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| Born | 13 February 1971 Madras (now Chennai), Tamil Nadu, India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | A. G. Ram Singh (grandfather) A. G. Kripal Singh (father) A. G. Milkha Singh (uncle) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1988/89–1994/95 | Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 19 November 1988 Tamil Nadu v New Zealanders | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last FC | 15 February 1995 Tamil Nadu v Haryana | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LA debut | 12 March 1989 Tamil Nadu v Delhi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last LA | 12 March 1989 Tamil Nadu v Kerala | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 30 September 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arjan Kripal Singh (born 13 February 1971), was an Indian cricketer, right handed batsman and a right arm medium- pace bowler. A shooting star in the first class cricketing circuit Arjan was selected for the inaugural World U-19 Cup in 1988 in Australia.He made his debut with Ranji Trophy in domestic cricket in the 1988/89 season and was vice captain of the tour in 1989–90. He holds a world record along with W V Raman, the only two batsman who have scored triple centuries in the same innings in first class cricket.
A prestigious recognition indeed for the country, Arjan hails from a family of cricketers with 9 members of his family have played in first class cricket circuit, probably the only family in the world to do so. An achiever par excellence, Arjan never got his due credit in the international cricket arena with the right opportunities and eventually had to part ways from domestic cricket after the 1995/96 season due to a knee surgery. Arjan is the second cousin of Indian off-spinner Sarandeep Singh, with his grandfather A. G. Ram Singh playing in two unofficial Test matches, his father A. G. Kripal Singh (14 Test matches) and uncle A. G. Milkha Singh (4 Test matches) representing India in Test cricket. Another uncle A.G. Satwender Singh played first class cricket for Madras cricket team and Tamil Nadu cricket team. His brother Swaran Kripal Singh played in domestic cricket briefly. His grandfather hailed from Amritsar, Punjab (India) who settled down in Madras and played for the local team.
His time in active cricket may have ended abruptly but the unconditional love for the blue jersey, he continues to be associated with the BCCI as one of the top match referees in India today.
