Mandeep Singh
Mandeep Singh (born 18 December 1991) is an Indian cricketer.[1] He plays for Punjab in the top-flight of Indian cricket.[2] An attacking right-hand batsman who also occasionally bowls right arm medium pace, Mandeep has also played for India Blue cricket team[3] and North Zone[4] and is currently a part of the Royal Challengers Bangalore squad in the IPL.[5] He has also played for Kolkata Knight Riders in the 2010 edition of the IPL. He was the vice-captain of the India Under-19 cricket team for the 2010 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[6]
In the 2012 season of IPL, Mandeep scored 432 runs from 16 matches, including two half-centuries, and ended the tournament as Kings XI Punjab's leading run-scorer.[7] He was also adjudged the winner of "Rising Star of the tournament Award".[8]
On 18 July 2012 he was included in 30 probables for the World T20 tournament to be played in Sri Lanka in September 2012.[9] However, he was not selected in the final 15-member squad.
Personal life
Mandeep Singh's father is an athletics coach in Jalandhar. He was initially not happy with his sons cricketing ambition but was later satisfied when saw his son's cricketing potential.he also once fielded for South Africa A.[10]
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