Gurinder Sandhu

Gurinder Singh Sandhu (born 14 June 1993) is an Australian international cricketer who plays for Queensland in Domestic cricket.^[2] He is the first male cricketer of Indian descent to represent Australia in an international tournament.^[3][a]

Gurinder Sandhu

Personal information
Full name	Gurinder Singh Sandhu
Born	(1993-06-14) 14 June 1993 (age 31) Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia
Height	196 cm (6 ft 5 in)[1]
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	Australia (2015)
ODI debut (cap 206)	18 January 2015 v India
Last ODI	23 January 2015 v England
ODI shirt no.	28
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2012/13–2017/18	New South Wales
2012/13–2019/20	Sydney Thunder
2015	Delhi Daredevils
2018/19–2019/20	Tasmania
2020/21	Sydney Sixers
2021/22–present	Queensland
2021/22–2023/24	Sydney Thunder
2024/25-present	Melbourne Renegades (squad no. 28)
Career statistics
Competition ODI FC LA T20 Matches 2 55 74 77 Runs scored – 1,000 369 110 Batting average – 16.12 13.66 9.16 100s/50s – 0/2 0/1 0/0 Top score – 97* 51 20* Balls bowled 120 9,732 3,699 1,471 Wickets 3 151 138 77 Bowling average 35.66 30.52 22.73 53.53 5 wickets in innings 0 5 3 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 2/49 6/57 7/56 4/22 Catches/stumpings 0/– 22/– 20/– 18/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 20 December 2022

Early life and family

Sandhu was born in Blacktown, New South Wales. Coming from Indian descent, his parents emigrated to Australia in the 1980s.^[6]

Career

Domestic career

Sandhu made his senior cricket debut for the Sydney Thunder in the 2011–12 Big Bash League season. He made his List A and First-class cricket debut for New South Wales at the end of the 2012–2013 Australian cricket season.

In March 2013, Sandhu was voted the Australian Cricketers' Association player of the month.^[6]

Sandhu played three games for New South Wales in the 2017–18 JLT One-Day Cup, taking 5 wickets but conceding 6.13 runs per over.^[7] His best performance of the tournament came against Western Australia, when he took 4 wickets for 57 runs in a 9-run loss.^[8]

It was announced on 26 April 2018 that Sandhu had signed for Tasmania for the upcoming season, ending a five-year stint with New South Wales.^[9]

International career

Sandhu played for the Australia Under-19 cricket team in the 2012 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup.^[10]

Sandhu made his senior international debut for Australia in a One Day International against India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in January 2015.^[11] He had limited success in the series and played no further games for Australia.

Notes

1. Two Indian–born Caucasian Australians have previously played Test cricket for Australia, Bransby Cooper in the first ever Test match and Rex Sellers in 1964.^[4] Stuart Clark is also of Anglo-Indian ancestry.^[5]