Charran Kamkaran Singh (27 November 1935 - 19 November 2015) was a West Indian

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er who played in two

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. In his debut Test at

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, Singh's

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dismissal was the trigger for the crowd to start a riot. Singh was a left-arm orthodox spinner who played for

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from 1959–60 to 1961–62. In his first match he took 5 for 69 in the first innings against Jamaica; in his second, later that season, he took 5 for 57 in the first innings against the touring MCC. He was picked for the next Test, the Second, replacing Reg Scarlett. He took 3 wickets in the match, but West Indies lost, and he made way for Scarlett in the Third Test team. He replaced

Sonny Ramadhin Sonny Ramadhin, Chaconia Medal, CM (1 May 1929 – 27 February 2022) was a West Indian cricket team, West Indian cricketer, and was a dominant bowler of the 1950s. He was the first of many West Indian cricketers of Indo-Trinidadian, Indian orig ...

in the Fourth Test team, and took 2 wickets, but lost his place to Ramadhin for the Fifth Test. He took 7 for 38 against Barbados in 1960–61, but played no further Tests.

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Charran Singh discusses his career (on Vimeo)
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