Maninder Singh

Maninder Singh

Personal information
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling style	Slow left-arm orthodox
Career statistics
Competition	Tests	ODIs
Matches	35	59
Runs scored	99	49
Batting average	3.80	12.25
100s/50s	-/-	-/-
Top score	15	8*
Balls bowled	8218	3133
Wickets	88	66
Bowling average	37.36	31.00
5 wickets in innings	3	-
10 wickets in match	2	n/a
Best bowling	7/27	4/22
Catches/stumpings	9/-	18/-
Source: [1], 4 February 2006

Maninder Singh  pronunciation (help·info) (born 13 June 1965, in Pune, India) is a former international cricket player who represented India in 35 Test matches and 59 One Day Internationals. With his slow left-arm orthodox spin, Maninder was considered as an heir to Bishan Singh Bedi, who then held the record as India's leading spinner in terms of wickets. However, he failed to live up to the promise he held. He is now mostly remembered for his dismissal in the Madras test resulting in a tie against Australia in 1986-87 series. Though now retired from active cricket, Maninder is still in the scene as a cricket commentator. Maninder is one of the best spinners ever produced by India. The ball he clean bowled Javed Miandad is still considered one of the greatest balls bowled in international cricket.

On 22 May 2007, Maninder was questioned by police for possession of cocaine and he confessed to using cocaine for himself. It is alleged that they found 1.5 grams of cocaine in his residence in East Delhi, sold to him by a Nigerian national the police had been following.^[1]

In the early hours of 8 June 2007 Maninder was admitted to Shanti Mukund hospital in Delhi with injuries to his wrists. His wife has issued a statement saying that it was "purely an accident" however local TV channels have speculated that it could be the result of a suicide attempt or even a domestic accident.^[2]

References

1. ^ "Drug possession". www.cricinfo.com. http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/295486.html. Retrieved 2007-05-22. 
2. ^ "Maninder Singh hospitalised". www.cricinfo.com. http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/297363.html. Retrieved 2007-06-09. 

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Name	Singh, Maninder
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Date of birth	13 June 1965
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