Arshdeep Singh (born 5 February 1999) is an Indian professional

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er, who plays for

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in international cricket. In Indian domestic cricket, he plays for

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in First–class,

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, T20s and for

Punjab Kings Punjab Kings (PBKS) are a franchise cricket team based in Mohali, Punjab, that plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Established in 2008 as the Kings XI Punjab (KXIP), the franchise is jointly owned by Mohit Burman, Ness Wadia, Preity Zin ...

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. Singh is a left-arm medium fast bowler and left-handed lower order batter. He made his international debut for the Indian team in

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, in July 2022 versus

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. Singh primarily plays as a medium fast bowler and is notable for his death over bowling in which he uses

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Early life

Arshdeep Sigh was born in a

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family to Darshan Singh and Baljit Kaur at Guna Madhya Pradesh, where his father was posted in

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(CISF). His father worked in CISF for more than 25 years. Later Singh's family shifted to Kharar, near

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, where Singh now live with his family. Darshan Singh now works as a security head in Groz Beckert Asia inside Industrial Area of Chandigarh. He started playing gully cricket with neighborhood boys and later joined Jaswant Rai's cricket academy, Chandigarh in 2015. His elder brother Akashdeep Singh lives in

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, Canada.

Domestic career

As of 5 October 2022, Arshdeep Singh has played for India under-19, India under-23, Punjab, Punjab kings teams and for Indian men's national cricket team in T20Is. In junior cricket he played in ''Katoch Shield'' tournament. He was part of Indian under 19 cricket team who won

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. In 2018, he played for Punjab under-23 cricket team in

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. In the tournament playing against

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, he took 8 wickets including a

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in Rajasthan's second inning and 10 wickets in that match. Singh made his

debut for

in the

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on 19 September 2018. Prior to his List A debut, he was named in India's squad for the

. Mumbai Indians and Kings XI Punjab had called him for trials. In December 2018, he was bought by the

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in the player auction for the

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. He made his

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debut for Kings XI Punjab in the 2019 Indian Premier League on 16 April 2019. He finished as the team's second-highest wicket-taker and has been lauded for his good performances. In November 2019, he was named in India's squad for the

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in Bangladesh. He made his first-class debut on 25 December 2019, for Punjab in the

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. In

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2021 he played for Punjab. In June 2021, he was named as one of five net bowlers for India's tour of Sri Lanka. Following a positive case for

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in the Indian team, Singh was added to India's main squad for their final two

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(T20I) matches of the tour. In May 2022, Singh was named in India's T20I squad for their series against South Africa. The following month, he was named in India's T20I squad for their two-match series against Ireland.

International career

In June 2022, Singh was named in India's

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(ODI) and T20I squads for their tour of England. In July 2022, he was again named in India's ODI squad, this time for their away series against the West Indies. He made his T20I debut on 7 July 2022, for India against England. In a 2022 series against

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he picked seven wickets in five matches with a 16.14 bowling average and was named player of the series. On 8 August 2022, he was named in India's squad for the

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. In October 2022, he was named in India's squad for the Series against Sauth Africa, he picked 5 wickets in 2 matches with an bowling average of 18,80 In September, He was named in India's squad for the 2022 ICC T20 World Cup, In first match against

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he picked 3/32 wickets in 4 overs, He was the highest wicket taker for team

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, he picked 10 wickets in 6 matches with an bowling average of 15,60 In November 2022, Arshdeep made his ODI debut against

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