Virandeep Singh (born 23 March 1999) is a Malaysian

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er who plays for the

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. His elder brother,

Pavandeep Singh Pavandeep Singh (born 17 January 1998) is a Malaysian cricketer. He played in the 2014 ICC World Cricket League Division Three tournament. In April 2018, he was named in Malaysia's squad for the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Four tournam ...

, is also a Malaysian cricketer.

Career

He played for

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in the

2017 ICC World Cricket League Division Three 2017 ICC World Cricket League Division Three was a cricket tournament that took place in Uganda between 23 and 30 May 2017. The matches took place in Lugogo, Kyambogo and Entebbe. The top two teams, Oman and Canada, were promoted to Division ...

tournament in May 2017. Prior to the Division 3 tournament, he was

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of the national side for the 2016 Under-19 Asia Cup. In April 2018, he was named in Malaysia's squad for the

2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Four The 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Four was an international cricket tournament that took place during April and May 2018 in Malaysia. It formed part of the 2017–19 cycle of the World Cricket League (WCL) which determined the qualifi ...

tournament, also in Malaysia. In August 2018, he was named in Malaysia's squad for the

2018 Asia Cup Qualifier The 2018 Asia Cup Qualifier was a cricket tournament that was held in Malaysia from 29 August to 6 September 2018. The event served as the qualifier for the 2018 Asia Cup. The top two teams from the group stage met in the final, with the winner ...

tournament. He was the leading run-scorer for Malaysia in the tournament, with 165 runs in five matches. In October 2018, he was named in Malaysia's squad in the Eastern sub-region group for the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Asia Qualifier tournament. In June 2019, he was named in Malaysia's squad for the

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tournament. He made his

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(T20I) debut for Malayasia, against

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, on 24 June 2019. He made his

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debut for Malaysia, against

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, in the

2019 Malaysia Cricket World Cup Challenge League A The 2019 Malaysia Cricket World Cup Challenge League A was the inaugural edition of Group A of the 2019–2022 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League, a cricket tournament which formed part of the qualification pathway to the 2023 Cricket Worl ...

tournament on 16 September 2019. He finished the tournament as the leading run-scorer for Malaysia, with 181 runs in five matches. In September 2019, he was named as the captain of Malaysia's squad for their series against Vanuatu. In the opening match of the tour, at the age of 20 years and 190 days, Singh became the youngest male cricketer to captain a side in a T20I match.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Singh, Virandeep 1999 births Living people Malaysian cricketers Malaysian people of Punjabi descent Malaysian sportspeople of Indian descent Malaysia Twenty20 International cricketers Place of birth missing (living people) SEA Games gold medalists for Malaysia SEA Games silver medalists for Malaysia SEA Games medalists in cricket Competitors at the 2017 SEA Games Competitors at the 2023 SEA Games