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Balwinder Sandhu

Full Name: Balwinder Singh Sandhu
Born: 3 August 1956, Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra
Major Teams: Mumbai, India.

Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Medium Fast

 

Test Debut: India v Pakistan at Hyderabad (Sind), 4th Test, 1982/83
Latest Test: India v West Indies at Ahmedabad, 3rd Test, 1983/84

ODI Debut: India v Pakistan at Gujranwala, 1st ODI, 1982/83
Latest ODI: India v Pakistan at Sialkot, 2nd ODI, 1984/85

Career Statistics:

TESTS

 (including 12/11/1983)

                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St

Batting & Fielding    8   11   4   214   71   30.57   0   2    1   0

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ

Bowling             170     32   557   10  55.70  3-87    0   0 102.0  3.27

ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS

 (including 31/10/1984)

                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave     SR 100  50   Ct  St

Batting & Fielding   22    7   3    51   16*  12.75  52.57   0   0    5   0

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI   4w  5w    SR  Econ

Bowling             185     15   763   16  47.68  3-27    0   0  69.3  4.12

FIRST-CLASS

 (1980/81 - 1986/87)

                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St

Batting & Fielding   55   59  13  1003   98   21.80   0   8   19   0

                      O       R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ

Bowling            1545.5  4690  168  27.91  6-64    5   0  55.2  3.03

LIST A LIMITED OVERS

 (1980/81 - 1985/86)

                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St

Batting & Fielding   42   17   8   159   32*  17.66   0   0   12   0

                      O       R    W    Ave   BBI   4w  5w    SR  Econ

Bowling             363    1469   36  40.80  3-27    0   0  60.5  4.04

Profile:

A right arm medium pace bowler who could swing the ball both ways and a more than useful tail end batsman, Balwinder Sandhu's international career lasted under two years. But this was a rather action packed period. His debut against Pakistan was pretty eventful. Besides taking two quick wickets after which Mudassar Nazar and Javed Miandad ground the Indian bowling into the dust in running up a record partnership of 451, Sandhu, going in at No 9, top scored with 71. He again was top scorer with 68 in the first Test against West Indies the following month. So far he had been less effective with the ball but in the helpful English conditions, he was quite a handful and emerged as one of the heroes of the World Cup triumph in 1983. His delivery that bowled Gordon Greenidge - the experienced batsman shouldered arms to a ball that came in sharply - is still talked about even today. It provided the much needed breakthrough the Indians needed in the final.

In the wake of his fine show in the World Cup, it came as a bit of a surprise that Sandhu's international career did not last very long. In 1983-84, he played in only one Test against West Indies without much success and was not considered thereafter though he played in a few more one day internationals. His best bowling of three for 87 was against West Indies at Guyana.