Jaskaran Singh (born 19 September 2002) is an English

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er. He made his first-class cricket debut for

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against

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on 11 July 2021 in the

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following a member of the county's First XI squad testing positive for COVID-19 which required the players involved in the county's previous match to all self-isolate. As a result, a number of Second XI players or "homegrown prospects" were drafted into the squad and made their senior debuts for the county.Sussex on top despite Jas Singh four-for on debut for Covid-weakened Kent

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, 11 July 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2021. Singh took four top-order wickets in Sussex's first innings on debut, finishing with innings with four wickets at the cost of 51 runs (4/51) from 11 overs.County Championship: Jas Singh impresses as Kent replace side against Sussex after Covid-19 case
BBC Sport, 11 July 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2021. Singh was born at

Denmark Hill Denmark Hill is an area and road in Camberwell, in the London Borough of Southwark. It is a sub-section of the western flank of the Norwood Ridge, centred on the long, curved Ruskin Park slope of the ridge. The road is part of the A215 road, A21 ...

in London in 2001 and educated at

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close to Dartford, Kent. He plays club cricket for

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in the

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. He was part of Kent's age-group teams from the age of nine and a member of the Kent cricket academy in 2021.Kent Cricket Academy, ''Kent County Cricket Club Annual 2021'', p. 38. Canterbury:

. He first played for the county's Second XI in 2019.Jaskaran Singh
CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 July 2021. . He made his Twenty20 debut on 21 June 2022, for Kent in the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Singh, Jas 2002 births Living people English cricketers Kent cricketers People from Denmark Hill British Asian cricketers British sportspeople of Indian descent