RP Singh complete information
RP Singh complete information
RP Singh complete information RP Singh
India
Full name Rudra Pratap Singh
Born December 6, 1985, Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh
Current age 32 years 355 days
Major teams India, Deccan Chargers, India, India Under-19s, Kochi Tuskers Kerala, Leicestershire, Mumbai Indians, Rajasthan Cricket Association President’s XI, Rising Pune Supergiant’s, Royal Challengers Bangalore, and Uttar Pradesh
Playing role Bowler
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Left-arm fast-medium
RP Singh complete information International information
National side
India (2005-2011)
Test debut 21 January 2006 v Pakistan
Last Test 18 August 2011 v England
ODI debut (cap 161) 4 September 2005 v Zimbabwe
Last ODI 16 September 2011 v England
ODI shirt no. 9
T20I debut (cap 13) 13 September 2007 v Scotland
Last T20I 16 June 2009 v South Africa
RP Singh complete information Domestic team information
Years Team
2003–2015 Uttar Pradesh
2007 Leicestershire
2008–2010 Deccan Chargers
2011 Kochi Tuskers Kerala
2012 Mumbai Indians
2013 Royal Challengers Bangalore
2015–2018 Gujarat
2016 Rising Pune Supergiant’s
RP Singh complete information Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I LA
Matches 14 58 10 136
Runs scored 116 104 3 443
Batting average 7.25 10.40 – 10.54
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 30 23* 2* 35
Balls bowled 2,534 2,565 198 6,378
Wickets 40 69 15 190
Bowling average 42.05 33.95 15.00 28.73
5 wickets in innings 1 0 0 3
10 wickets in match 0 N/A N/A 0
Best bowling 5/59 4/35 4/13 5/30
Catches/stumpings 6/0 13/0 2/0
Rudra Pratap Singh About this sound pronunciation (help info) (born 6 December 1985), commonly as RP Singh, is a former Indian cricketer, who has represented India in Test, One Day International and Twenty20 International cricket as a left arm fast-medium bowler. In September 2018, he announced his retirement from all forms of cricket.
RP Singh complete information Early career
He first came in contention during the Under-19 World Cup in Bangladesh in 2004, when he took eight wickets for a very impressive average of 24.75. He later performed consistently in the Rajni Trophy for Uttar Pradesh and impressive performances saw him earn a place in the ODI side in 2005. In 2015, he has switched from UP to Gujarat in domestic circuit and currently representing Gujarat in Rajni Trophy.
RP Singh complete information Rp Singh married with Deanship Poppet
Indian Bowler R.P. Singh with his wife – Wedding/Marriage Pictures. Rudra Pratap Singh is a left arm fast-medium bowler who has represented India in one day cricket, T20 and Test cricket. He played for Kochi Tuskers Kerala in the 2011 IPL. Fast bowler RP Singh bid adieu to bachelorhood by getting married to his long-time friend Deanship Poppet at a wedding ceremony at Ahmedabad on Friday 30 November 2012.
RP Singh complete information International career
In his third one-day match, Singh got his first man of the match award as he played his part as India restricted Sri Lanka to a modest 196 all out. Swinging the ball on a batting wicket, he took 4 important wickets to rattle Sri Lanka. His bowling figures of 8.5 overs, 2 maidens, 35 runs and 4 wickets announced his arrival on the international stage. Singh was selected to make his Test debut in the 2nd Test against Pakistan in Faisalabad, Pakistan in January 2006. He won the man of the match award on his debut after taking 5 wickets in the match.
Singh’s 4 wicket-haul in the fourth match of the one-day series against Pakistan in 2006, helped India take an unassailable 3–1 lead in the series, and won him the man of the match award. India went on to win the series 4–1. In his first 11 ODI matches, he was awarded the man of the match award 3 times.
Singh was favored to Sreekanth for the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy due to his superior economy rate. However, he was unable to maintain his level of performance, and was dropped from the side.
Singh was included in the Test squad for the tour to England and performed well, taking 5/59 at Lord’s, his first five-wicket-haul in Tests. In the one-day series he took seven wickets at 31.71 from five matches.
Singh was selected to play in the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 tournament in South Africa in September 2007. Singh emerged as the second-highest wicket-taker in the entire competition, taking 12 wickets in 7 matches at an average of 12.66 runs per wicket. India won the 12-nation tournament after beating Pakistan in the final. R.P. Singh’s best figures were 4/13 in 4 overs in India’s final Super-8 stage match in which they eliminated South Africa from the tournament.
Singh was then selected for India’s one-day home series against Australia and Pakistan that followed, playing four games in each series and picking up a total of 11 wickets.
In August 2011 RP Singh was called up to the India squad for the remainder of the tour of England, he was recalled after a 3-year test absence due to an injury picked up Zaheer Khan which ruled him out of the tour.
He played in fourth test match of the series. He bowled the first over of test match.His first four deliveries were down the leg side. He seemed more like club bowler. His pace was drastically reduced to 120 mph and he seemed no threat to the England batsmen. Sir Ian Botham described it as worst opening overs of test cricket he had seen. Sunil Gavaskar’s also criticized his selection as he was unfit. Other cricket experts and former players felt that he was selected only because of his close proximity with the then Indian captain MS Dhobi. He later played in ODI series and never played for India again.
RP Singh complete information Domestic career
In 2006 it was announced that Singh would be signing for English side Leicestershire as their second overseas signing. He was however unexpectedly recalled to the Indian side following their poor World Cup campaign and only made a handful of appearances.
He plays for the Kochi Tuskers in the Indian Premier League, after signing for them in 2011 from the Deccan Chargers. In his second season of the tournament, Singh was highly successful and he emerged as the highest wicket taker of the tournament, with 23 from 16 matches thereby winning the Purple Cap. Deccan Chargers emerged as winners of the tournament. His performance early in the tournament earned him a spot in the Indian squad for the 2009 ICC World Twenty20. He is also the leading all time wicket taker in Indian Premier League with 52 wickets.
He was bought for $600,000 by the Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League Players Auction, 2012. In the year 2013 in the IPL he was bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore in the player’s auction 2013 for $400,000. In the 2014 IPL Auctions, he was unsold and had a base price of Rest 1 crore. He played few matches for Rising Pune Supergiant’s in 2016 Indian Premier League.
Rudra Pratap Singh Explore RP Singh’s performance Batting and fielding averages
Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
Tests Insights on test 14 19 3 116 30 7.25 276 42.02 0 0 16 1 6 0
ODIs Insights on ode 58 20 10 104 23 10.40 242 42.97 0 0 5 1 13 0
T20Is Insights on t20i 10 2 2 3 2* – 3 100.00 0 0 0 0 2 0
First-class 94 118 27 922 47 10.13 0 0 35 0
List A 136 63 21 443 35 10.54 707 62.65 0 0 40 0
T20s Insights on t20 132 50 25 108 18 4.32 148 72.97 0 0 4 2 42 0
Bowling averages
Mat Inns Balls Runs Wits BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
Tests Insights on test 14 25 2534 1682 40 5/59 7/117 42.05 3.98 63.3 3 1 0
ODIs Insights on ode 58 57 2565 2343 69 4/35 4/35 33.95 5.48 37.1 2 0 0
T20Is Insights on t20i 10 9 198 225 15 4/13 4/13 15.00 6.81 13.2 1 0 0
First-class 94 17192 9202 301 6/50 30.57 3.21 57.1 13 12 1
List A 136 6378 5460 190 5/30 5/30 28.73 5.13 33.5 6 3 0
T20s Insights on t20 132 131 2903 3638 146 5/8 5/8 24.91 7.51 19.8 3 1 0
Career statistics
Test debut Pakistan v India at Faisalabad, Jan 21-25, 2006 scorecard
Last Test England v India at The Oval, Aug 18-22, 2011 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut Zimbabwe v India at Harare, Sep 4, 2005 scorecard
Last ODI England v India at Cardiff, Sep 16, 2011 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut India v Scotland at Durban, Sep 13, 2007 scorecard
Last T20I India v South Africa at Nottingham, Jun 16, 2009 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut 2003/04
Last First-class Gujarat v Mumbai at Indore, Jan 10-14, 2017 scorecard
List A debut 2004/05
Last List A Gujarat v India B at Kanpur, Jan 26, 2016 scorecard
T20s debut Railways v Uttar Pradesh at Jaipur, Apr 3, 2007 scorecard
Last T20s Rising Pune Supergiant’s v Sunrisers Hyderabad at Visakhapatnam, May 10, 2016 scorecard
Recent matches
Bat & Bowl Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
2/14 Patrons v Tigers Sharjah 26 Nov 2018 Other OD
0/21 Patrons v Rajput’s Sharjah 23 Nov 2018 Other OD
2/48, 8, 2/83 Gujarat v Mumbai Indore 10 Jan 2017 FC
40, 6/90, 1, 3/25 Gujarat v Jharkhand Nagpur 1 Jan 2017 FC
2/46, 0/30 Gujarat v Punjab Belgaum 29 Nov 2016 FC
4, 2/37, 1/36 Gujarat v Railways Rohtak 20 Oct 2016 FC
0/63 Gujarat v Baroda Jaipur 6 Oct 2016 FC
1/23 Supergiant’s v Sunrisers Visakhapatnam 10 May 2016 T20
1/37 Supergiant’s v RCB Bangalore 7 May 2016 T20
0/21 Supergiant’s v GU Lions Rajkot 14 Apr 2016 T20
Profile
Left-arm quick Rudra Pratap Singh first made the headlines in the Under-19 World Cup in Bangladesh in 2004, taking eight wickets at 24.75 apiece and bowling well in the slog overs at the end of the innings. Three years later, he was in South Africa toasting India’s first World Cup title win since 1983. And a year after that, he led an inspired bowling effort to beat Australia in Perth – a venue where the hosts hadn’t lost to any team besides the world-beating West Indies since 1985.
