Shakti Singh (born 19 May 1968) is an Indian
first-class cricket
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er turned
playback singer. He played cricket for
Himachal Pradesh
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and
Delhi
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. After retirement, he became a match referee and Bollywood playback singer.
Life and career
Singh played as a bowling
all-rounder
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who batted right-handed and bowled right-arm
medium-fast
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. In a playing career that spanned 16 seasons, he appeared in 58 first-class and 28
List A matches playing mainly for Himachal Pradesh and Delhi. In 1991, he was sent to Australia to train under
Dennis Lillee
Dennis Keith Lillee, (born 18 July 1949) is Australian retired cricketer rated as the "outstanding fast bowler of his generation". .
[ He is best known for his knock of 128 for Himachal Pradesh against Haryana in the 1990–91 Ranji Trophy. In the innings, he hit 14 sixes, an Indian first-class record,]Bandeep Singh
Bandeep Singh (born 9 September 1989) is an Indian first-class cricketer who plays for Jammu & Kashmir. In October 2015, he broke the record of Yusuf Pathan
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, in 2015, who reached his fifty in 15 balls.
Singh became a match referee after retirement. He also started a career as playback singer in 2006. He has sung for Bollywood
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films such as '' Mera Dil Leke Dekho'', ''Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge?
''Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge?'' () is a 2010 Indian Hindi-language comedy film directed by Ashwni Dhir, and produced by Amita Pathak. Loosely based on the short story ''Tum Kab Jaoge, Athithi?'' by Sharad Joshi, the film stars Ajay Devgn, Paresh Rawal ...
'', ''Life Partner
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'', '' Patiala House''[ and '' Kab Tak''.]Pritam Chakraborty
Pritam Chakraborty (born 14 June 1971), also known mononymously as Pritam, is an Indian composer, instrumentalist, guitarist, and singer. After working as an ad jingles composer, he debuted as a co-composer in the 2001 Hindi film Tere Liye. ...
.
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1968 births
Living people
Indian cricketers
Himachal Pradesh cricketers
Delhi cricketers
North Zone cricketers
People from Mandi, Himachal Pradesh
Indian male playback singers
Cricketers from Himachal Pradesh
Singers from Himachal Pradesh