Swapnil Singh
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Born | Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh, India | 22 January 1991||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2005/06–2019/20 | Baroda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Kings XI Punjab | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021/22–present | Uttarakhand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023 | Lucknow Super Giants | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2024–present | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 20 March 2025 |
Swapnil Singh (born 22 January 1991) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Uttarakhand in domestic cricket and Royal Challengers Bengaluru in Indian Premier League. He is a bowler who bats right-handed and bowls slow left-arm orthodox. He made his first-class debut for Baroda in 2006 at the age of 14 and was a member of the Mumbai Indians squad in 2008. In a match of the 2014–15 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy against Saurashtra, he had bowling figures of 4–0–19–6.[1]
He was the leading run-scorer for Baroda in the 2017–18 Ranji Trophy, with 565 runs in six matches.[2] In July 2018, he was named in the squad for India Blue for the 2018–19 Duleep Trophy. He was bought for INR 10 lakhs by the erstwhile Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings) at the 2016 IPL auction. Under Glenn Maxwell's captaincy at PBKS, he made his IPL debut, with a maiden wicket of MS Dhoni. Later, he was with Lucknow Super Giants during IPL 2023, while in IPL 2024, Swapnil played six league games with his new team Royal Challengers Bengaluru. His tidy bowling helped RCB win their last six matches to qualify for the playoffs. He was also part of U19 World Cup winning squad of 2008 led by Virat Kohli.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, West Zone: Baroda v Saurashtra at Pune, Mar 27, 2015". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
- ^ "Ranji Trophy, 2017/18: Baroda batting and bowling averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
- ^ "Samson picked for India A after passing Yo-Yo test". ESPNcricinfo. 23 July 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
External links
[edit]- 1991 births
- Living people
- Indian cricketers
- Baroda cricketers
- Uttarakhand cricketers
- People from Raebareli
- Cricketers from Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab Kings cricketers
- India Blue cricketers
- Lucknow Super Giants cricketers
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru cricketers
- 21st-century Indian sportsmen
- Indian cricket biography, 1991 birth stubs