Swaranjit Singh

Swaranjit Singh (born 18 July 1932) is a former Indian first-class cricketer.

Swaranjit Singh

Personal information
Born	(1932-07-18) 18 July 1932 (age 92) Amritsar, Punjab, India
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1950-51 to 1958-59	Eastern Punjab
1951-52 to 1958-59	North Zone
1954 to 1956	Cambridge University
1956 to 1958	Warwickshire
1959-60 to 1961-62	Bengal
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 88 Runs scored 3,709 Batting average 27.07 100s/50s 4/19 Top score 145 Balls bowled 13,525 Wickets 183 Bowling average 29.89 5 wickets in innings 7 10 wickets in match 1 Best bowling 6/20 Catches/stumpings 33/0
Source: CricketArchive

Singh was a left-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Eastern Punjab and Bengal in India as well as Cambridge University and Warwickshire in England between 1950 and 1962.^[1]

Swaranjit Singh was educated at Khalsa College, Amritsar and Punjab University before going to England to study at Christ's College, Cambridge.^[2] While he was a student at Christ's College in the 1950s, he married a fellow student from Germany. Manmohan Singh, who later became Prime Minister of India, attended their wedding. Swaranjit and his wife Irmengard, who converted to Sikhism, settled in Amritsar.^[3][4]