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Balwinder Sandhu

Full Name
Balwinder Singh Sandhu
Born
03-08-1956 Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra, India
Current Age
66 years old
Major Teams
India
Batting Style
Right-hand bat
Bowling Style
Right-arm medium-fast
Balwinder Sandhu

Balwinder Sandhu Biography

For Indian fans, the image of Gordon Greenidge shouldering arms to Balwinder Sandhu is probably the most enduring image from World Cup 1983. Sandhu also got Faoud Bacchus in the final to finish the tour with 8 wickets at 37 and an impressive economy rate of 3.57.

In fact, his overall ODI economy rate of 4.12 makes up for his 16 wickets from 22 matches at an average of 48. In Test cricket the numbers were worse — 10 wickets from 8 Tests at 58. He made up for that with his batting, scoring 214 runs at 31, averaging more than some of his contemporary openers.

The bowling had taken off well. He took two quick wickets, but Mudassar Nazar and Javed Miandad ended up adding 451. Not distraught, he walked out at 72 for 7, top-scoring with 71, still the highest score by a debutant at no. 9. A month later he top-scored again, this time with 68 against a four-pronged West Indian attack at Sabina Park after he walked out at 127 for 7.

After the World Cup he picked up 3 for 27 against Hyderabad, but went downhill after that. His international career ended a year after that. In 1986-87 he got 15 wickets at 25 and scored a fifty, but Bombay dropped him the following season. He called it a day, refusing to play for any other side.

The son of renowned poet Harnam Singh Naz, Sandhu idolised Kapil Dev, with whom he would open bowling on numerous occasions. Originally an in-swing bowler, he later added the out-swinger to his arsenal in his Kanga League days.

Sandhu later took to coaching. Mentored by Frank Tyson, Sandhu was appointed coach of Bombay. He formed an excellent rapport with Sanjay Manjrekar, and Bombay steamrolled every opposition in 1993-94 and 1994-95.

He coached several other teams, including Baroda, during which he made subtle changes to Zaheer Khan’s run-up and release in 2006-07, thus improving the latter’s performances drastically.

Abhishek Mukherjee

Balwinder Sandhu Batting & Fielding Averages

Career M In R NO HS Avg BF SR 100s 50s 4s 6s Ct St
Test 8 11 214 4 71 30.57 182 117.5 0 2 11 -- 1 0
ODIs 22 7 51 3 16* 12.75 78 65.38 0 0 1 0 5 0
T20s 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
World Cup 8 4 28 2 11* 14.00 43 65.11 0 0 2 1 2 0

Balwinder Sandhu Bowling Averages

Career M B R W Avg EC SR 5WI 10WM BBI BBM
Test 8 1020 557 10 55.70 3.276 102 0 0 3/27 3/27
ODIs 22 1110 763 16 47.68 4.124 69.37 0 0 3/27 3/27
T20s 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
World Cup 8 498 297 8 37.12 3.578 62.25 0 -- 2/32 3/27

Balwinder Sandhu Career statistics

Test Debut

Pakistan v India at Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad, January 14, 1983

Last Test

India v West Indies at Narendra Modi Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad, November 12, 1983

ODI Debut

Pakistan v India at Jinnah Stadium, Gujranwala, December 3, 1982

Last ODI

Pakistan v India at Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot, October 31, 1984

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