricket Association appointed Singh as a member of the five-man Delhi selection panel. [4] He later became the chairman of Delhi under-19 selection panel. [5]
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