Anish Paraam

Anish Edward Paraam (born 19 July 1990) is a Singaporean cricketer. He has played for the Singapore national cricket team since 2008, as a right-handed batsman and slow left-arm orthodox bowler.

Anish Paraam

Personal information
Full name	Anish Edward Paraam
Born	(1990-07-19) 19 July 1990 (age 35) Singapore
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Slow left-arm orthodox
Role	All-rounder
International information
National side	Singapore (2008-present)
T20I debut (cap 8)	22 July 2019 v Qatar
Last T20I	6 February 2024 v Japan
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2014	Durham MCCU
Medal record Representing  Singapore Men's Cricket Southeast Asian Games 2017 Kuala Lumpur Twenty20 2017 Kuala Lumpur 50 over 2023 Cambodia 6s 2023 Cambodia T10 2023 Cambodia T20
Source: Cricinfo, 4 May 2023

Personal life

Paraam is a nephew of Singapore cricket pioneer Stacey Muruthi.^[1] His brothers Navin and Prasheen have also represented Singapore in cricket, as well as his cousins Peter and James Muruthi and Diviya G K.^[2]

Domestic career

Paraam played club cricket in England for Horwich in the Bolton Cricket League.^[3] He represented Durham MCC University in two first-class matches during the 2014 English season.^[4] He is one of three Singaporeans to have played first-class matches for an English university around the same time, the others being Oxford University's Sachin Mylavarapu and Durham MCCU's Abhiraj Singh.^[5]

Paraam has also played club cricket in Australia for Great Northern Raiders in the Cricket Tasmania Premier League.^[6]

International career

Paraam was named in Singapore's squad for 2008 ICC World Cricket League Division Five in Jersey.^[7]

He was in Singapore's squad for the 2018 Asia Cup Qualifier tournament.^[8] He was the leading run-scorer for Singapore in the tournament, with 218 runs in five matches.^[9] In October 2018, he was named in Singapore's squad for the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Three tournament in Oman.^[10]

In July 2019, he was named in Singapore's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier tournament.^[11] He made his T20I debut against Qatar on 22 July 2019.^[12]

In September 2019, he was named in Singapore's squad for the 2019 Malaysia Cricket World Cup Challenge League A tournament.^[13] In July 2022, he was named in Singapore's squad for the 2022 Canada Cricket World Cup Challenge League A tournament.^[14] He made his List A debut on 28 July 2022, for Singapore against Qatar.^[15]

Paraam scored his maiden T20I century, 100 not out, against the Philippines at the 2023 SEA Games.^[16]