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| Born | 18 July 1932 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Swaranjit Singh (born 18 July 1932) is a former Indian first-class cricketer.
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]