Full Name

Amit Singh

Born

June 21, 1981, Bidar, Karnataka

Age

42y 272d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Medium fast

Playing Role

Bowler

Amit Singh, a right-arm medium-pacer for Gujarat, came into prominence when he was signed on by the Rajasthan Royals for the 2009 edition of the IPL in South Africa. He really grabbed the spotlight, though, when it was revealed that he was one of the bookies arrested during the IPL 2013 spot-fixing controversy.

Amit was signed on by Royals when he had only 15 first-class games to his credit. He was praised by Rajasthan captain-coach Shane Warne, and backed up the claims by taking nine wickets in five games. He was reported twice during the tournament for a suspect action, but also won the Man-of-the-Match award for figures of 4 for 19 against Bangalore Royal Challengers.

Amit was also a regular member of the Royals team in 2011 and 2012, playing nine games each season. In all, he took 28 wickets in 23 games for Royals, before being released by the franchise at the end of 2012.

Then the spot-fixing saga broke, and following a probe by the BCCI, he was found guilty of fixing and banned for five years in September 2013.
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Amit Singh Career Stats

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
FC20-36251506527/3111/6228.962.4969.7311
List A1413664568153/253/2537.865.1344.2000
T20s3030628805344/194/1923.677.6918.4100

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
FC202542144110.1950342.5400302100
List A1410051215.1010150.49004160
T20s30821352.162454.16002030

Recent Matches of Amit Singh

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
Gujarat vs Saurashtra120/7509-Nov-2012SuratFC
Gujarat vs M. Pradesh43/54 & 0/5102-Nov-2012IndoreFC
RR vs Daredevils--0/1201-May-2012JaipurT20
RR vs Daredevils--2/4129-Apr-2012DelhiT20
RR vs CSK--0/4521-Apr-2012ChennaiT20

Photos of Amit Singh

Richard Levi collides with Amit Singh
Amit Singh took two wickets in two balls
Amit Singh celebrates after disturbing Davy Jacobs' stumps
Amit Singh high-fives Graeme Smith after getting rid of Wasim Jaffer
Amit Singh charges in during training
Gujarat's Amit Singh makes a vociferous appeal