Mandeep Singh


Mandeep Singh is an Indian cricketer. He plays for Punjab in the top-flight of Indian cricket. An attacking right-hand batsman who also occasionally bowls right arm medium pace, Mandeep has also played for India Blue cricket team and North Zone and is currently a part of the Kings XI Punjab squad in the IPL. He has also played for Kolkata Knight Riders in the 2010 edition of the IPL. He was the vice-captain of the India Under-19 cricket team for the 2010 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup.
In the 2012 season of IPL, Mandeep scored 432 runs from 16 matches, including two half-centuries, and ended the tournament as Kings XI Punjab's leading run-scorer. He was also adjudged the winner of "Rising Star of the tournament Award".
On 18 July 2012, he was included in 30 probables for the World T20 tournament to be played in Sri Lanka in September 2012. However, he was not selected in the final 15-member squad.
He made his Twenty20 International debut against Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club on 18 June 2016.

Domestic career

Mandeep plays for Punjab in Ranji Trophy & Vijay Hazare Trophy and for North Zone in Zonal Tournament.
He was the highest run scorer in 2015 Vijay Hazare Trophy. On the back of his form in the tournament, he was selected for 2015 tour of Zimbabwe.
In January 2018, he was bought by the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 2018 IPL auction.
He is currently a part of Kings Xi Punjab side for the 2019 IPL.

Personal life

Mandeep Singh's father is an athletics coach in Jalandhar. He was initially not happy with his son's cricketing ambition but was later satisfied when saw his son's cricketing potential.