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Navjot Sidhu
India
Player profile
Full name Navjot Singh Sidhu
Born October 20, 1963, Patiala, Punjab
Current age 44 years 306 days
Major teams India, Punjab
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Other Commentator
Batting and fielding averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
NO |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
BF |
SR |
100 |
50 |
4s |
6s |
Ct |
St |
| Tests |
51 |
78 |
2 |
3202 |
201 |
42.13 |
|
|
9 |
15 |
|
38 |
9 |
0 |
| ODIs |
136 |
127 |
8 |
4413 |
134* |
37.08 |
6329 |
69.72 |
6 |
33 |
335 |
44 |
20 |
0 |
| First-class |
157 |
228 |
12 |
9571 |
286 |
44.31 |
|
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27 |
50 |
|
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50 |
0 |
| List A |
205 |
191 |
19 |
7186 |
139 |
41.77 |
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10 |
55 |
|
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31 |
0 |
Bowling averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
Balls |
Runs |
Wkts |
BBI |
BBM |
Ave |
Econ |
SR |
4w |
5w |
10 |
| Tests |
51 |
1 |
6 |
9 |
0 |
- |
- |
- |
9.00 |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| ODIs |
136 |
2 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
- |
- |
- |
4.50 |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| First-class |
157 |
|
104 |
91 |
0 |
- |
- |
- |
5.25 |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| List A |
205 |
|
10 |
8 |
0 |
- |
- |
- |
4.80 |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Career statistics
| Test debut |
India v West Indies at Ahmedabad, Nov 12-16, 1983 scorecard |
| Last Test |
New Zealand v India at Hamilton, Jan 2-6, 1999 scorecard |
| Test statistics |
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| ODI debut |
India v Australia at Chennai, Oct 9, 1987 scorecard |
| Last ODI |
India v Pakistan at Toronto, Sep 20, 1998 scorecard |
| ODI statistics |
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| First-class span |
1981/82 - 1999/00 |
| List A span |
1983/84 - 1999/00 |
Navjot Singh Sidhu's cricket had a schizophrenic touch to it. A dour batsman capable of dogged defence, he could also be a marauding strokeplayer who loved tearing spinners apart. Dubbed a strokeless wonder at the start of his Test career in 1983-84, he returned with a vengeance in the 1987 World Cup, where he began with four fifties in a row, hitting over the top merrily. Eventually, in a career spanning 51 Tests and 136 one-day internationals, both sides of his personality played themeselves out. Sidhu's finest moment in Tests was his 201 against West Indies in 1996-97, an act of supreme endurance lasting 11 hours. And his ruthlessness against spinners was legion. He cracked eight sixes in 124 against Sri Lanka - Muralitharan and all - in 1993-94, and hammered four fifties in five innings against the Australians in 1997-98, singling out Shane Warne for a personalised spanking. In his second career as a commentator, though, only the ebullience was in evidence, as Sidhu began mauling the spoken word with a unique, entertaining concoction of mixed metaphors and garbled clichés.
Amit Varma
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