Sunny Singh (born 18 December 1986 in

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) is an Indian cricketer. He plays for

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in the

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. Singh is a right-hand batsman who is an occasional medium pacer. Singh is a part of the

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team of the

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. He has also played for the

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in the 2004 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup.

Career

When he was 17, Singh began in

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with the

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in the 2003–04

season. He scored 474 runs from six matches at an average of 52.66. In the following year, he scored 654 runs from seven matches, including three hundreds, at an average of 59.45. Three seasons later, he was dropped from the side. In the 2009–10 season, Singh made 617 runs from 5 matches at an average of 88.14. He also made three centuries and became a permanent member of the team. In 2011, as he led his team to the semi-finals of the

. There, he made a total of 593 runs from seven matches, including two hundreds, at an average of 45.61.

References

External links

Sunny Singh Kings XI Punjab website
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