Balwinder Sandhu

India

Personal Information
Born
Aug 03, 1956 (55 years)
Birth Place
Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra
Height
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Role
Batsman
Batting Style
Right Handed Bat
Bowling Style
Right-arm fast-medium
ICC Rankings
 
Test
ODI
T20
Batting
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Bowling
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Career Information
Teams
India, Mumbai
Balwinder Singh Sandhu's incoming delivery to West Indies opener Gordon Greenidge in the 1983 World Cup final was the highlight of his cricketing career. Greenidge, who misjudged the line, w...
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Batting Career Summary
M Inn Runs BF HS Avg SR NO 4s 6s 50 100 200
Test 8 11 214 189 71 30.57 113.23 4 17 3 2 0 0
ODI 22 7 51 97 16 12.75 52.58 3 2 1 0 0 0
T20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
IPL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bowling Career Summary
M Inn B Runs Wkts Avg Econ SR BBI BBM 5w 10w
Test 8 10 1020 557 10 55.7 3.28 102.0 3/87 3/87 0 0
ODI 22 21 1110 763 16 47.69 4.12 69.38 3/27 3/27 0 0
T20 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 -/- -/- 0 0
IPL 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 -/- -/- 0 0
Career Information
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Balwinder Singh Sandhu's incoming delivery to West Indies opener Gordon Greenidge in the 1983 World Cup final was the highlight of his cricketing career. Greenidge, who misjudged the line, was bowled as he offered no shot and that gave India the belief that they could defend a small total.

After making his first-class debut for Mumbai in 1980, Sandhu made his international debut two years later, in an ODI against Pakistan at Gujranwala. He travelled to West Indies to play a few ODIs, before playing the World Cup.

Sandhu was a bowler, who was no mug with the bat and he proved that on his Test debut in 1983 by top-scoring for India in the first innings. He scored another fifty a few months later, against the might West Indies in their own backyard.

However, Sandhu's international career just two years as he never played for India again, after October 31, 1984. Post retirement, Sandhu has coached Ranji sides Mumbai and Punjab, apart from being a part of the National Cricket Academy.
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