Bhupinder Singh (New Zealand cricketer)
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Born | Kapurthala, Punjab, India | 31 October 1986
Batting | Right-handed |
Bowling | Right-arm offbreak |
Role | Off-spinner |
Domestic team information | |
Years | Team |
2009/10–2013/14 | Auckland |
Source: CricketArchive, 3 June 2016 |
Bhupinder Singh (born 31 October 1986) is an Indian-born New Zealand former cricketer. He played 22 first-class, 26 List A, and 14 Twenty20 matches between the 2009–10 and 2013–14 seasons, almost all of which were for Auckland.[1] He also represented New Zealand A on their 2010 tour of Zimbabwe.[2]
Born at Kapurthala in the Indian Punjab, Bhupinder was educated at Papatoetoe High School in Auckland.[3] He played A team cricket for Auckland sides from 2008–09 before making his senior debut in a November 2009 Plunket Shield fixture against Canterbury. Primarily a bowler, he took over 80 top-class wickets for Auckland.[4] At the 2017 New Zealand general election, he stood for ACT New Zealand in the Manukau East electorate.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Bhupinder Singh". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
- ^ a b "ACT Unveils Party List – Scoop News". www.scoop.co.nz. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
- ^ McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 19. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. ISBN 978 1 905138 98 2 (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.)
- ^ Bhupinder Singh, CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 May 2025. (subscription required)
External links
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- 1986 births
- Living people
- New Zealand cricketers
- Auckland cricketers
- People from Kapurthala
- Indian emigrants to New Zealand
- New Zealand people of Punjabi descent
- New Zealand sportspeople of Indian descent
- ACT New Zealand politicians
- New Zealand sportsperson-politicians
- Unsuccessful candidates in the 2017 New Zealand general election
- 21st-century New Zealand sportsmen
- New Zealand cricket biography, 1980s birth stubs