A. G. MILKHA SINGH


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A. G. MILKHA SINGH
(31 Dec 1941 – 10 Nov 2017)

Another cricketer who never quite got his due, one of a kind, dashing and flamboyant, was Amritsar Govindsingh Milkha Singh, who belonged to an illustrious cricketing family that migrated from Amristar to Madras in 1904...

The left-handed batsman and an occasional right-arm medium pacer made his Ranji Trophy debut at the age of 17, and played his first Test just after his 18th birthday. But as his four Tests for India were played in a period of less than two years, his career was over, unfortunately, before he was 20. And despite being a prolific run getter in first-class cricket, Milkha Singh was, for some strange reason, never considered again...

His Test debut was against Australia in January 1960, at Madras. His last Test, against England at Bombay in November 1961 was a historic one since it was the first instance of three players, two related, from Madras in the same Test - Milkha Singh, elder brother Kripal Singh and Vaman Kumar...

His six innings from four Tests yielded him 92 runs, with 35 as his highest. He sent down just one uneventful six-ball over in his international career...

The mainstay of the Madras (later Tamil Nadu) batting for almost a decade, Milkha Singh scored 4324 runs (35.44) with eight centuries and 44 catches from 88 first class games. Milkha Singh is credited with the first hundred (151, his top score as well) in the history of Duleep Trophy, playing for South Zone against North Zone in it's inaugural edition in 1961-62...

Sir Garfield Sobers has ranked him amongst the world's top left-handed batsmen...

Milkha Singh passed away in Chennai this day, in 2017, after a heart attack. He was 76...

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