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Arshdeep Singh
Arshdeep Singh in 2024
Personal information
Born (1999-02-05) 5 February 1999 (age 26)
Guna, Madhya Pradesh, India
Height6 ft 3 in (191 cm)[1][2]
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingLeft-arm medium-fast
RoleBowler
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 248)25 November 2022 v New Zealand
Last ODI12 February 2025 v England
T20I debut (cap 99)7 July 2022 v England
Last T20I31 January 2025 v England
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2018/19–presentPunjab
2019–presentPunjab Kings
2023Kent
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 9 63 21 33
Runs scored 39 71 250 107
Batting average 7.80 8.87 10.86 9.72
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 18 12 36 49
Balls bowled 373 1,310 3,758 1,580
Wickets 14 99 66 55
Bowling average 23.00 18.30 30.37 24.30
5 wickets in innings 1 0 2 2
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 5/37 4/9 6/40 5/37
Catches/stumpings 1/– 16/– 8/– 7/–
Medal record
Men's cricket
Representing  India
T20 World Cup
Winner 2024 West Indies / USA
Champions Trophy
Winner 2025 Pakistan
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou Team
U19 World Cup
Winner 2018 New Zealand
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 1 April 2025

Arshdeep Singh (born 5 February 1999) is an Indian professional cricketer who plays for the India national cricket team.[3] In Indian domestic cricket, he plays for Punjab and for Punjab Kings in the Indian Premier League. Arshdeep is a left-arm medium-fast bowler.[4] He was an integral member of the Indian team that won the 2024 T20 World Cup, and was the joint-highest wicket taker of the tournament. Singh was also member of the Indian U-19 World cup 2018 winning squad.

Arshdeep made his international debut for the Indian team in July 2022 in a Twenty20 International (T20I) match against England. He bowled a maiden over on debut, becoming just the third Indian bowler to do so on their T20I debut.[a][5]

Early life

Arshdeep Singh was born on 5 February 1999 in Guna, Madhya Pradesh, in a Punjabi Jatt Sikh family to Darshan Singh and Baljit Kaur. His father was posted to Guna as a member of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) where he worked for more than 25 years. The family later moved to Kharar near Chandigarh. He used to bicycle 13 kilometres from his home to his school, Guru Nanak Public School, Sector 36, Chandigarh for practice.[6] He started playing gully cricket with neighborhood boys and in 2015 joined Jaswant Rai's cricket academy in Chandigarh.[3] He has an elder brother, Akashdeep Singh, who resides in Brampton and a sister, Gurleen Kaur.[7]

Domestic career

In junior cricket, Arshdeep played in the Katoch Shield tournament. He was part of the Indian under 19 team which won 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup and went on to play for the under-23 national side.[7][8]

In 2018, he played for Punjab's under-23 cricket team in the CK Nayudu Trophy. Playing against Rajasthan under-23s, he took eight wickets, including a hat-trick, in Rajasthan's second inning and 10 wickets in the match.[7] Arshdeep went on to make his List A debut for Punjab in the 2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy on 19 September 2018[9] and in January 2019 made his first-class debut against Vidarbha in the 2019–20 Ranji Trophy.[10]

In December 2018, he was bought by Kings XI Punjab[b] in the player auction for the 2019 Indian Premier League.[11][12] He made his Twenty20 debut for the side on 16 April 2019.[13] He finished as the team's second-highest wicket-taker during the season[14] and was highlighted as a future star player.[15]

In November 2019, Arshdeep was named in India's squad for the 2019 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup in Bangladesh.[16] In June 2021, he was named as one of five net bowlers for India's tour of Sri Lanka.[17] Following a positive case of COVID-19 in the Indian team, he was added to India's main squad for their final two Twenty20 International (T20I) matches of the tour.[18]

Arshdeep received accolades for his yorkers and death-overs bowling in IPL 2022, finishing the season with an economy rate of 7.7.[19][20] In May 2022, he was named in India's T20I squad for their series against South Africa[21] and following month was named in the T20I squad for India's two-match series against Ireland.[22]

In a Player of the Match performance during a T20 International against South Africa in September 2022, Arshdeep took three wickets in his first over, including the wicket of David Miller, whom he clean bowled first ball with a sharp, late inswinger.[23] [24]

In March 2023, Arshdeep agreed to play up to five County Championship matches for Kent County Cricket Club during the 2023 English cricket season.[25]

In an IPL 2023 match against Mumbai Indians at Wankhede Stadium, Arshdeep bowled two successive swinging yorkers that broke the stumps. The rarity of such an occurrence along with the associated equipment costs received considerable coverage in the Media.[26] [27][28]

In the 2023–24 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Final between Punjab and Baroda, Baroda needed 32 runs from the final two overs with seven wickets in hand, having scored 24 runs in the 18th over. Arshdeep Singh took three wickets in five balls in the 19th over and conceded only four runs to help Punjab secure the victory.[29][30][31]

In December 2023, in the fifth T20I against Australia in Bengaluru, Arshdeep was tasked with defending 9 runs in the final over, with Australia’s captain, a well-set Matthew Wade, at the crease. Arshdeep conceded only 3 runs in that over and dismissed Wade, enabling India to clinch the series 4–1. He received praise for remaining calm and composed in a tense finish and showcasing his skills as a death-overs bowler.[32][33][34]

Arshdeep has received praise from former Indian batsmen Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar.

Tendulkar commended Arshdeep for being balanced, committed, and having the right mindset for T20 cricket. He stated, "What I really like is that if Arshdeep has a plan, he commits to it and that is really, really important in this format as batters are going out and playing those extra shots and some innovative ones. So if you have a plan, commit to it."[35]

Gavaskar praised Arshdeep’s ability to swing the ball and his temperament, comparing him to Jasprit Bumrah, and said, "I do believe that he, like Bumrah, can be a very, very good bowler in red-ball cricket as well. Because if he can move the white ball so well, just imagine what he can do with the red ball. So I think the selection committee would do very well to look at him as an option for the red-ball game as well."[36]

Arshdeep has credited yoga and meditation with helping him stay calm and maintain mental clarity in high-pressure situations. He has expressed appreciation for all the guidance and support he has received from captain Rohit Sharma, former coach Rahul Dravid, and fellow fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah. He has also spoken very favourably about his early coaching under Jaswant Rai, as well as his association with former Punjab Kings bowling coach Damien Wright.[37][38][39][40]

Arshdeep was one of the top buys and the highest paid pace bowler at the Indian Premier League 2025 Auction, sold for ₹18 crore after Punjab Kings used the Right to Match (RTM) card.[41] In April 2025, Arshdeep became the highest wicket taker in Punjab Kings' IPL history. [42] [43]

Arshdeep Singh is currently the leading wicket-taker for India in T20 Internationals. He achieved this milestone during the T20I series against England in January 2025.[44] [45]

International career

In June 2022, Arshdeep was named in India's One Day International (ODI) and T20I squads for their tour of England.[46] In July 2022, he was again named in India's ODI squad, this time for their away series against the West Indies.[47] He made his T20I debut on 7 July 2022, playing against England at Southampton, taking the final two England wickets and bowling a rare maiden over on debut.[5][48]

He took seven wickets and was Player of the Series in five T20I matches played against West Indies in 2022,[49][50] and on 8 August 2022 was named in India's squad for the 2022 Asia Cup.[51] In October 2022, he was named in India's squad for the series against South Africa, going on to take five wickets in two T20Is.[52]

In September, Arshdeep was named in India's squad for the 2022 ICC T20 World Cup,[53] In the team's opening match against Pakistan he took a wicket with his first ball, taking 3/32 in his 4 overs.[54] He was India's leading wicket-taker in the tournament with 10 wickets in six matches with a bowling average of 15.60 runs per wicket.[55]

In November 2022, Arshdeep made his One Day International (ODI) debut against New Zealand at Auckland.[56] He played in all three of the ODIs during the tour but did not take a wicket,[c] although he did take four wickets in the two T20I matches.

Arshdeep was subsequently instrumental in India winning the ODI series in their tour of South Africa in December 2023. He picked up 10 wickets in 3 matches and was declared Player of the Series.[57]

In May 2024, he was named in India's squad for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament.[58] During his appearance against United States men's national cricket team, Singh won the 'Player of the Match Award' after taking four wickets conceding just nine runs in four overs.[59] He also became the first Indian bowler to pick up a wicket with the very first ball of a T20 World Cup game.[60] He along with Fazalhaq Farooqi currently holds the record for the highest number of wickets in a single edition of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup taking 17 wickets in the 2024 edition. He was subsequently named in the ICC Men’s T20I Team of the Year for 2024, as well.[61] Arshdeep received praise from Wisden for his bowling under pressure in the final against South Africa, which India won.[62] The same performance was also highlighted by the ICC, as it declared him the Men's T20I Cricketer of the Year for 2024, making him the first bowler to ever receive this award.[63] The citation reads: "Brilliance in the powerplay, a wicket in the middle overs, and economical excellence at the death – Arshdeep stepped up when it mattered most."[64]

Notes

  1. ^ The others were Jhulan Goswami, the former captain of the Indian women's team, and Ajit Agarkar who played for India's men's team between 1998 and 2007.
  2. ^ Kings XI Punjab are now known as Punjab Kings.
  3. ^ Two of the ODIs were abandoned due to rain, with India unable to bowl in one of them.
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