Player Profile

Balwinder Sandhu

India

Personal Information
BornAugust 03, 1956 (68 years)
Birth PlaceBombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra
Height-
RoleBatsman
Batting StyleRight Handed Bat
Bowling StyleRight-arm fast-medium
ICC Rankings
Batting
Bowling
All-Rounder
FormatCurrent RankBest Rank
Test----
ODI----
T20I----

Batting Career Summary

FormatMInnNORunsHSAvgBFSR100200504s6s
Test81142147130.57189113.23--2173
ODI2273511612.759752.58---21
T20-------------
IPL-----0.0-0.0-----

Bowling Career Summary

FormatMInnBRunsWicketsBBIBBMEconAvgSR5w10w
Test8101020557103/873/873.2855.7102.0--
ODI22211110763163/273/274.1247.6969.38--
T20------/--/------
IPL------/--/------

Profile Summary

Balwinder Singh Sandhu's incoming delivery to West Indies opener Gordon Greenidge in the 1983 World Cup final was the highlight of his cricketing career. Greenidge, who misjudged the line, was bowled as he offered no shot and that gave India the belief that they could defend a small total.

After making his first-class debut for Mumbai in 1980, Sandhu made his international debut two years later, in an ODI against Pakistan at Gujranwala. He travelled to West Indies to play a few ODIs, before playing the World Cup.

Sandhu was a bowler, who was no mug with the bat and he proved that on his Test debut in 1983 by top-scoring for India in the first innings. He scored another fifty a few months later, against the might West Indies in their own backyard.

However, Sandhu's international career just two years as he never played for India again, after October 31, 1984. Post retirement, Sandhu has coached Ranji sides Mumbai and Punjab, apart from being a part of the National Cricket Academy.